Author: Dan Hartland Saving Lives
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Football Saving Lives Ambassador and Liverpool Ladies striker, Natasha Dowie, has two great reasons to be cheerful this weekend: she’s just been named PFA player of the season, and is the only footballer to be shortlisted for the BT Action Woman Awards. Many congratulations, Natasha – fantastic work! You can read our Liverpool Ladies educational…
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Kal Yafai, the former Team GB Olympic boxer and 2012 Young Boxer of the Year, has signed up as a sporting ambassador for the HIV awareness-raising charity, Saving Lives. The charity is announcing Yafai’s appointment ahead of an important fight for the Birmingham-born boxer on Saturday, 23rd November, the first Saturday of National HIV Testing…
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Our positive advocate, Tom, and Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor appeared today on BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat programme. They were discussing the new HIV figures from Public Health England, which show that one in five of those with HIV in the UK do not know that they are infected – and that up to three…
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Sky Sports Football Pundit, England and Wolves Goalkeeper Matt Murray was the original founding Football Saving Lives ambassador. Matt joined Football Saving Lives at the same time as Stylian Petrov. We caught up with him recently at the Wolves training ground, when he explained why he became involved with the Saving Lives charity – and…
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Excellent news for one of our footballing advocates: Everton’s Toni Duggan has been named North West Player of the Year! Toni Duggan saw off Liverpool captain Gemma Bonner and team-mate Nikita Parris to be named Women’s Player of the Year at the North West Football Awards on Monday night. The Blues has been in scintillating…
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After 4 weeks of promo, Fugi-roc Feat S.E.L’s ‘Dangerous’ has entered the UK Urban Dance chart at #13. Our Music Saving Lives ambassador and her tune have been featured on BBC Introducing – and continues to climb the charts. The Official music video has now been released, and you can view it above. S.E.L would love it…
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It’s only six weeks until the UK’s second National HIV Testing Week [NHTW]. To be held between the 22nd and 29th November, NHTW is designed to raise awareness of HIV testing. The aim is to get more people taking this important test. There are plenty of ways to get involved, but one of the best…
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An excellent piece was broadcast on this morning’s edition of BBC Radio 4’s Today, in relation to the Keele University study of older people living with HIV. The piece doesn’t feature Saving Lives or any of our advocates, but it could have done: we campaign daily against stigma of this sort, and you should visit…
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Two of our Saving Lives Positive Ambassadors, Shamim and Eric, appear in a piece in today’s G2 supplement of the Guardian: It is estimated by Saving Lives, an HIV awareness charity, that 110 people are HIV-positive and working in the NHS. It can only be estimated of course, because some – we don’t know how many…
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Keep your eyes peeled for Monday’s copy of the Guardian: two of our Positive Ambassadors will be featured in a G2 article about the recent news regarding the lifting of the band on HIV-positive healthcare workers. They will be joined by our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, and each will be interviewed about their experiences,…