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Drag With No Name and Portia to host World AIDS Day annual cabaret fundraiser for Terrence Higgins Trust South at Charles Street Tap

Graham Robson November 8, 2023

Superstar drag stars Drag With No Name and Portia are to host the annual World AIDS Day cabaret fundraiser which returns to Charles Street Tap, Brighton to raise funds for Terrence Higgins Trust South on Thursday, November 30 at 7.30pm. Charles Street Tap say: “Worlds AIDS Day is December 1 and we’re coming together once again as […]

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DIARY: World AIDS Day 2023 in Brighton & Hove

November 7, 2023

What’s on in Brighton & Hove in the run up to and on World AIDS Day – Friday, December 1. WORLD AIDS DAY CABARET FUNDRAISER for Terrence Higgins Trust South with hosts Drag With No Name and Portia at Charles Street Tap, Brighton on Thursday, November 30 at 7.30pm. Acts include: Kara Van Park, Mrs Moore, Sally Vate, Rose Garden, Davina […]

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HIV Chaplaincy, active within community

October 29, 2023

Connecting and working with other people and with community groups is an enjoyable part of both my HIV Chaplain and HIV Pharmacist roles, and is essential to delivering an effective service (which I hope I do!). In both positions the needs of the person living with HIV and/or their loved one(s) are paramount, and it’s hugely helpful to be able to refer or signpost someone to people and organisations that I know personally, such as Lunch Positive for food, peer support, volunteering and befriending, Terrence Higgins Trust for benefits advice, and the Sussex Beacon.

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HIV, time’s up! A World AIDS Day message from Terrence Higgins Trust

October 29, 2023

Friday, December 1 is World AIDS Day. With every ribbon we remember those we’ve lost to HIV. Many of those who died from AIDS-related illnesses in the early days of the epidemic were deliberately forgotten due to the stigma and discrimination that was rife at the time. That’s why it’s so important to pay tribute […]

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HIV

Brighton and Sussex Medical School – vibrant research programmes

October 28, 2023

The Sexual Health and HIV Research Group within Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) supports a vibrant research programme focused on four interlinked research themes: HIV and sexually transmitted infections prevention and treatment; ageing and comorbidities; development of new models of care, and implementation of injectable antiretrovirals to treat HIV. We also have partnerships in […]

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Lunch Positive – all about community!

Gary Pargeter October 27, 2023

At Lunch Positive we’re so pleased that the global theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is Let Communities Lead. It speaks to everything we are as a charity, and all of our ways of working. Our work is the much needed continuation of support by and for people living with HIV that started when HIV first hit our community four decades ago, and remains invaluable to this day.

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The Sussex Beacon – A Year In Review

October 27, 2023

It has been a busy year for the Sussex Beacon, the Brighton-based charity supporting and caring for people living with HIV. The Beacon’s Inpatient Unit remains very much in demand, adapting to meet the changing needs of service users over the years. Meanwhile, its Community Services Team has been extremely busy, pioneering new ways of […]

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Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ choirs to come together for annual World AIDS Day Concert on Friday, December 1

October 26, 2023

Brighton & Hove has long had a vibrant and dynamic musical community from all across the city. The LGBTQ+ community contributes to this through its many groups and individual performers, from their own shows, participating in other shows and as soloist, from a chorus of 100 to drag queens, from churches, theatres to bars and […]

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Community HIV Specialist Services: community in action

October 26, 2023

Community HIV Specialist Services (CHIVSS) provides care for people in Brighton & Hove and West Sussex. People can be referred in by their clinic or self-refer. Primarily we provide clinical care in people’s homes and we also provide sign posting to other services and charity organisations. We regularly attend Lunch Positive in Brighton to represent […]

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Standing strong with More to Me than HIV

October 25, 2023

More to Me than HIV is a grassroots community art initiative that aims to normalise people living with HIV through portraiture. We have nearly 30 people who have shown their faces publicly and shared the information that they are living with HIV. We have exhibited 24 large-scale portraits at Jubilee Library for World AIDS Day […]

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