Couples willing to be filmed having sex are wanted for new University project

A project by Coventry University is looking for couples willing to be filmed whilst having sex, in a bid to promote safe sex.

The videos will form part of the Chance2Change project that aims to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and encourage young couples aged between 15 to 24 to increase the use of contraceptives like condoms.

The project is looking for three sets of lovebirds between 18 and 25 to be filmed having sex in “natural settings” such as in a student room or car. It hopes to promote the message that using a condom doesn’t "kill the mood".

Dr Katie Newby who is the project’s lead said the videos would only be available to people over 18 years old, as part of an initiative designed by the project called Wrapped.

She said the pre-recorded films will use “real couples in loving, consensual relationships and be tastefully shot.”

The service will then be made available to people when they order chlamydia self-testing kits.

Dr Newby said that despite the well know risks of unprotected sex, the NHS still spends £620 million-per-year treating STIs.