World AIDS Day events

The Brighton and Hove World AIDS Day Community Partnership are organising the following events to mark World AIDS Day (WAD) on Thursday, December 1.

 

The Partnership includes: Avert , BHCC Partnership Community Safety Team, Brighton GEMS, The Brighton & Hove, LGBT Safety Forum, Gscene, Lunch Positive, Peer Action, The Sussex Beacon, Sussex Ecumenical HIV Chaplaincy and THT South.

World AIDS Day Community Partnership Events:

Sunday November 27
Positive Hope – Service of Remembrance and Solidarity
The Sanctuary (top floor), Dorset Gardens Methodist Church, Dorset Gardens, BN2 1RL at 4pm, followed by refreshments.

Churches Together in Central Brighton and Sussex HIV Chaplaincy invite ALL to join them in a service of remembrance for those who have died and solidarity for those living with HIV/AIDS. An opportunity for prayer and reflection, in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere, for those with some faith or none, ALL are welcome. The speaker will be Revd. Steven Foster (Lunch Positive Chair of Trustees).

Monday November 28 to Thursday, December 1
WAD Partnership ‘meet and greet’ and resources
Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton (exhibition area in foyer, by main entrance)

Members of the partnership will be available in person for most of the time between 9am and 5pm. Leaflets and other information resources will also be available.

Wednesday, November 30
We Were Here FREE Film Screening presented by Lunch Positive
Main Hall (1st floor), Dorset Gardens Methodist Church, Dorset Gardens, BN2 1RL:
Buffet from 6.45pm. Screening starts 7.30pm

Join Lunch Positive at a special screening of We Were Here, a true story from those in San Francisco who lived through the early days of the AIDS epidemic. For some this is a reminder and for others an insight, as we prepare to remember on World AIDS Day. Seating is limited so please arrive in good time. Entry is free, but donations to cover food and venue costs are welcome.

Thursday December 1, 4pm – 7pm
New Steine Gardens Memorial Space
New Steine Gardens, Kemp Town, Brighton

Volunteers and staff from the Partnership will be at New Steine Gardens from 4pm, providing a safe and welcoming space for people to leave items or messages of hope or remembrance at the memorial. New names of those we have lost can be added to the vigil list between 4 and 5pm. Refreshments will also be available.

Thursday December 1, from 6 – 7pm
Brighton AIDS Memorial Candlelight Vigil
New Steine Gardens, Kemp Town, Brighton

Everyone is welcome to attend the remembrance event of those we have lost to HIV/AIDS in Brighton and Hove. There will be a reading of the names and a candle light vigil. Space will be available for anyone seeking quiet moments of reflection.

New names to be read (in addition to those read in previous years) can be emailed to susshivchap@gmail.com by November 27, or can be added to the list during the day at the New Steine Gardens Memorial Space.

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