Free condoms in demand at the Belladrum Festival
10-11-12 August 2007
Sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland (THT), gave out a massive 18,000 condoms to festival-goers at the Belladrum Festival in Beauly, near Inverness, last weekend. People of all ages, but especially young people took the opportunity to pick up some condoms and get advice and information on STIs, contraception and managing relationships.
Agnes Boes, Senior Health Promotion Officer at Terrence Higgins Trust said: ‘Young people and parents made it clear that they welcomed us being on hand to give advice about safer sex. There is an obvious need among young people to talk frankly about sex and contraception and many festival-goers expressed a wish that they had received this sort of information at school. Agnes adds: ‘Now that the festival has ended we want to remind people about the services THT offers in Inverness.’
THT offers:
· Free and confidential testing for HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and chlamydia
· Free safer sex materials (condoms, femidoms and dams), by post on request
· HIV support and prevention services
· Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender support
· Counselling and group empowerment
· Education, training and development
· Needle exchange
· Outreach services
For more information on the services available at THT in Inverness contact: 01463 711 585.
Notes to editors
Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, providing a wide range of services across Scotland, England and Wales. The charity also campaigns and lobbies for greater political and public understanding of the personal, social and medical impact of HIV and sexual health.
THT Scotland worked in partnership with NHS Highland and the Highland Brook Advisory Centre to provide advice and information at the Belladrum Festival.
Agnes Boes, Senior Health Promotion Officer at Terrence Higgins Trust said: ‘Young people and parents made it clear that they welcomed us being on hand to give advice about safer sex. There is an obvious need among young people to talk frankly about sex and contraception and many festival-goers expressed a wish that they had received this sort of information at school. Agnes adds: ‘Now that the festival has ended we want to remind people about the services THT offers in Inverness.’
THT offers:
· Free and confidential testing for HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and chlamydia
· Free safer sex materials (condoms, femidoms and dams), by post on request
· HIV support and prevention services
· Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender support
· Counselling and group empowerment
· Education, training and development
· Needle exchange
· Outreach services
For more information on the services available at THT in Inverness contact: 01463 711 585.
Notes to editors
Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, providing a wide range of services across Scotland, England and Wales. The charity also campaigns and lobbies for greater political and public understanding of the personal, social and medical impact of HIV and sexual health.
THT Scotland worked in partnership with NHS Highland and the Highland Brook Advisory Centre to provide advice and information at the Belladrum Festival.
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