Author: Dan Hartland Saving Lives


  • This World AIDS Day, our message is simple: stop the stigma. As our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, recently wrote on the Huffington Post, “It is within our grasp to control HIV, defeat the stigma that still surrounds it, and make individuals and the community alike healthier.” So for World AIDS Day our message is…

  • As part of our World AIDS Day awareness raising, we’ve launched a twibbon you can apply to your avatar on Twitter. The Stop The Stigma twibbon is a great way of showing your support this World AIDS Day – and sending the message that together we can beat stigma and improve the health of all our…

  • Marking this year’s National HIV Testing Week (NHTW, 21st November), the HIV awareness-raising charity Saving Lives, in collaboration with Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service, are launching www.HIVTestUK.com, an innovative free postal HIV testing service. The campaign has the support of a range of sporting and celebrity ambassadors, including Premiership footballers, Olympic medalists, and DJs – and has…

  • In the video above, Dr Steve Taylor offers a message to healthcare professionals for National HIV Testing Week and World AIDS Day.

  • It’s National HIV Testing Week, and we’re raising awareness about #HIV – and spreading the word that we should #GetTested. How can you help? Here are five easy ways to join in our campaign: 1. Please help us spread the word: it helps fight stigma, it raises awareness, it educates – and most of all it…

  • National HIV Testing Week begins on Saturday, 21st November – and from then right up until the end of World AIDS Day on December 1st, we’ll be raising awareness – and providing testing. Thanks to HIVtestuk.com we are able to provide free postal HIV test during NHTW. Watch the how-to videos below, and help us…

  • Two Days Until Testing Week!

    During National HIV Testing Week we have teamed up with www.HIVTESTUK.com to offer free confidential postal HIV kits for you use. Watch the how to do it videos here: Video 1, Video 2. Don’t forget to download our fantastic free NHTW posters to raise awareness at your place of work. Also during testing week, why not…

  • Three Days Until National HIV Testing Week

    With just three days to go until National HIV Testing Week, why not test your knowledge of HIV against our sporting ambassadors in this fun video quiz? This year for NHTW, our poster campaign will focus on telling people to #gettested for #hiv – and we’re funding 1000 free tests via HIVTestUK.com to make sure…

  • Four Days Until Testing Week

    We promised more details … and with four days lest until National HIV Testing Week, here they are: some more images of some of the ambassadors signed up for 2015’s campaign. This year, we’ll be raising awareness and offering 1000 free postal HIV tests to anyone in the country via HIVTestUK.com.. Our latest slate of…

  • Six Days Until National HIV Testing Week!

    National HIV Testing Week begins on November 21st, and from then until the very end of World AIDS Day on December 1st, our Saving Lives ambassadors will be raising awareness and promoting free postal HIV testing through HIVTestUK.com. Our support this year comes from a fantastic range of ambassadors from the world of sport and…