Condoms Communications Toolkit

It’s all here:
Free condoms, tools & games

If your service provides (or wants to provide) condoms and advice to young people in NSW, Play Safe Pro is here to help. Our free condom ordering service, organisational support tools, and educational resources are tailored to help your service distribute condoms safely, and engage in informed, impactful conversations with young people about their use.

Simply follow these seven steps… And repeat as needed!

Step 1:

Condom protocol

Making condoms available to young people at your service is one of the easiest and most effective things you can do to protect their health. Our condom protocol guide covers the ins and out of providing condoms to young people at your service, legal considerations and ways to implement condom distribution.

Pro tip: Why not run through the Condom Protocol quarterly to ensure all team members are up to date with requirements and knowledge?

When providing condoms to young people, there’s a duty of care for services to also provide support, advice, and knowledge. This guide talks you through it, step by step.

CONDOM PROTOCOL GUIDE

Step 2:

Stock up

Stock up on the essentials. You can order one bag per month of free Play Safe branded condoms and lubricant, meaning your service will be able to provide condoms and lubricant when and where they’re most needed.

Pro tip: Set up your order request as a recurring order within our online ordering system. That way, you never need to worry about running out.

Fill in the form with your details, and 144 condoms will be with you before you know it.

CONDOM ORDERING TOOL

Step 3:

Learn the facts

Condom use is one important part of sexual health promotion. Using condoms and water-based lubricant during sex can help to protect against HIV and STIs. Our factsheets and training cover everything from basic condom facts to advanced topics like sexual health messaging and STI prevention strategies.

Pro tip: Make sexual health a regular topic in team meetings or training sessions. Use this time to share new resources, address questions, and assess the progress of condom and sexual health promotion within the organisation.

Key sexual health messages fact sheet

This concise summary of key sexual health messages gives you essential information to share with young people during discussions.

Sticky Stuff Training

This online training creates an exciting opportunity for organisations caring for young people and workers looking for tools, tips and activities for engaging young people around sexual health. It covers condoms as well as other topics.

Key sexual health messages fact sheet

This concise summary of key sexual health messages gives you essential information to share with young people during discussions.

Sticky Stuff Training

Step 4:

Promote,
promote,
promote

Spark conversations. Order free promotional posters to display at your service, sparking conversations about condoms and raising awareness about the free condoms you offer.

Pro tip: Maximise the visibility of your sexual health resources by placing promotional posters in high-traffic areas, such as near entrances, waiting rooms, or bathrooms. Rotating poster designs regularly can keep the message fresh and engaging.

Condoms available here poster

These eye-catching posters have been designed to be displayed in services that offer free condoms to young people. Download the file and print it as needed.

Play Safe Condom Poster

These posters are to encourage young people to think about condom use and safe sex. They’re A3 sized and come in a pack of seven variations. We’ll send them directly to you.

STI testing posters

Condoms + regular STI testing = all the fun and none of the worry. Encourage holistic safer sex practices with additional posters promoting regular STI testing. Download the file and print it as you need.

Step 5:

Get interactive

Make learning fun. Say goodbye to awkward chats and hello to enjoyable and accessible condom conversations. These interactive resources are designed to educate and entertain, fostering a positive and safe environment for young people to learn about condoms and sexual health.

Pro tip: Why not try each of these games and activities as a team? That way, you’ll know exactly how they work when using them with young people.

Condom Demonstration

Demonstrate the correct use of condoms and invite participants to practise the technical skills of condom use and to increase confidence and skills in correctly using condoms.

Condom Games

Engage young people in a fun and educational game that teaches them about the importance of condom use and safe sex practices.

Condom Card Game

A card sorting activity illustrating effective condom use. This activity is about looking at the different steps that are involved in putting on a condom correctly.

Condom couture

Use condoms to create hats, bags and other fashion accessories, all whilst talking about safe sex and condom use.

Step 6:

Refer to Nurse Nettie

Encourage young people to ‘Ask Nurse Nettie’ any sexual health questions. Run by a team of qualified sexual health nurses, Nurse Nettie is here to help answer any questions they may have about sex or sexual health.

Pro tip: Remind young people that all conversations are 100% confidential and there’s no need to feel embarrassed.

The team aims to reply to messages within 24 hours on weekdays.

ASK NURSE NETTIE

Step 7:

Keep on improving

Continuously evolve. Use our organisational-level resources to continually explore and assess how your service can further support sexual health promotion. By integrating sexual health education into your organisational culture and practices, you can create a supportive environment that prioritises the health and well-being of young people.

Pro tip: Run through the checklists below every quarter to ensure your organisation is doing everything it can to support young people’s sexual health and well-being.

Organisational Checklist

This self-assessment checklist is for all workers and services that see young people, including services with a general focus but still working with young people.

Youth Friendly Checklist

This checklist is for practice managers, general practitioners (GPs), and other staff working in primary health care settings to plan how to improve health services for young people by making them more youth-friendly.

Organisational Checklist

This self-assessment checklist is for all workers and services that see young people, including services with a general focus but still working with young people.

Are you talking to young people about condoms?

It’s all here: Free condoms, tools & games

Step 1:

Condom protocol

Step 2:

Stock up

Step 3:

Learn the facts

Key sexual health messages fact sheet

Sticky Stuff Training

Key sexual health messages fact sheet

Sticky Stuff Training

Step 4:

Promote, promote, promote

Condoms available here poster

Play Safe Condom Poster

STI testing posters

Step 5:

Get interactive

Condom Demonstration

Condom Games

Condom Card Game

Condom couture

Step 6:

Refer to Nurse Nettie

Step 7:

Keep on improving

Organisational Checklist

Youth Friendly Checklist

Organisational Checklist

Youth Friendly Checklist

Free sexual health training

Order free flyers, posters, factsheets and more

Condom toolkit

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It’s all here:
Free condoms, tools & games

Promote,
promote,
promote

Free sexual
health training

Out of home
care toolkit