Ooh my! Texperts partners with Pasante…
At Texperts, we get all manner of saucy questions, but we also notice that people are often more comfortable seeking out quality information sources about sexual health via SMS. So we’ve partnered with Pasante to help people do just that.
This is an innovative partnership, as it’s designed to help promote sexual health and to make sex safer. Texperts has trained experts to help people with answers to sexual health questions. SMS is a private, personal medium, and that can help young people feel less intimidated when asking what can often be uncomfortable questions.
The Pasante website gives details of the partnership:
Pasante Healthcare ( http://www.pasante.com ) is launching, ‘Desire’, a range of smartly packaged, designer condoms aimed at savvy, streetwise females aged 16-25.
Attractive packaging and unusual shaped tins have been used to cleverly disguise the contents while all references to condoms are printed on adhesive labels which can be easily removed after purchase. An informative instruction leaflet offers tips on when to bring up the subject of condoms and how to get a partner to wear one.
The packs also endorse a 24/7 sexual health text service, in conjunction with ‘Texperts’, where young people may text their sexual health questions to a trained expert and receive an answer within minutes at any time of the day or night. The usual cost of the service is £1 per answer but Desire customers can get their first message free by texting 66000 and following the in-pack instructions.
Texperts is delighted to have this opportunity to help young people find the answers they need. It’s an issue close to Texperts CEO Sarah McVittie’s heart, as she’s been working with the social enterprise community and charities to promote sexual health and responsibility in young people for a number of years. She views Pasante’s ‘Desire’ range as a pragmatic (and dare we say, fun!) way to do that.
