Sexual Health Services carry out a summer outreach programme for young people
The Sexual Health Services team will be providing a mobile service over the summer holidays in various locations in Croydon for young people.
After visiting the Croydon Pride festival in Wandle Park on Saturday (15 July) the Sexual Health Services team, in collaboration with Croydon Council, KWA Africa and other local services, carried out HIV Point-of-care testing, PrEP and delivered STI self-testing kits to many of the local LGBTQ+ and wider community.
The team will also be helping the Croydon community this summer with their outreach programme. They have chosen locations which are easily accessible, allowing them to provide a friendly, confidential, non-judgemental consultation to young Croydon residents.
Their on-board mobile services will provide:
- Free condoms – C-Card Scheme
- STI self-test kits
- Advice and support
- Signposting to contraception and further sexual health services
The team have been consisently providing relationships and sex education to local schools, colleges and PRUs over the academic year. This has allowed them to build a good rapport, creating a safe environment for young people to feel they can approach the team.
The team will be available in their mobile sexual health van at selected dates and times. See the information below for more:
Dates, times and locations of our Mobile Sexual Health Service:
- 25 July: Shrublands Ball Court, CR0 8JD - 1:30pm – 4pm
- 1 August: Croydon Town Centre, CR9 1SX - 12pm – 3:30pm
- 3 August: Playfest, Addington Park, CR0 5AR -10am – 4pm
- 8 August: Croydon Town Centre,CR9 1SX -12pm – 3:30pm
- 15 August: Croydon Town Centre, CR9 1SX - 12pm – 3:30pm
- 16 August: Milne Park Ball Court, CR0 0BB - 1:30pm – 3:30pm
- 22 August: Shrublands Avenue, CR0 8JD, 1:30pm – 3:30pm
- 23 August: Regina Road Estate, South Norwood, SE25 4TR - 1:30pm – 3:30pm
