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London Overground honours Mildmay Hospital, attended by Princess Diana 17 times in her lifetime

Graham Robson November 28, 2024

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, visited Dalston Junction station today to launch the six new line names and colours being used across the London Overground network. Geoff Coleman from the Mildmay Hospital represented the Mildmay Line which honours the small, charitable hospital in Shoreditch that has cared for Londoners over many years. It notably […]

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Community News

Lunch Positive launches Winter Support Project

Graham Robson November 26, 2024

Grassroots HIV charity Lunch Positive has launched its Winter Support Project, helping people living with HIV in Brighton & Hove face the additional challenges felt by many throughout the winter months. In addition to the regular face-to-face gatherings; social, peer and specialist support provided at the Tuesday Warm Hub drop-in and Friday lunch club, the […]

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Community News

World AIDS Day: Alan Spink, community services manager at local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon and supporter of National AIDS Trust

Graham Robson November 8, 2024

Alan Spink, community services manager at local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon, is also a supporter of National AIDS Trust, the UK’s HIV rights charity. Alan answers a few questions ahead of this year’s World AIDS Day, which takes place Sunday, December 1. What do you do for a living? I work as a community […]

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HIV

Take Action. Lace Up. This year’s World AIDS Day RED RUN to take place Saturday, November 23

Graham Robson October 29, 2024

Since 2009, East London HIV charity Positive East has organised the World AIDS Day RED RUN on the last weekend of November – just before World AIDS Day on December 1. What began with a small gathering of 50 people is now one of the UK’s biggest annual HIV community events, raising over £1.1 million […]

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HIV

HIV organisations “delighted” to see the removal of “unjust, homophobic and unscientific” barrier

Graham Robson October 23, 2024

After a delay caused by the General Election and change of Government, National AIDS Trust, the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) are happy to see the removal of the “unjust, homophobic and unscientific” barrier that prevented both people living with HIV who are LGBTQ+, and anyone seeking […]

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Exhibitions

Autograph gallery in London to present a new photography exhibition exploring the work of late artist Rotimi Fani-Kayode

Graham Robson October 17, 2024

This autumn, Autograph gallery in London presents a new photography exhibition exploring a radical vision of culture, intimacy, desire and pain. Featuring never-before-seen works from artist Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s wider practice, Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Studio – Staging Desire will be on show at Autograph’s gallery in East London from 31 October 2024 – 22 March 2025. […]

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HIV

New HIV Action Plan will be published by summer 2025, Andrew Gwynne MP, Minister for Public Health and Prevention, has announced

Graham Robson October 9, 2024

A new HIV Action Plan will be published by summer 2025, Andrew Gwynne MP, Minister for Public Health and Prevention, has announced. According to sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust, an updated plan is “vital if we are to achieve the goal of ending new cases of HIV in England by 2030”. The Minister made […]

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HIV

Terrence Higgins Memorial Quilt Unveiled at National Museum of the Royal Navy, two years after ban on HIV+ personnel serving in Royal Navy was lifted

Graham Robson October 4, 2024

A special exhibition of the Terrence Higgins Memorial Quilt has been unveiled at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. This poignant and powerful memorial quilt is dedicated to Terrence Higgins, who served in the Royal Navy from 1963 – 1968 and was the first named person to die of an […]

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HIV

Terrence Higgins Trust launches survey with Marie Curie to explore experiences of palliative care support for people living with HIV

Graham Robson October 4, 2024

Terrence Higgins Trust, Marie Curie, the Mary Stevens Hospice and University College London have launched a research study, approved by the UCL research ethics committee, to understand barriers and experiences of people living with HIV around planning for and receiving palliative and end of life care. The survey will ask about your experiences of accessing […]

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HIV

National AIDS Trust reacts to latest HIV surveillance data, published by the UK Health Security Agency

Graham Robson October 3, 2024

The latest HIV surveillance data for 2023, published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on October 1, shows that the number of heterosexual men and women newly diagnosed in England with HIV has increased by more than 30% since 2022. Diagnoses among heterosexual men rose by 36% (445 in 2022 to 605 in 2023) […]

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