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]

HIV Prevention England Conference 2022

Call for abstracts

The 5th biannual National HIV Prevention Conference will be held on Friday 30 September 2022 in Central London.

This conference brings together health professionals, community experts and researchers working in HIV prevention and sexual health; as well as others who work with people from key target populations. The event provides a platform for delegates to share ideas, best practice, research, and to network.

The conference will be free to attend and registration will open on Monday 4 July 2022.

The call for abstracts is now open. We welcome abstracts that contain original contributions within the following topics:

  • HIV and STI testing in different settings
  • Improving access to PrEP
  • HIV and STI prevention research and implementation
  • HIV treatment access and retention in care
  • Improving the quality of life for people living with HIV
  • The sexual health of people living with HIV
  • Partnerships and coproduction approaches

We encourage the submission of abstracts which focus on health equity for underserved communities and also those which demonstrate real-world impact.

Submissions

You may submit an abstract for an oral presentation, a poster presentation or an interactive workshop.

Before you submit an abstract please read the guidance [PDF]

Please complete the relevant template:

The deadline to make your submission is 23:59 BST, Friday 15 July 2022.