What is the C-Card?
The C-Card is a card that gives people quick and easy access to free condoms. This service is available to anyone aged 13 or over in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Stoke-on-Trent, and Telford and Wrekin.
It is a confidential service which also offers information and advice about sexual health and relationships.
If you are thinking of having sex or are having a sexual relationship, registering for a card will mean you always have access to free condoms.
How does the C-Card work?
The C-Card allows you to get free condoms from a range of places e.g. some schools, colleges, shops, clinics and pharmacies.
The card will not have any personal details on it like your name, it will only have a unique number on it. You can take your C-Card to any place where you see the C-Card logo and get your condoms without any questions asked.
How to register
Registration is quick and easy and takes about 10 minutes. You will only be asked for a few simple details like:
- Name
- Postcode
- Date of Birth
All the information you provide is confidential and will not be passed on to anyone else.
You can register for a C-Card at any of our sexual health clinics as well as some other places – find your nearest C-Card venue on our service finder.
Find out how to use external condoms safely here.
Order a C-Card or C-Card packs online
Using an existing C-Card to order new C-Card packs? Fill all your details in the form, click yes on “Do you have a C-Card?”, and enter your C-Card number.
Online orders are sent in plain packaging.
Online registration is unavailable to under 16s – if you’re under 16 please use our service finder, or contact your local sexual health clinic.
Using your C-Card
Once you have your C-Card, you just need to show it at a distribution venue to get free condoms.
The member of staff you see will mark a box of the pack, make a note of your visit number and C-Card number, and then hand you your condom pack.
See a list of places you can use your C-Card on our Service Finder.
Finding a C-Card venue near you
You can use your C-Card at sexual health clinics as well as some pharmacies, GPs and community venues. Visit the Service Finder and enter your postcode to find the closest place to you.
If you’re a student, you may be able to use your C-Card at your education venue, or with local school nurses.
Got a question about the C-Card scheme?
Call the C-Card and Prevention Team on:
0808 178 0955, option 2 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and Telford & Wrekin)
0300 404 2996 (Shropshire)
You can also email SexualHealthComms@mpft.nhs.uk.
Watch our video showing how to put a condom on correctly ↓
Parent or carer of a young person?
See our C-Card information for parents and carers.
Local professional?
See our C-Card information for professionals, which includes information on how you can sign up to be a registration or distribution venue.