The Safety Card

Aged under 18? Then you can sign up to Oxfordshire's Safety Card scheme to get free condoms, alongside advice and information about sexual health and relationships.

How does it work?

You can sign up to the Safety Card scheme at Young People's centres, Connexions Centres and other youth and health projects across Oxfordshire. Follow this link to find your nearest venue:

• Sign up for your sexual safety with the Safety Card

When you visit, you will be offered training from specially trained professionals on how to use condoms safely. Plus you'll get information about sexual health, condoms, contraception, relationships, feeling ready, respect and more.

Contraception

Anyone who might have sex needs to know about contraception. The time to start thinking about contraception is before you have sex.

There are 15 contraceptive choices available, which is right for you? Visit this website to find about all the choices:

• NHS Contraception : which choice?

Condoms help protect against sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy, but you need to know what to do if your contraception fails.

• How to access contraception services in Oxfordshire
• Where to get free Emergency Contraception* for under 18s

Chlamydia

Condoms provide protection against Sexually Transmitted Infection (STIs) but if you have ever had unprotected sex you may be at risk of an STI. Chlamydia is the most common Sexually Transmitted Infection among young people who are sexually active.

Chlamydia is invisible and easily spread. It is serious if left untreated but is easy to
test for.

Condoms provide protection against STIs, but there's a way to be even more sure.

In Oxfordshire, young people aged 15-24 can order a free confidential chalmydia test from free-test.me.

R U 15-24? Have you had the love bug test?

• www.sayyestothetest.com

Relationships

Friends or more than friends? Sometimes it's hard to tell.

The relationships section of Spired.com's online Survival Guide includes pages about Friends, Going out, Sex, Sexual Health and Sexuality.

There are also pages on things like Domestic Violence and Abuse which tell you about services which can help you if things go wrong.

• Relationships Section in the Guide
• 50 ways to say I love you (without having sex)
• Which one is easier to carry? (Poster)
• Where can I sign up to the Safety Card Scheme?

* Emergency Contraception

Emergency Hormonal Contraception, also called EHC or the "Morning After Pill", helps stop you getting pregnant when your usual contraception fails. You can download lists of pharmacists which offer free EHC to young women aged under 18 in Oxfordshire, with opening times, right here.

• Pharmacists in Oxfordshire which provide FREE emergency contraception for young people under 18 (PDF)
• Pharmacists in Oxfordshire which provide FREE emergency contraception for young people under 18 (Word)

If you don't want to see a pharmacist you can call Contraception and Sexual Health Services (C&SH) on 01865 456 666 for advice on your nearest clinic.

More useful websites from Oxfordshire

• www.sexualhealthoxfordshire.nhs.uk/youngpeople Sexual health and GUM clinic questions answered
• C&SH Clinics in Oxfordshire Find your local contraception and sexual health (C&SH) clinic
• www.oscp.org.uk Oxfordshire Chlamydia Screening Project, get tested for the most common STI