lads as young as 12 are to be given condom "credit cards" allowing them to pick up free contraception.
in a new government scheme boys will be able to collect condoms at football grounds, barber's shops and scout huts to save them the embarrassment of visiting a sex clinic or pharmacy.
they will be able to purchase condoms by showing their plastic "credit card" issued to them after they have attended a safe-sex lesson.
the scheme is intended to cut teen pregnancies and make boys take more responsibility for contraception.
the "c-cards" are already used in some councils but will be made available to all boys in britain aged 13 and over later in the year.
councils will also be able to offer the cards to younger lads who may already be sexually active, and to try to implement safe-sex attitudes at an early age in those who are not.
the strategy is being drawn up for the department for children, schools and families by the brook advisory service, which offers contraceptive advice to teens.
boys who attend additional meetings on sexually transmitted diseases will get bonus stamps on their card.
the group heading the scheme hope the card will become a status symbol.
simon blake, chief executive of brook, said the c-card would make condom use "an everyday reality".
那些12岁大的小伙子们将被授予避孕套“信用卡”，以便使他们能够获得免费的避孕用品。
在一项新的政府计划中，男孩们将能够从足球场，理发店甚至是童子军小屋附近获取避孕套。而不用像以前那样，尴尬的跑去性诊所或是药房那拿了。
他们只要听完安全性教育课程，就能够获颁一张塑制“信用卡”作为证明。再通过出示该“信用卡”，他们就可以购买到避孕套了。
这项计划旨在减少青少年早孕，同时使男孩们担负起更多的避孕责任。
实际上，一些地区已经在使用这款信用卡了。而到今年晚些时候，英国所有年龄在13岁以上的小伙子们都将获得这种卡片。
此外，政府还将向那些已经有性行为能力的更为年轻的孩子们发放此卡。以期达到“培养安全性态度，从娃娃抓起”的目标。
这项计划是由布鲁克咨询机构（brook advisory service）为英国儿童、学校和家庭事务部（department for children, schools and families）草拟的。该机构常年向青少年提供避孕建议。
另外，那些参加有关性疾病传播等额外讲座的男孩们，还将有机会使他们的卡片获得额外的图章呢。
领导这一计划的组织希望这张卡片能最终成为一种身份的象征。
布鲁克咨询机构的负责人塞蒙·布雷克（simon blake）希望该“信用卡”能促使避孕套的使用成为我们日常生活的一部分。