Author: Dan Hartland Saving Lives
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Grassroots Grants: UK HIV and sexual health charity to offer grants to grassroots organisations that work to improve the lives of people living with, or affected by, HIV. Saving Lives, the UK-based HIV and sexual health charity known for its innovative home sampling kits, is today opening applications for three ‘Grassroots Grants’ of £1000 each.…
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This World AIDS Day, December 1st, Positive People everywhere are standing up and asking that everyone join them in making a pledge to stamp out HIV related stigma. Continuing stigma around HIV prevents people coming forward for testing. It stops people accessing life-saving treatment, and it makes people already living with the virus feel ashamed…
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December 1st is World AIDS Day. Our aim is to get to Zero New infections by 2030 However, in order to do this, we need to stamp out: HIV-related STIGMA Stops people getting tested It prevents people from receiving life-saving treatment It makes people already living with HIV feel ashamed and excluded In order to get to #ZeroHIV we need …
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The Welsh national football team were victorious in their Euro 2020 qualifier with Hungary tonight, meaning they have qualified for the tournament, to be held in twelve cities across the continent. Two of Saving Lives’ sporting ambassadors are in the Welsh side tonight, wearing their country’s shirt and hoping for glory. Keeper Wayne Hennessey, who…
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Saving Lives has for many years worked alongside the Heartlands HIV Service in Birmingham – in fact, our roots are to be found in the clinic, where our campaigns first began life within the NHS. Today, local MP Jess Phillips attended the clinic to present the team with a certification of acknowledgement, following their nomination…
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Video is a great way of getting the message across. Watch what we’ve been up to.
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We’ve published a range of educational booklets, and each are still available as downloads. For printed copies, please do get in touch – and we’ll see what we can achieve together!
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It’s not just the public who need education about HIV, its symptoms, and the importance of testing: at Saving Lives, we’re committed to spreading the word within the clinical community, too.
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We were featured recently on BBC Midlands Today, in a story about the concerning increase in HIV cases amongst people who inject drugs (PWID). We’ve been busy helping local NHS staff test in the community, via our end-to-end testing system, TakeATestUK. In the news story, our Medical Director underlines the importance of this kind of…
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For National HIV Testing Week 2018, Dr Naomi Sutton takes us through why we should all care about HIV testing. Naomi is a Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV in Rotherham – and will be staring in a new E4 series in the new year. She is a passionate educator and campaigner – and we are…