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Keeping young people safe over Christmas

Introduction

We're helping 16-17 year olds stay safe with a free ‘party survival pack’.

With the Christmas and New Year party season just about to kick off, we’ve teamed up with sexual health charity Brook to remind young people that mixing sex with alcohol could leave them with more than they bargained for.

From 3 December until Christmas, we’re giving away 15,000 free survival packs to 16-17 year olds, from seven locations in the UK, all containing £2 mobile phone credit and two condoms to keep them safe over the Christmas period.

A dedicated area of the Brook website lists where party survival kits are available from. There’s also a general knowledge sex quiz giving young people the chance to win an iPod Touch.

http://www.brook.org.uk/havefun

Page last updated by: Unknown, 10 May 2012.

Page checked on: 27 Nov 2009

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