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World AIDS Day is always an emotional time: it’s a day on which both to take stock and look back; we can see how far we’ve come, but also how much we have left to do. World AIDS Day is a day to remember those no longer with us – and, to honour them, we…
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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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There was a great interview with the brilliant Curtis Davies in yesterday’s Independent – you can read it here. It’s wide-ranging and interesting, and includes a mention of Saving Lives and our work: His involvement in all aspects of St Andrew’s life did not convey the impression that his third Midlands club was a staging…
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An excellent piece by Cath Mackie featured on today’s BBC Midlands Today regional news programme, focusing on our campaign and featuring our founding Football Saving Lives ambassador, Matt Murray: Health experts in the West Midlands are calling for testing for HIV to be offered routinely by GPs and hospitals. More than 5,000 people in the…
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Wolverhampton Wanderers and players Sam Ricketts, Wayne Hennessey, Danny Batth, Razak Boukari and more are supporting our National HIV Testing Week campaign. You can read the Wolves-themed educational booklet here, and look at the fantastic story the club have published in their match day programme for us by clicking the image to the right. Huge…
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Last night, two of our Saving Lives positive advocates, along with medical Director Dr Steve Taylor, appeared on the Graham Torrington show on BBC Radio WM. Anthony and Joan spoke about their experiences of living with HIV – and what they would recommend people listening do about their own sexual health. Dr Steve Taylor interview:…
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Villa captain Ron Vlaar has been joined by several of his team-mates in supporting Saving Lives this National HIV Testing Week. Along with Fabian Delph and Ciaran Clark, he appears in our Aston Villa educational booklet: Ron Vlaar and Fabian Delph are supporting a nationwide campaign to encourage more people to get tested for HIV…
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We’re proud to say that Karl Henry, who now plays for Queens Park Rangers having moved from Wolverhampton Wanderers in the summer, is still lending us his support at his new club. QPR, too, are promoting our nationwide campaign and the club-specific educational booklet we’ve produced for them: One in five of all those living…
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There’s a superb story on the West Bromwich Albion website, which covers its players’ support of Saving Lives – as well as a visit from the Walsall Centre For Sexual Health, to whose clinics we’re providing posters this National HIV Testing Week: IT’S National HIV Testing Week – and Albion are helping to spread a…
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We’ve been supporting the Royal London Hospital in its effort to make HIV tests routine for some time, so it was great to see them receive superb coverage on Channel 4 News. You can watch the segment below – can you spot the Saving Lives artwork? We’re proud to be supporting such a superb project.
