Sexual Health
Sex, drugs and rock and roll: Things can go too far sometimes if
your new found freedom goes to your head. Remember, for your own
protection use a condom (even if you are on the pill).
If you are worried about drugs and need advice, support, or
information with drug related issues you can contact: Substance
Prevention Acceptance Confidentiality Education (SPACE) on
0800 169 6064 or you can contact FRANK on 0800 77 66 00 or log on
to http://www.talktofrank.com/
Looking after your sexual health is really important. There are
lots of organisations out there that can hopefully answer any
questions you may have so take a look at the following
info and contact details.:
Time 4U
Sessions are run throughout the county. They offer free
advice to young people up to age of 21 years and provide lots
of information and support as well as free contraception: 0800
783 2936
The Worcestershire Time 4U service is currently piloting a new
training course in Westlands, Droitwich to train young people up as
Time 4U volunteers so that they can provide information from a
young person’s perspective, and help run sessions at Time 4U
drop in clinics. Time 4U clinics are as listed below:
- Bromsgrove, Charford: Community Advice Centre Monday 2:30 –
5:00 01527 874 880 (during opening times)
- Rubery: Youth and Community Centre Monday 3:00 – 5:00
- Ryeland: Youthcentre New Road Thursday 7:00 – 8:30 01527 875
207 (during opening hours)
- Westlands: WANDS Farmers Way Wednesday 3:30 – 5:00 01905 827
391 (during opening hours)
- Evesham Health Centre Saturday 10.00 – 12.30 01386 502 300
(during opening hours)
- Pershore The Pavilion, Pershore High School Thursday 12.50 –
1.45
- Kidderminster Oldington and Foley Park Thursday 3.00 –
4.30
- Malvern Malvern Youth Centre Tuesday 6.00 – 8.00 01684 575 363
(during opening hours)
- Tenbury Tenbury High School Wednesday 12.40 – 1.20
- Redditch Arrowvale Youth House Thursday 3.00 – 5.00
- Kingsley Youth Centre Tuesday 3.30 – 5.30 01527 529 855 (during
opening hours)
- Worcester Worcester Tech Student Welfare Office Thursday 12.30
– 2.00
- Worcester Sixth Form Student Services Monday 1.15 – 2.15 and
Wednesday 12.30 – 1.30
- Worcester Moor Street Saturday 10.00 – 12.00 01905 681 639
- Warndon Youth Centre Wednesday 7.00 – 9.00 01905 452 153
C-Card Scheme
Under 19’s scheme being run from Youth Centres, Connexions
Offices & Youth Offending Service across the county to ensure
young people have access to free condoms easily. If you register
with this scheme, you will be given a C-Card (credit card size
card) and free condoms. You can then use this card to
get condoms from trained workers for another 9 visits until your
card is ‘full.’ Then just to make sure everything is ok and to
get any new or latest advice you will need to see the trained
worker once more before re-registering.
Worcestershire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership
Has produced a Summer Campaign to celebrate the launch of the
new sexual health website for young people. The campaign aims to
encourage young people to stay safe during the summer period and to
access the new website that contains advice and information on sex,
relationships, pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs),
puberty and where to access free contraception and emergency
contraception in Worcestershire. For further information, see
http://www.playinitsafe.co.uk/index.html
Moor Street Clinic (Family Planning Clinic)
Britannia Court
1 Moor Street
Worcester
WR1 3DB
For appointment times call: Tel No 01905 681 639
RU Thinking
About It
Information, advice and guidance for young people under 18 years
on sex, relationships and contraception. 0800 282930 or http://www.ruthinking.co.uk/ Tel
No 0800 28 29 30 – Helpline Open 7 days a week, 7am – 12
midnight
Family Planning Association (FPA)
Provides confidential information and advice on
contraception and sexual and reproductive health. They
can also signpost you to local family planning and sexual
health clinics and other sexual health related services or
indeed to any of these services across the UK. http://www.fpa.org.uk/. Tel No0845 310
1334, Monday – Friday (9am – 6pm)
NHS Sexual Health Helpline
For all ages, Help Line Tel No 0800 567 123, open 24 hours
The Cedar Tree Pregnancy Crisis and Post Abortion Support
Centre
The Angel Centre
1 Angel Place
Worcester
WR1
3QN
Tel No 01905 612 774
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