Fresher’s Week may be the most enjoyable week of your life, or perhaps indeed one of the hardest weeks you’ll ever have to live. Being away from home in an unfamiliar place, with friends and people you have only just met can be unsettling. As much fun as drinking from dawn until dusk can be, it also may be something you’re not used to. So, that ‘one for the road’, when you’ve already had too many can very easily put you into a situation where sense (and condoms) are thrown out the window. ‘Who needs to be safe? It’s Fresher’s Week’.
Well if sex happened, without one of your free fresher’s condoms, it might be a good idea to get checked out at one of these places.
The Advice Centre.
3rd Floor,
The Union
The advice centre offers free condoms, and advice for any problems you may have. For more information visit hullstudent.com/advice or call 01482 466263.
Conifer House
32-36 Prospect Street,
Hull,
HU2 8PX
Conifer House is a sexual health clinic based in the city centre. It provides testing and treatment of sexually trasmitted diseases. Pregnancy testing, family planning and emergency contraception are also available. Most services do not require an appointment, but for more information visit http://www.luvhull.co.uk/conifer/conifer.html or call 01482 336336.
University Counselling
138 Cottingham Road,
Hull,
HU6 7RY
The University offers free counselling to all students. The service deals with 300-500 students every year and offer a variety of appointments. It is open 9am until 4.30pm (4.15pm on a Friday), and offers a drop-in service between 12pm and 1pm. More information is available from hull.ac.uk/counselling. You can also email studentcounselling@hull.ac.uk or phone 01482 465166.
Nightline
Nightline is a confidential listening and information serivce run by student volunteers. Lines are open between 8pm and 8am. It offers call back to all 01482 Hull numbers and to halls of residence. There are other services available via Nightline – view the website via hullstudent.com to see. Call Nightline on 01482 466272.
Áine Murphey