Saturday, July 30, 2005

Don't come back from holiday with more than you bargained for

For Sexual Health Week (30 July ? 7 August) Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and Solihull Primary Care Trust have joined forces to hand out sexual health packs to young holiday makers at Birmingham International Airport.

Young people from the West Midlands came out top in a recent Foreign & Commonwealth Office survey of the risks taken by young holiday makers, with 64% of people surveyed from the West Midlands reporting "having casual sex" as a favored holiday activity, compared to the national average of 28%.

The campaign stand at Terminal One, Birmingham International Airport (BIA), will be manned by THT staff and volunteers who will target 18-30 year olds with sexual health packs containing condoms, lubricants, safe sex materials, alcohol unit calculator wheels and bottle tops to protect holiday drinkers from having their drink spiked.

Don't come back from holiday with more than you bargained for