PLAY-IT-SAFE™

Play-it-Safe is very honest about what causes and does not cause the spread of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS.  One key feature is to address issues such as sexual assertiveness, dry sex, child abuse and some other traditional beliefs and practices - providing information and provoking debate, so that learners have the information and skills they need to make healthy choices.

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Pinelands Business Park
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Pinelands
7405
Cape Town


Tel: +27 21 531 6166
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Email: info@sherston.co.za

What young people have said about Contraception Education's tried and tested methods and resources.

"It was a good laugh and you learn without realising it"

Our evaluations show  that young people discuss more about sexual health and contraception in a relaxed, enjoyable, constructive peer-group setting. 
Players say: 

The best things are...:

"Risk Cards create good discussion and debate"
"Question cards were informative"
"The game is informal and fun"
"Nothing could be improved - all trainees opted to play the game again"
"It gives information"
"You get to see the contraceptives" 
"The cards told me what was good and bad"
"I liked the way the board was set out and how you got cards each time"
"It was a fun way and set out different questions and options" "There are a lot of things to do and it's very informative" "Interesting questions"
"Putting a condom on"
"It teaches a lot about safe sex" 
"Learning about the risks"
"It was funny when people picked up the risks"
"It was a good laugh and you learn without realising it".
"It's exciting as you want to know what you'll get"
"It allowed me to learn all the safety points and the risky points on having sex"
"It was very informative"
"It will help us when we're older".
"It was revision for me but I liked the way we were allowed to demonstrate with condoms"
"Fun to play and very informative"
"It gave a lot of information and involved everybody" "Interesting because it was full of information and had a lot of things to do"
"I thought it looked really attractive"
"It will give people the answers to what they want instead of talking to people"

Hear comments (mp3 file ) made a teenage player interviewed for BBC Radio 4's "You and Yours"

What a youth worker says about Contraception: the Board Game® (Mpg file)

Tom Cole from Ordsall Youth Centre was interviewed for the Real World Focus Project after playing with a team of young people. Hear his comments

What a Head Teacher says about Contraception:the Board Game®
Hear comments made on BBC Radio and on Granada Reports by a Head Teacher following a pilot of the game in a secondary School with Year 9 students

Video and Audio reviews

How to play the Game

Play-it-Safe is an on screen board game.  As players move around the board they come into contact with statements and questions which stimulate discussion and reinforce or elicit teacher input.

Playing highlights areas where understanding may be lacking.

• The game teaches facts through questions and true / false statements.

• Through these statements clear distinction is made between safe and risky sexual behaviour.

• Advancing around the board brings players into contact with various advice centres and resources where contraceptive and sexual health services can be accessed: e.g. PPASA and Lovelife

Players are also directed at various intervals during the game to make an assertive statement which strengthens their ability to express their own needs and decline unwanted pressure.

Peer education is a key feature of the game.  The game offers the group peer education opportunities in a safe environment, practising use of language relating to sex, whilst building confidence.

Participants can access help at any time during the game.  Links from this site enable students to engage in fact finding using the resources page and links page.   Free downloadable presentations of pictures are available on the downloads page of this site to supplement teacher input, although access to our Compact Contraceptive Demonstration and Safer Sex Kits would be an advantage.

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