Sexual health and welfare

Sexual health and welfare are an important part of physical and mental health, as well as your emotional and social wellbeing.

There are a range of services available locally and nationally providing dedicated advice, support and information.

Sexual Health

The NHS Live Well website contains useful information on taking care of your sexual health.

Services providing information about sexual health and offering free and confidential advice include:

• The Northern Contraception, Sexual Health and HIV Service provides a free, confidential and friendly sexual health service across Manchester.
• Fresh Clinics provides advice for under 25’s in Manchester offering advice on sexual health and contraception.
• Brook provides sexual health and wellbeing advice for the under 25s.
• National Sexual Health Helpline is available if you want to talk to someone about a sexual health issue, call the free confidential helpline on 0300 123 7123.
• The Terrence Higgins Trust provides information about sexual health and HIV.
• Sexwise provides honest advice about contraception, pregnancy, STIs and pleasure.
• MASH is a charity providing free and confidential support for women who are sex working in Greater Manchester.

Manchester Met provides free training to students on sexual consent through our Consent Matters online course. 

If you have a medical emergency dial 999 or go to the A&E department at Manchester Royal Infirmary 0161 276 4147.

Pregnancy

If you or your partner becomes pregnant the University has guidelines in place to provide advice and guidance related to study, health and safety and finance. The Pregnancy and Maternity Policy covers students, or their partners, who become pregnant or give birth during their studies and students who become parents either through adoption or parental orders.

You should inform a member of staff in your department to ensure that, if necessary, the correct actions are put in place by the University.

If you would like to speak to a member of staff about the Pregnancy and Maternity policy, please contact our Inclusion Service.

Sexual violence and rape

If you have been a victim of rape or sexual assault, recently or in the past, there is a range of support available to you, whether or not you choose to make a report to the police.

Our Report + Support website allows you to report an incident online to the University, and you can choose to report anonymously if you wish. Our Student Services team monitor incident reports and will be in contact within one working day to discuss the incident and offer you support.

For further information on support available from the University and externally, visit the sexual violence and rape self-help page.