While looking for news pieces to share with you lovely lot this week, I've found this story from St. Helen's; apparently there is a small panic in the air that lots of people will be catching nasties whilst off having fun in the sun this weekend...Apparently the Royal Wedding may also fuel some romantic feeling in people next weekend! I'm uncertain whether people will really start falling in (and making) love like mad, just because the weather has improved, but just in case...
Whoever you're into, if you're having sex, you need to be safe. Use condoms to protect yourselves against STIs, some never go away, and some can be deadly (if you want the whole low-down, here it is). As we all know, you need to use contraception to stop unwanted pregnancies. If you live in Suffolk, UK, please click here for info on where to get your free condoms and here for advice on contraception. If you live elsewhere, please click here for help finding the services for you!
If you're a veteran user or provider of the Suffolk C-Card Scheme, you'll notice that the outlets listed on our website have changed - we've been working really hard over the past 6 months to ensure that all 13-19 year olds in Suffolk have easy access to free condoms. We now have an electronic system for logging people (users can still be anonymous, we just like to know how old they are!) to ensure that everyone is safe. We're now expanding this to be Level 1 Sexual Health Services (chlamydia testing, signposting, condom distribution and various other bits of advice to young people), so that young people have got more choices regarding where and how they want there sexual health services to be...Level 1 outlets will also shorten the distances that people from rural areas have to travel to reach their sexual health services. If you or your organisation works with young people in Suffolk and are interested in providing Sexual Health services (you don't have to be a clinician!) please click here to send us an email for more info. If you’re a young person living in Suffolk, you can email us suggestions of where you think services could be, or use teh comments bit of our feedback form. Either way you’ll be anonymous!
Enjoy the sunshine and remember to wear sunblock (and condoms, if necessary)!
xxx
