Introduction
The briefing note format is intended to:

• be suitable for including with letters
• impart a lot of information in a small space.

Additional material is available from the resources page.

Briefing Notes:

• Naturism
• Statement of Belief (adopted both nationally and internationally)
• Attitudes:
  
  • Statistics (needs updating for the 2011 poll. Now nearly 4 million naturists in the UK)
  • Statistics for Scotland
  • Public
  • Parliament
• Beaches:
  
  • Summary of guidance on Managing Coastal Activities. Full version. (Best practice beach management)
    
    • An example of good practice. National Trust web page for Studland.
  • Creating designated clothes optional beaches
  • The Naturist Beach Code. (Explanatory note. The code design and how to use it)
  • There are different editions customised for particular areas. For example with the local police non-emergency phone number.
    
    • England and Wales
    • Devon and Cornwall
    • Perran Sands
• Children and Young People
  There has been a series of government reports over the years regarding access to pornography by children. It says something about the mindset that there is so much emphasis on anything to do with the body and sex and very little on violence and sadism. More information ...
  
  • Children. There is no evidence that nudity causes harm, alarm or distress. There is evidence of benefit.
  • Health and Well Being of Young People. People, especially young people, are dying as a result of body-shame, body-prejudice, and the consequent body-ignorance.
  • UNICEF on teenage sexual behaviour. The Netherlands reduced teenage pregnancy rates by a factor of four, in little more than a generation, by following the evidence. Why then is the UK doing the opposite?
• Facilities
  
  • Spa and Sauna
• Gardens
  
  • Garden Naturism
• Prejudice and Protection
  
  • General
  • Local authority swimming pool (and Social Services)
  • Censorship is included in this section because where nudity is concerned it lacks any objective basis. Supporting web page.
• Equality Act 2010. This is a general overview of a very complex act.

More briefing notes are being prepared and will be added in due course.

 

 

 

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