Ask Brook

Welcome to Ask Brook

Ask Brook has launched a NEW helpline number - . This number is now free from all telephones including mobiles.

Ask Brook is for young people under 25 in the UK ONLY. Over 25s in the UK can contact FPA. Information on services outside of the UK is available from IPPF.

Ask Brook cannot provide individual medical advice but we do provide a personal reply with information to help you.

Here to listen, not to tell! At Brook we offer a confidential service. This means that we do not talk about your enquiry to anyone outside Brook without your permission. If you have any worries or questions about confidentiality, don't hesitate to ask us.

For more information about confidentiality, and to protect your privacy by ensuring that other people can't find out that you have visited this website, click here.

The Ask Brook telephone helpline is available on to answer your questions between 9.00am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

For information on key sexual health issues any time of day or night call our 24-hour information line . You will hear a recorded message and will then be asked to choose the topic you want more information on from a list of options.

If you need to speak to somebody about your situation outside of our hours, you can call:

  • Sexwise for under 19s only open 7.00am to midnight every day on
  • NHS Direct for all ages, for medical advice 24 hours a day on (local call rate)

Ask Brook can provide information through our helpline , our secure on-line enquiry service, and our text messaging service.

To find your nearest Brook Centre, please click here

If your question is urgent you can call our free and confidential helpline on and speak with an Ask Brook advisor.

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If you have a question and cannot find the answer on the site, you can ask one of our information workers. This service is completely confidential. Please take a moment to think about your question and fill out the form below.

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