Unleash Your Creativity and design a poster for HPV Vaccination Awareness!

Salford City Council Public Health Team are inviting young people aged 11 to 16-years to apply their creativity and imagination to help raise awareness of the importance of the HPV vaccination.

What are we looking for?

Whether you love drawing, painting or creating digital art, it’s up to you. We want to see designs that are colourful, unique and inspire HPV health awareness in young people. Designs must be appropriate for display to all members of the public.

What is HPV and why is it important?

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a very common group of viruses. They do not cause any problems in most people, but some types can cause genital warts or cancer.

The HPV does not usually cause any symptoms and most people who have it do not realise and do not have any problems.

But sometimes the virus can cause painless growths or lumps around your vagina, penis or anus (genital warts).

You cannot fully protect yourself against HPV, but there are things that can help.

• Condoms can help protect you against HPV, but they do not cover all the skin around your genitals, so you're not fully protected.
• The HPV vaccine protects against the types of HPV that cause most cases of genital warts and cervical cancer, as well as some other cancers. It does not protect against all types of HPV.

Watch this video to learn more about HPV.

Who can enter and what’s in it for you?

The competition is free to enter and open to all young people aged 11 to 16 that live in Salford or attend a Salford school.

Students and young people taking part can win one of the following prizes:

• First prize: £100 Love2Shop vouchers plus see your designs included in our Salford’s HPV vaccination campaign.
• Two runner-up prizes: £75.00 Love2Shop vouchers each

Participants who take part will benefit from creative health and learning workshops, feedback from our expert panel, certificate to evidence participation, and the chance to see your designs displayed across Salford's digital and outdoor advertising channels.

How to submit your design

A4 jpeg (ideally a minimum resolution of 1754px x 1240px)

Email your ideas to healthprotection@salford.gov.uk 

Please include your name, a contact number or email and the name of your school (optional). Please see Terms and Conditions.

Paper designs can be submitted at any of our Salford City Council Gateways.

• Eccles Gateway, 28 Barton Lane, Eccles, Salford M30 0TU
• Swinton Gateway, Swinton Gateway, 100 Chorley Road, Swinton M27 6BP
• Pendleton Gateway, 1 Broadwalk, Pendleton, Salford M6 5FX
• Walkden Gateway, 2 Smith Street, Walkden, Salford M28 3EZ
• Broughton Hub, 50 Rigby Street, Salford, M7 4BQ

Download the HPV Health Awareness competition pack below to get started. The pack includes the design brief, basic poster template and background information about the HPV virus. Remember to attach the contact slip to any paper designs before submitting them at our Salford Gateways.