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health services peer education

PPT’s Health Services volunteers can give youth 13-29 information and support (but not formal counselling) on sexual and reproductive health issues in the PPT youth clinic.

Be the person your peers can turn to with sexual health questions

Eager to learn more about sexual health? Want to support when others need to talk about birth control, sexually transmitted infections, pleasure, or pregnancy?

What would you do?

As a peer educator, you’d talk to clients one-on-one about what STIs “a general test” tests for, the differences between using a birth control pill and an IUD, what’s involved in a medical abortion, and much more. You’d do pregnancy tests, help people without health cards get the care they need covered, and answer questions about sexual health, pleasure and relationships. When there were no clients around you might photocopy fact sheets or otherwise help out in the office. Once you were trained, you’d help train other volunteers as they started the program.

Who can volunteer?

  • You can apply if you are between the ages of 18 and 29, no matter what your gender is.
  • You don’t need to have any experience with sexual health or education to join.
  • You need to be into supporting choice and letting youth make decisions about their lives, and interested in talking and learning about sexuality and sexual health.
  • You need to be able to come to the trainings at the beginning of your volunteering, and to one volunteer shift every week for a whole year.

How do you apply?

Our next recruitment period will be in fall of 2024 — you can sign up for PPT’s newsletter here to be notified when any of our programs are recruiting.

address

36B Prince Arthur Avenue
Toronto, ON M5R 1A9
Canada

hours (by appointment only)

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9:30am-8pm
Wednesday: 9:30am-12pm and 4pm-8pm
Friday: 9:30am-4pm
Saturdays: 10am-2pm (sexual and reproductive health walk-ins only [except on long weekends])