Contraceptive Awareness Week

Contraceptive Awareness Week will not run in 2012

Following a review of our campaigning activity we have decided not to run Contraceptive Awareness Week.

We’ll be expanding and focusing on Sexual Health Week instead of running two smaller campaigns every year.

We understand some professionals will be disappointed at this news. We know many of you get involved in your local areas. However, we hope that this will mean you get a bigger and better Sexual Health Week with more materials and ways to get involved.

Sexual Health Week 2012 will run as usual this September. The theme will be announced here and on Twitter and Facebook.

Previous Contraceptive Awareness Weeks

Conceivable? – Unplanned pregnancies in the over 35s

8–14 February 2010

Our Conceivable? campaign focused on unplanned pregnancies in women aged over 35 and asked if the age and infertility message has gone too far.

Finding the Perfect Partner

9–15 February 2009

For 2009, in keeping with the nation's Valentine's Day mood of love and affection, we aimed to get every woman matched up with the contraceptive method best for her.

The New Man

11–17 February 2008

Exploring people’s attitudes about contraception often looks at women’s experiences. But women are just half of the equation. To get the full picture The New Man homed in on how men use contraception.

Reproduction: a quick guide to your body

12–18 February 2007

We know that there are lots of myths and misinformation about how men’s and women’s bodies actually work – especially when trying to avoid pregnancy. We exposed some of these fairytales and set some records straight.

Contraceptive Awareness Week 2006

13–19 February 2006

Contraceptive Awareness Week 2006 campaigned to increase women's awareness of long-acting reversible methods of contraception.

Contraceptive Awareness Week 2005

14–20 February 2005

The first major event of our 75th anniversary year was Contraceptive Awareness Week which explored how sex and relationships had changed from 1930 to 2005.

Contraceptive Awareness Week 2004

9–15 February 2004

In 2004 we highlighted emergency contraception, in particular making emergency contraceptive pills available in advance – ‘access through the bathroom cabinet’.

Contraceptive Awareness Week 2003

10–16 February 2003

In 2003 we called for the sexual health lead in each primary care trust (PCT) to be a ‘contraception champion’ to ensure services become more integrated and responsive to local need.

Contraceptive Awareness Week 2002

11–17 February 2002

In 2002 we published research showing that many men and women were unaware of most of the thirteen different methods of contraception available at the time.

FPA campaigns team

Rebecca Findlay, Press and Campaigns Manager
Tel: 020 7608 5265
Email rebeccaf@fpa.org.uk