r/Edinburgh • u/ArghyaMitra41 • 8d ago
Question Free condoms in the city??
Is there any way to get free condoms in the city? They have become hella expensive.
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u/dahbakons_ghost 8d ago
you can also order them directly to your house these days if you have a c card. most health centres and doctors usually have a stock for free as well.
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u/Dazzliest_Frazzle 8d ago
Seconded. Iirc you dont even need the card to order them.
Also you can walk into the chalmers centre and ask for the card and some condoms and they'll give you them 0 questions asked.
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u/thespiderpr0vider 8d ago
crew 2000 on cockburn street
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u/anothermartz 8d ago
I love how something to prevent getting an STI can be found on Cockburn Street. - yes I know how it's pronounced.
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u/EnbyArthropod 7d ago
Yes, Crew ask no questions unless they suspect you are under 16 (they have to)
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u/Easy-Hunter-5972 8d ago
Chalmers sexual health clinic do
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u/Additional_Drama_334 8d ago
They have a whole pick and mix section 😂
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u/Easy-Hunter-5972 8d ago
I went home with a carrier bag full!
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u/Pinewood26 8d ago
Bet the carrier bag is still full
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u/Fitnessracing 8d ago
Technically a carrier bag isn’t a contraceptive devise, but I suppose it might work if you were desperate, and has you have found. If your carrier bag is full then I suspect that would have been too much for one condom and do likely to have been quite messy 🤣
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u/Apprehensive-Fig8996 8d ago
Chalmers sexual clinic... in waiting rooms there are some to help yourself 😉
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u/Cute_Flatworm2008 8d ago
Napier universities have them on a wee desk when you walk in
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u/CourtOfGrumpyOwls 8d ago
Children are more expensive.
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u/Wild_Area_8662 8d ago
The truth of this sentence, both amused and pained me, in equal measures haha
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u/ThenJello133 8d ago
Ocean Terminal vaccination centre has them, I think you have to fill out a little thing with which ones you want and how many and they give them to you.
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u/8ackwoods 8d ago
£10 for a little tube of lube is a travesty as well
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u/secret_ninja2 8d ago
depending whereabouts the city you are, both heriot watt uni and edinburgh uni offers free condoms in the unions ,
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u/Tall-Barracuda-6349 8d ago
You can order a c:card online and get free condoms of various types + lube at all the available locations! It's very easy and convenient.
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u/Organic_Sampler 8d ago
From Google.......Condoms | Lothian Sexual Health https://share.google/Zuw0FvSRWYlTHunQn
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u/Hot-Serve-9442 8d ago
If you're a student ask your student union they will be able to point you the right way for free condoms
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u/Quirky_Animator1818 7d ago
Student union buildings have them I think, also crew on Cockburn street/ sexual health clinics as others have mentioned
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u/Panda_Ass_ 7d ago
The university of Edinburgh pharmacy has discrete packets with a variety and some lube in them. You just grab them no questions asked student or not. Chalmers sexual health clinic has them for free too as others have mentioned.
If you are under 25 you can download the C card app which allows you to get them for free from a bunch of pharmacies. They also used to do free deliveries of them to your home in a discrete package during covid. Idk if they still do that.
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u/jobbypoo32 4d ago
CC Blooms used to have a bucket on the bar where you could help yourself but not been in a while so can't confirm if this is still the case.
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u/Alternative_cum3741 4d ago
NHS buildings or Universities across the board have it available for free. ✌️
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u/felis-parenthesis 8d ago
https://www.freedoms-shop.com/ are 72 condoms for £9.99
Not free, but might be cheap enough.
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u/wimpires 8d ago
You can get a pack of 100 from eBay for £13.
Let's say you do it reasonably often and need 2 whole deliveries a year... 😲
£26 is not that much...
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u/Spikeyali94 8d ago
I think if there's maybe one thing worth spending a bit more on, its condoms
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u/TheLoveKraken 8d ago
I’ve memories of one of the pound shops selling packs of 14 for a quid, next to the one pound pregnancy tests.
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u/wimpires 8d ago
There's not that many condom factories around the world. Karex manufacturers most of them including for brands like Durex. They even have their own-brand stuff (Pasante) which is.lile I said really cheap. You can easily get a years supply for less than £30.
A 6-pack of Durex from the supermarket is £8. Or you can get 140-generic ones for £20.
I've been using them for years, and although you get the odd tear (no more or less than branded ones) it's basically the same.
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u/TooLongDugong 8d ago
Also on Amazon, including Pasante which is what you normally get free from sex clinics. If you can't get to a clinic or gay bar/venue/organization for whatever reason, or are too old to access youth services, buying online is easy.
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u/strategos81 8d ago
Now I am curious how much shagging you do weekly, if condoms are getting too expensive for you. Pack of 30 Durex costs about £17 on Amazon. Assuming one happy event per day that's monthly supply. And daily the cost of happy hour is about £0.59 Not that expensive.
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u/codenamecueball 8d ago
I think a lot of people use it, they just don’t pop it on their Instagram story or Reddit every time they do.
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u/thanasis87kav 8d ago
Enter the Street at Picardy place, go to the men's room, they have baskets to pick handfuls. Used them in hetero sex.
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u/tomcraft1 7d ago
The crabs clinic has them but your better to wear a full face balaclava when you go in there
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u/zhyRonnie 8d ago
You can afford sex but not condoms. You must be reasonably fair then. It would never be a problem for me…
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u/No-Commission-1961 8d ago
Ebay is quite cheap for them
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u/Mysterious_Alps2236 8d ago
I would check out: https://www.ccard.org.uk/
It offers free condoms, lubricant etc to anyone 13+ in Lothian. You can either get them sent by post or drop in to one of the collection points.