Health
The UKHSA Mpox and Sexual Health (STI and HIV) Outreach and Engagement Activity Fund will provide up to £30,000 funding to community-based, voluntary sector organisations to develop and deliver work to address inequalities in affected LGBTQ+ groups.
Health
In the New Year’s Honours, Ian Green, CEO of HIV/sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), has received an OBE for services to charity and public health, while Lieutenant Commander Oliver Brown has been awarded an MBE in recognition of his work to overturn the outdated ban on HIV positive
Community News
The Sussex Beacon provides over 10,000 free meals a year to those who use their services. Thats roughly 28 meals a day, every day, all year!
Birmingham
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
Community News
The Tuesday HIV Warm Hub Drop-In is a comfortable warm space with a hearty meal and take away food served, advice & information given and help with heating and staying warm.
Fundraising News
Cheddar Gorgeous, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season four and George House Trust ambassador, is currently raffling their iconic ‘pink triangle’ look. All proceeds will go to HIV charities George House Trust and Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) in support of vital work supporting HIV positive people an
Community News
At a special ceremony on Friday, December 2, HIV charity Lunch Positive received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Birmingham
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.
HIV
The latest data published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on World AIDS Day has revealed that new HIV diagnoses in England fell by nearly a third between 2019 and 2021 (from 2,986 to 2,023).
Health
Lunch Positive is one of 244 local charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups in the UK to receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service this year
Features
This year the Community World AIDS Day Partnership has again been working hard to bring together the annual Candlelight Vigil and Reading of Names of people locally who have died with HIV.
Features
‘We all have a part to play in this, no matter which community you belong to. In 2022, people living with HIV shouldn’t need to justify their existence, explain their condition or prove their viral load results.’