Condoms are available from a range of venues and outlets. Condoms can be obtained for free by popping into the DHIVERSE offices in Cambridge or Huntingdon, or either PHSS centre in Peterborough. Free condoms are also available from the GUM clinics , Family Planning Services , Centre 33 Youth Centre , GPs surgeries and gay venues in Cambridge and Peterborough. Additionally for those who cannot access any of these places condoms can be made available via post:
For people living in Peterborough and PE postcode zone follow this link.
For other areas within Cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas please phone 01223 508805.
Remember you can also buy condoms from chemists and many garages. DHIVERSE has been providing condoms free of charge to the community since 1986, this is only possible as a result of the donations we receive.
Condoms are the most effective method of preventing
against HIV and sexually transmitted infections if you are sexually active.
It does not matter whether you are gay, straight or bisexual, condoms
if used properly are highly effective in stopping unwanted pregnancy,
and preventing infection. Follow
this link for details of how to use a condom. This page contains genitally
explicit details and you should not visit it if it might cause offence.
No one is completely sure when and where condoms were
first invented - the ancient Egyptians used linen sheaths as a protection
against sexually transmitted infections, and the Romans may well have
used similar devices.
For more on the history of condoms click here.
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