Get Ready for a Hot Summer! Order free resources and download our social media pack

The It Starts With Me summer campaign focuses on raising awareness of why and how to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV. To find how you can support this exciting campaign download and read our Get Ready for a Hot Summer campaign briefing [PDF].

The campaign, using the tagline ‘Get ready for a hot summer’, is delivered through digital platforms and face to face outreach. The target audiences for the campaign are:

  • gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM)
  • heterosexuals of Black African ethnicity
  • people from other communities affected by HIV.

Key messages for this campaign:

  • As you get ready for summer, it is important to protect yourself from HIV and STIs.
  • Your sex life should be pleasurable and healthy, find out how to look after your sexual health this summer.
  • Sex without a condom increases your likelihood of getting an STI.
  • You could have an STI without knowing it.
  • PrEP is a pill that can prevent you from getting HIV.

How can you get involved?

 Free resources

Our resources portal is now open with new posters, leaflets and merchandise for outreach, health promotion activities and raising awareness of HIV and STIs in your clinic, GP surgery, organisation or community.

New resources for summer 2023:

  • ‘The facts about PrEP’ leaflet
  • Get ready for a hot summer, STI, condom and PrEP posters
  • Summer-themed merchandise.

Order today.

Social Media Pack

The social media pack is now available to download. It includes a selection of correctly sized images for use on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (including Instagram stories) or any other social networks, as well as some suggested messaging.

Download the social media pack.

Ready for a hot summer? Get our free resources and social media pack

Ready for a hot summer? New resources available.The It Starts With Me summer campaign will focus on raising awareness of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), alongside HIV and STI prevention strategies. Activities for the campaign will start on Monday 4 July 2022.

The campaign will remind people of the importance of looking after all aspects of their sexual wellbeing with a positive, fresh and summer-themed creative.

Free resources

Our resources portal is now open with new posters, leaflets and merchandise for outreach, health promotion activities and raising awareness of HIV and STIs in your clinic, GP surgery or organisation.

New resources for summer 2022 include:

  • ‘The facts about chlamydia’ leaflet
  • Ready for a hot summer? STI, condom and PrEP posters.
  • Summer-themed merchandise

Order today.

Social media pack

We’ve created a social media pack to make it easy for you to get involved in the summer phase of the It Starts With Me campaign.

Key messages

  • As you get ready for summer, it is important to protect yourself from HIV and STIs.
  • Your sex life should be pleasurable and healthy, find out how to look after your sexual health this summer.

What’s in the pack?

  • Images: a selection of correctly sized images for use on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social media platform.
  • Suggested posts: examples of posts for Facebook and Instagram plus tweets for Twitter.
  • Suggested links: sign-posting to online tools, information from It Starts With Me and our free condom sample packs.

Access the pack.

If you have any questions please contact [email protected]

It Starts With Me: Summer campaign 2022 briefing

ISWM Summer 2022 briefing thumbnailThe next phase of the It Starts With Me campaign will focus on raising awareness of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), alongside HIV and STI prevention strategies. Activities for the campaign will start on Monday 4 July 2022.

The campaign will remind people of the importance of looking after all aspects of their sexual wellbeing with a positive, fresh and summer-themed creative.

Resources are available to order from our portal, and our social media pack will be downloadable from our website.

Get involved and find out more in our Summer Campaign Briefing [PDF]