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Birmingham World AIDS Day tributes vandalised after candlelit vigil

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

“Remember, Celebrate, Educate”: Birmingham to come together on World AIDS Day to help eliminate HIV

“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

Birmingham to commemorate 35th World AIDS Day

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

Birmingham HIV activist joins National AIDS Trust’s World AIDS Day 2023 campaign

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

Birmingham HIV activists honoured at Opt-Out HIV and hepatitis testing round table

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

Birmingham’s HIV and AIDS ‘Cover Up Quilts’ exhibition opened by activist Jonathan Blake

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.

Birmingham’s Cover-Up HIV Memorial Quilt to go on display

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

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