Birmingham Birmingham World AIDS Day tributes vandalised after candlelit vigil Following a vigil held at Birmingham’s AIDS & HIV Memorial (Ribbons) on World AIDS Day, lanterns, candles, wreathes and flowers left as tributes were vandalised. The World AIDS Day remembrance ceremony was held on December 1 at Hippodrome Square where the city’s memorial – which was unveiled exactly By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
News “Remember, Celebrate, Educate”: Birmingham to come together on World AIDS Day to help eliminate HIV Local government, the NHS and charities are joining forces in a trail-blazing collaboration to mark this year’s World AIDS Day in Birmingham – and the teamwork could point towards achieving the elimination of HIV, say experts. Birmingham City Council, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation T By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Birmingham Birmingham to commemorate 35th World AIDS Day Birmingham will mark the 35th World AIDS Day with a vigil at the ‘Ribbons’ HIV and AIDS Memorial, Hippodrome Square on Friday, December 1. The event, designed to “remember, educate and celebrate”, will feature music, speeches, candles and lanterns, and a minute’s silence. Those who wish to join the By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
HIV Birmingham HIV activist joins National AIDS Trust’s World AIDS Day 2023 campaign Birmingham-based artist and HIV activist Garry Jones is one of three faces leading National AIDS Trust’s (NAT) Rock the Ribbon campaign for World AIDS Day 2023. Jones was pivotal in conceptualising, campaigning for and fundraising for Birmingham’s HIV & AIDS Memorial alongside several other campaign By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
HIV Birmingham HIV activists honoured at Opt-Out HIV and hepatitis testing round table Artist Garry Jones and Positive Peers project lead, Rachel Greaves, were honoured with awards for their work on The Ribbons, Birmingham AIDS and HIV Memorial (BAHM). Presented by Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, the awards were “in recognition of your contribution to the West Midlands throug By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s HIV and AIDS ‘Cover Up Quilts’ exhibition opened by activist Jonathan Blake Inspired by the original NAMES memorial quilt which began in San Francisco in 1985, this project saw the creation of over 50 quilt panels designed to educate, destigmatise, and commemorate those lost to AIDS. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Birmingham’s Cover-Up HIV Memorial Quilt to go on display The Cover-Up Quilt Project is an Arts Council-funded community art project, led by Garry Jones, which features 40 quilt panels each of which signify a historic moment or memory – locally, nationally or internationally – in the 40 years since the first HIV diagnosis in the UK By Catherine Muxworthy • 3 min read
Birmingham Birmingham unveils HIV & AIDS Memorial on World AIDS Day On World AIDS Day – Thursday, December 1 – the Birmingham community came together in Hippodrome Square to witness the unveiling of the city’s HIV & AIDS Memorial sculpture, almost two years after the idea was born from artist Garry Jones. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial to be unveiled on World AIDS Day – Thursday, December 1 Almost two years after the idea was first conceived by artist Garry Jones, alongside Phil Oldershaw and Andrew King, Birmingham’s AIDS & HIV Memorial is due to be unveiled on World AIDS Day – Thursday, December 1 – at Hippodrome Square from 6pm. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Birmingham Birmingham HIV and AIDS Memorial on target for fundraising Over seven months, more than £180,000 has been raised for the Birmingham HIV and AID Memorial – a new public artwork in Birmingham By Catherine Muxworthy • 3 min read
Community News Birmingham community to create HIV/AIDS memorial quilt The Cover-up Quilt is an Arts Council-funded community art project, inspired by the original AIDS quilt which began in San Francisco in 1984. By Catherine Muxworthy • 2 min read
Fundraising News Galliard Apsley Partnership contributes £40,000 to Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial Fund The generous donation from Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital brings the memorial one step closer to reality, however further funding is still need to reach the goal of £218,000. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
