No funding has been allocated to Marie Stopes International, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, or Education for Choice by this Department in the 2008/09 financial year.
Funding was allocated to Brook, and FPA in 2008/09 from the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy budget, as set out in the following table:
Organisation Purpose Amount of funding (£000) Brook To develop guidance for local authorities and PCTs on the delivery of condom distribution schemes, and to produce posters to alert young people to the peak in unplanned pregnancies that occurs each year in December and January 50 FPA To pilot a version of the ‘Speakeasy’ programme for both parents and young people (the main Speakeasy programme is aimed at parents only), and run a speakeasy ‘taster’ session for parents working in DCSF 26 Total 76
Final decisions on the allocation of the teenage pregnancy budget for 2009/10 and 2010/11 have not yet been finalised.
In addition, third sector organisations were invited to submit bids for funding from the Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) Grant programme. Following an open competition, funding was allocated to:
Education for Choice (£75,000 over two years): to provide training to members of the children’s work force, to enable them to provide impartial advice and support to young people facing an unplanned pregnancy, including support to avoid repeat conceptions; and
FPA (£530,000 over two years): to extend delivery of the ‘Speakeasy’ programme that builds the skills and confidence of parents so that they are better able to talk to their children about sex and relationships.