Health Clubbers offered free HIV home sampling kits Gay men heading home from a night out in south London are for the first time to be offered free home sampling kits to find out their HIV status. The innovative initiative has been developed by Mortimer Market Centre, a sexual health clinic run by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust an By Besi • 2 min read
Health HIV self-testing kits to be legalised The Department of Health has announced that the sale of HIV self-testing kits is to be made legal in the UK allowing people to use a simple saliva test at home which will quickly give a “negative or a positive indication”. Under the HIV Testing Kits and Services Regulations 1992, it is currently ill By Besi • 1 min read
Community News HIV community picnic Lunch Positive the HIV charity who provide a free meal every Friday for people who are HIV positive is hosting a free community picnic for people with HIV on Saturday August 17. There’ll be plenty of good food, space to relax, meet new people and enjoy the great outdoors! The event is ticketed, and By Besi • 1 min read
Health World Suicide Prevention Day in September Grassroots Suicide Prevention, a local charity that challenges stigma and discrimination relating to suicide and mental ill-health, has organised a range of key events to mark World Suicide Prevention Day in Brighton & Hove this September. On Saturday, September 7 amd Sunday, September 8 from 10 am– By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Grassroots’ World Suicide Prevention Day Grassroots Suicide Prevention, a local charity that challenges stigma and discrimination relating to suicide and mental ill-health, has organised a range of key events to mark World Suicide Prevention Day in Brighton & Hove this September. On Saturday, September 7 & Sunday, September 8 from 10 am–5 By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health Unique ‘pop up’ village sets up shop at Brighton Pride A ‘pop–up village’ with a difference will hit Brighton Pride on Saturday August 3, thanks to Time to Change, England’s biggest mental health anti-stigma campaign, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness. Time to Change has partnered with MindOut, a local mental health service run by and for lesbians, By Besi • 3 min read
Health Brighton & Hove to become ‘suicide safer city’ Grassroots Suicide Prevention, a Brighton based organisation that provides mental health and suicide prevention training courses has launched a campaign to make Brighton & Hove a ‘suicide safer city’. Their campaign seeks to train 1% of the city’s population in suicide prevention with the aim of pr By Besi • 1 min read
Health Big increase in Hep C diagnoses Hepatitis C diagnoses in England rose by more than a third last year. Figures released by Public Health England (PHE) in its annual hepatitis C report show that laboratory confirmed new diagnoses of hepatitis C infections reported in England rose to 10,873 cases in 2012, up from 7,882 cases in 2010 By Besi • 2 min read
Health Have your say on drugs and alcohol services There is to be a city-wide review of drug and alcohol treatment services in Brighton & Hove to ensure services meet local needs. The consultation aims to ensure that services offer the best opportunity for people who use legal as well as illegal substances and also alcohol to recover and reintegrate By Besi • 2 min read
Arts New calendar launched for Manchester Pride George House Trust (GHT) the charity who support people living with or affected by HIV in the North West has teamed up with photographer Lee Baxter to create an exhibition and calendar that shows the diversity of the Gays of Manchester to raise money for the charity. The portraits, will launch at th By Besi • 1 min read
Health THT boss to step down Sir Nick Partridge will step down from his role as Chief Executive of Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) at the end of October 2013. He joined THT as its first paid member of staff in 1985 when it operated out of a small London office run by a group of volunteers. THT is now the largest […] By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Peer Action News Peer Action is a community support group for all those affected by HIV co-infections. In August, gentle swimming session with Ian continue every Tuesday at the little known Kemptown pool at 12.15pm. Phil’s meditation classes on Sunday now run at the Sussex Beacon, August on 11 and 26 from 11am till By Besi • 1 min read
