Report from the faculty of family planning and reproductive health care AGM, May 2000.

Bodyzone is a young persons drop in service run in eight small market towns in Oxfordshire. It is based in secondary schools, or in youth centres nearby, and runs once a week during the school lunchtime. The service was initially developed to meet the needs of young people in a rural population. Many young people find it hard to use services primarily designed for adults. Additional problems for youngsters in rural localities arise from living in small, closely-knit communities where it is difficult to be anonymous, and from the lack of public transport into the towns from surrounding villages. There is now interest in developing similar services in larger towns.