YOUNGSTERS are being offered the chance to win bookmarks and keyrings as part of a health campaign to promote safe sex.
Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust has teamed up with youth centres to organise a range of competitions as part of National Condom Week, which starts on Monday.
The campaign aims to give young people advice on how to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies.
Jessica Lanfranconi, a sexual health advisor at South Bank Health Shop, will be visiting youth centres to talk to young people and encourage them to join in the competitions.
She said: "The UK has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe and sexually transmitted infections are on the increase.
"National Condom Week is all about promoting safe sex in a fun and interesting way."
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