Author: Dan Hartland Saving Lives
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Our Sport Saving Lives advocate, Jordana Freemantle, retained her title of British Bench Press Champion last month by winning the British Bench Press Championships that took place in Northampton, over the weekend of the 11th and 12th of February. Jordana bench-pressed 90kg in order to take the title for the second year running. Furthermore, she…
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A new booklet about HIV testing has been published by HIV i-Base. Co-written by one of our advisers, Simon Collins, along with contributions from a former Saving Lives staffer, Charlotte Walker, it’s a really great resource. It is detailed yet easy to read, and full of exactly the sort of messages we try to communicate,…
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Birmingham City FC have filed an online story about the club and its players supporting Saving Lives. Wearing t-shirts during warm-up at the weekend, the team have shown real enthusiasm for helping spread the Saving Lives messages. They even signed their shirts! You can find the online piece here – it has plenty of photographs…
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It’s always exciting to see yourself in print, and here’s our full-page ad in the Match Day programme for tomorrow’s Birmingham City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers FA Cup derby match. Click on the image for the full PDF – but beware, it’s a big file!
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Blues and Wolves are joining forces at this weekend’s FA Cup with Budweiser game to support the launch of a new public health charity, Saving Lives. Both teams’ players will wear t-shirts supporting the fantastic initiative in the warm-up ahead of the eagerly anticipated third round cup tie. One in four of those with HIV…
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Birmingham City’s goalkeeper, Boaz Myhill, has agreed to become a Saving Lives advocate, bringing another goalkeeper to the charity’s all-star line-up. Headed by our patron, Ben Foster, Goalkeepers Saving Lives is aiming to boast a keeper from every Premier League club. “Saving Lives is doing amazing work in raising awareness of HIV and HIV testing…
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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live on World AIDS Day, along with one of Saving Lives’ positive advocates, Daniel. You can hear their segment on Victoria Derbyshire’s show, which featured several other contributions, too, by using the player below.
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Emma Wallis, the International Saving Lives volunteer who visited Swaziland earlier this year and blogged about her experiences for us. She is now raising money for Saving Lives, which we’ll be using to help fund her Food For ARVs programme back in Africa. More of this soon, no doubt, but in the meantime here are…
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West Bromwich Albion spread the Saving Lives word at the weekend, when both they and the club they were playing, Wigan Athletic, wore our t-shirts during their warm-up. Saving Lives goalkeeper patron Ben Foster led the coverage on the Baggies’ website: ALBION’S players will today be showing their support for the ‘Football Saving Lives’ campaign…
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Football Saving Lives is a public health campaign focused on promoting the importance of HIV testing. By 2012 more than 100,000 people in the UK will have HIV – and a quarter will be unaware they have the infection. That means they cannot access today’s life-saving treatment, and may also be unknowingly passing on the…