UK Sexual Health Awards 2012

We had a fantastic time at the first ever UK Sexual Health Awards, hosted by FPA and Brook.

The evening celebrated the outstanding work delivered every day in the field of sexual health.

The ceremony and dinner took place on 15 March 2012 at Troxy, London and was hosted by Nitin Ganatra, who currently stars as Masood Ahmed in BBC’s EastEnders.

Celebrity guests included Janet Ellis, Zoe Margolis, Sharon Marshall, Johnny Partridge and Susan Quilliam.

See photos from the night on Flickr.

What the guests said

We asked some of the guests, nominees and winners what was important to them about sexual health. Access to information, teenage pregnancy, sex in the media and other issues are discussed in this short audio clip.

Listen to the awards audio clip (4 minutes, mp3)

Click the link to listen with your usual online audio player, or right click (shift and F10 for keyboard users) to save the file on your computer. Download a transcript of the audio clip (Word, opens in new window).

The winners

Sexual health professional of the year

Kay Elmy, Peterborough Contraceptive and Sexual Health Service and the Sexual Assault Referral Centre.

JLS young person of the year

Azizi Kosoko,
Terrence Higgins Trust, London

Rosemary Goodchild Award for journalism

Sophie Goodchild for ‘Free Love: What Happened to AIDS?’, Men’s Health magazine

Adult sexual health service/project of the year

Morning-after-pill in the post campaign by bpas (British Pregnancy Advisory Service)

Young people’s sexual health service/ project of the year

Sheffield Open Doors, Sheffield Contraception and Sexual Health Service, School Nursing Service and the Young People’s Drug and Alcohol Service

Pamela Sheridan Award for Innovation in SRE

Shropshire Respect Yourself Relationship and Sex Education Programme, Shropshire Council

Lifetime Achievement in sexual health

Professor Michael Adler CBE, Professor of Genitourinary Medicine/Sexually Transmitted Diseases at Royal Free and University College Medical School.