Free condoms and contraception

Free condoms and contraception are available at all the No Worries! young people's clinics and drop-ins, any doctors surgery, as well as at sexual health clinics listed on the No Worries! leaflet (PDF format). 

You can also see a map of these clinic on the No Worries Google Map.

You can also buy condoms in pubs, clubs, supermarkets, petrol stations, chemists and pharmacies.

Condoms are the only contraceptive method that protects against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as well as pregnancy. Make sure you know how to sue condoms correctly - see the No Worries! Guide to getting it on.

 

Get it on - get a C-card!

Join the No Worries! Condom Card Scheme - for teenagers only!

If you are under 20 you can get free condoms from youth venues through South Gloucestershire's C-card scheme.

To get a C-card you will need to go to one of the C-card Registration Points across the area. See where your nearest one is below.

You will have a confidential chat with a trained C-card worker, who will explain the scheme, teach you the best way to use condoms and answer any questions you might have.  You don't have to give your name if you don't want to and they won't tell your parents or carers that you have been to see them.

Once you have a C-card you can go to any C-card Point and be given 10 free condoms. You can do that up to ten times before coming back in for another chat with a C-card worker. This gives you the chance to ask more questions or talk about any concerns you have. You will then get a new C-card to use.

Places in South Gloucestershire where you can sign up for the C-card Scheme:
 

At Secondary Schools: Many School Health Nurses are trained to register young people for the C-card Scheme, so are many Connexions PAs based in schools.

Filton College

At Local Youth Centres & Projects: 

The Old School Youth Centre, High St, Kingswood, BS15 4AT 01454 862179

Hanham Youth Centre, High St, Hanham, BS15 3EJ 01454 865749

Cadbury Heath Youth Centre, Park Road, Warmley, BS30 8EB 01454 865754

Cadbury Heath Youth Project, Old Pavilion, Park Rd. Warmley, BS30 8EB

Oldland Youth Centre, rear of Redfield Edge Primary School, High St, Oldland Common, BS30 9TL 01454 865756 (open Tue & Thurs 7pm - 9.30 pm)

Staple Hill Detached Project, Staple Hill Methodist Church, High St, BS16 5HQ
0117 957 5221 

Fromeside Youth Centre, Watley's End Rd, Winterbourne, BS36 1QG 01454 865736

Brockeridge Centre, Woodend Rd, Frampton Cotterell, BS36 2LO 01454 868370

Filton St Andrews Methodist Youth Centre, Elm Park, Filton BS34 7PS 0117 969 1938

Patchway Youth Centre, Coniston Road, Patchway, BS34 5JP 01454 865733

Little Stoke Youth Centre, Little Stoke Lane, BS34 6HY 01454 868530

Wickwar Youth Centre, High Street, Wickwar, GL12 8NE 01454 865758 

Chipping Sodbury Youth Centre, Chipping Sodbury Youth Centre, Hounds Rd, BS37 6EE 01454 865740

Yate Urbie (mobile detached work) c/o Brimsham Green Youth Wing 01454 868998

St Nicholas Youth Centre, Chargrove, Yate, BS37 4LG 01454 313697

Brimsham Green Youth Wing, Broad Lane, Yate, BS17 5LB 01454 868998

Thornbury Youth Centre, Turnberries Community Building, Thornbury BS35 2BB 01454 865752 

Made For Ever Youth Activity Centre, Fisher Road, Kingswood, BS15 4LE 01454 865746

Connexions  External link: Connexions:

A range of Connexions Personal Advisers (PAs) have been trained to register young people for the C-card, ask your own PA or drop-in to your local Connexions team:

Connexions Filton team
South Gloucestershire
28 Gloucester Road North
Filton
BS7 0SJ Tel: 0117 969 8101
Open Monday to Thursday 12.30pm - 4.30pm, Fridays 12.30pm - 4.00pm

Connexions Kingswood & Yate teams
South Gloucestershire
21-23 High Street
Kingswood
BS15 4AA Tel: 0117 961 2760
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9.30am - 4.30pm, Wednesday 10.30pm - 4.30pm
Friday 9.30am - 4.00pm

Other places you can register are:
Britton House (residents only), Stanley Road, Warmley, BS15 4PP
Looked After Children Nurse Mob 07881 586218 or office 01454 866422
Youth Offending Team Specialist Workers 01454 868556

Looking for information, facts, advice on relationships and sex for young people?

See www.nhs.uk/worthtalkingabout or ring 0800 28 29 30 between 7 a.m. and midnight 7days a week.
Sex. Worth talking about offers comprehensive information for young people on nearly everything to do with relationships and sex: Your body; when to start having sex; contraception; sex and the law; medical confidentiality; sex and alcohol. It is designed for young people who care about their sexual relationships being healthy and safe.