Category: Sport
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HIV Testing saves lives. That means HIV awareness saves lives – so how do we raise awareness? This National HIV Testing Week, it’s easy: take and tweet a selfie with a message. Help us Save Lives by taking a “Selfie” and posting it on Twitter or Facebook. It’s easy! This year, Saving Lives is making postal…
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Saving Lives Patron, Professor Jane Anders0n, and Saving Lives Ambassador, Carl Froch, have both been featured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Jane, a former Chair of the British HIV Association, was awarded a CBE “for services to HIV Medicine and Sexual Health Research.” Meanwhile, Carl, the current WBC world super middleweight champion, was made…
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We have a very exciting campaign lined up for National HIV Testing Week – which this year also coincides with European HIV Testing Week. Awareness-raising will culminate, of course, on World AIDS Day, December 1st. This year, we’ve got another of our campaigns planned which really will get everyone involved: celebrities, positive ambassadors, members of…
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One of our most prominent supporters and ambassadors, IBF and WBA super-middleweight champion Carl Froch, has a big fight planned for this weekend: he is defending both his titles Froch in a rematch against George Groves in front of a record 80,000 crowd at Wembley. The rematch comes after a fight against Groves in November. Carl…
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This piece originally appeared at the Huffington Post … This week is National HIV Testing Week, leading up to World Aids Day 2013 on 1 December. The question is, how many of you were aware of this – and what can we do to enhance that awareness? For too long, educational messages about HIV/AIDS, and about the…
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We were at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital’s Hawthorn House today to take part in their 20th anniversay celebrations. Saving Lives ambassador Sally Walton was there to help with the balloon release, and our battle bus was on hand to provide HIV testing information. [nggallery id=27]
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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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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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It was a fantastic day today at Edgbaston Stadium – kids, ambassadors and volunteers alike had a fantastic time. Look out for photography from the day coming soon, plus video interviews with Saving Lives ambassadors and advocates, including Eniola Aluko, Paul Best, Razak Boukari, Somto Eruchie and more. Thanks to all involved!
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We’re excited to be joined at tomorrow’s Cricket Saving Lives launch by Warwickshire’s rising star, Ateeq Javid. Ateeq is about to become a big name in cricket – and we’re thrilled he can join us tomorrow. You can read more about our launch here, and we’ll be uploading plenty of videos and images from the…