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In 2011 Tom, under his pen name “PositiveLad”, started a personal blog to document his journey as someone newly diagnosed as living with HIV. That initial blog evolved into beyondpositive, a space created for members of their own experiences and journeys. Now, in 2024, beyondpositive has become part of the Saving Lives UK family with…
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This week is National HIV Testing Week. Using creativity for the good of the community, Saving Lives has been proud to support Garry Jones, designer of the Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial South and a local artists, to work with City College Birmingham’s Art & Design students. The goal? To create stunning art that encourages…
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‘Peter’ from Walsall feels let down by care he received as a person living with HIV. In this piece for ITV News, ‘Peter’ – from Walsall – speaks about his experience accessing surgery in the NHS as a person living with HIV: I was on the trolly outside the doors to the operating theatre at…
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It was great to have our work featured on BBC Midlands Today for World AIDS Day, and especially to have the opportunity to send the message that HIV testing really does save lives. With opt-out testing arriving in Birmingham in the new year, now really is the time to raise awareness about HIV today, and…
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Local government, the NHS and charities are joining forces in a trail-blazing collaboration to mark this year’s World AIDS Day Birmingham – and the teamwork could point towards achieving the elimination of HIV, say experts. Birmingham City Council, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham-based charities including Saving Lives, the team behind the Birmingham…
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10 Things leaflet 4pg DL (BAHM) (1)The ways in which HIV affects those who live with the virus have changed – and we all need to catch up. At Saving Lives, we’re committed to updating the UK’s software when it comes to understanding HIV. On this World AIDS Day, we’ll be all over Birmingham raising…
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Saving Lives strongly welcomes the government’s decision to fund opt-out A&E HIV and Hepatitis testing in high-prevalence areas across England. This intervention will significantly improve detection rates of HIV, and therefore the health outcomes of those living with the virus. Many people infected with HIV are not aware of their status because they are yet…
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The You Before Two video series that has been sponsored and supported by Saving Lives received fantastic news today: its Contraception Choices lesson pack has been award the PSHE Association’s Quality Mark. The PSHE Association is the national body for PSHE education, a membership association and charity that supports over 60,000 teachers and schools with…
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Being diagnosed with HIV can be a difficult moment. Today’s life-saving treatments mean that those living with HIV can live full, normal lives – but the stigma, historical assumptions and other factors that still surround the virus can nevertheless lead to the newly diagnosed feeling uncertain and even frightened. That’s why it’s such good news…
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On the National AIDS Trust’s World AIDS Day website, there’s an interview with Garry Jones, Saving Lives ambassador and lead designer of the Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial, which DSaving Lives sponsored and supported: Garry Jones, 63, is an artist from Birmingham who has been living with HIV since 2006. A community activist for many…