Community News Terry Higgins to be honoured with AIDS Memorial Quilt 40 years after his death The quilt will be exhibited for the first time at the Festival of Quilts at Birmingham’s NEC from Thursday, August 3 to Sunday, August 6. By Contributor • 2 min read
Fundraising News Annual David Bowie fundraising night to raise funds for HIV/sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust The event, which has raised £50,000 for the charity over the last decade, returns to London this June with live music from Kevin Armstrong (Bowie/Iggy), The Bowie Contingent, Paul Henderson solo acoustic, Monica Frank, Clare Hirst (Bowie Live Aid) and Molly Barnes. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News Terrence Higgins Trust announces Big Shave Off! Grab your clippers and take on Terrence Higgins Trust’s Big Shave Off to raise vital funds to support people impacted by HIV today, tomorrow and into the future. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News Duke of York’s Eurovision Party raises over £500 for local HIV charity, Sussex Beacon The Sussex Beacon said: “The Eurovision Party at Duke of York’s Picturehouse was truly incredible! Huge numbers of fans arrived for what was a really exciting, fun evening.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Lunch Positive to relaunch Positive Times wellbeing project On Thursday, April 20, the charity is having a Spring Wander to Cuckmere Haven, taking in the riverside and beach, followed by a luscious picnic! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
HIV Terrence Higgins Trust launches project to preserve, archive and learn from data contained within old myHIV forum The myHIV forum allowed people living with HIV to talk and support one another about everything from diagnosis and medication to experiences of relationships and stigma. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Brighton & Hove eateries come together to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon Over £1,720 was raised at the evening, with delicious, mouth-watering arancini all round, plus some friendly gastronomic rivalry along the way. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
HIV Terrence Higgins Trust launches survey on HIV discrimination Your answers will help inform work at Terrence Higgins Trust so the charity can push for change. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
National News The Information Commissioner’s Office reprimands NHS Highland for “serious breach of trust” after data breach involving those likely to be accessing HIV services A formal reprimand has been issued to NHS Highland, which emailed 37 people likely to be accessing HIV services, inadvertently using CC (carbon copy) instead of BCC (blind carbon copy). By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News Terrence Higgins Trust’s flagship event, The Auction, raises over £200,000 to support people living with and affected by HIV across the UK Lots from Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley and Kenny Everett went under the hammer this year at the event By Graham Robson • 2 min read
HIV Playwell Productions and Positive East to curate powerful exhibition on diverse HIV experiences to accompany Live to Tell: (A Proposal For) the Madonna Jukebox Musical by Brian Mullin Live To Tell: (A Proposal For) The Madonna Jukebox Musical is a “highly personal, impassioned stance on living with HIV” (Everything Theatre) that follows the quest of Brian, a Madonna superfan living with HIV, as he pitches himself to Madonna to create a musical based on her songs, whilst also faci By Graham Robson • 4 min read
HIV HIV positive people are sharing their experiences of stigma and discrimination on social media ahead of march to #FightHIVStigma The tweets include incidences of HIV-related stigma in the workplace, healthcare and on dating apps using the hashtag #FightHIVStigma – despite huge medical progress in HIV. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
