C-Card scheme
C-Card is now app-based and even easier to use. You can download the C-Card app on your smart phone in Apple store or Google Play :
If you are over 16, you need to watch a quick video and answer a few quiz questions to unlock your app.
If you are under 16, you will need to visit one of our SHAC services to have a quick chat with a trained professional and make sure that you are happy & safe – they will then unlock your C-card app for you to use.
Once you have the app on your phone, you can visit any C-Card site, scan their QR code and show your collect screen to a member of staff. They will then give you 6 condoms and a lube for free – no questions asked!
You can collect a condom pack every 7 days. You can ask for more if you need them.
All C-Card sites also offer free home Chlamydia & Gonorrhoea test kits and most C-Card pharmacies also provide FREE Emergency Contraception (sometimes called “Morning After Pill”) to under 25’s.
You can also order a home test kit through the app and find a list of free EHC (Emergency Hormonal Contraception) pharmacies.
C-Card Collection Sites
C-Card sites display the C-Card logo in their window and you can also find a map of C-Card sites in the app. You can find a map of sexual health services in Brighton and Hove here.
Closed access points
Closed Access Points only give out C-Card and condoms, femidoms and lube to their own clients or students. This means that you cannot go to these services unless you are already linked up with them. This includes School Health drop-ins, college Sexual Health drop-ins and some services working with young people such as RU:OK? and the Youth Offending Service. View the closed access points for a full list. You can find a map of sexual health services in Brighton and Hove here.
Contact us
Please feel free to contact us with any questions on 01273 523222 or email us at sc-tr.brightoncash@nhs.net
