Fantastic World AIDS Day Fundraiser for GHT!
posted: 19/10/2011
We’re delighted to announce that the wonderful people at TheGayVillageOnline.com have nominated George House Trust as their charity for this year’s World AIDS Day fundraiser. it's a Tooty Booty competition, with the grand final being held on the 2nd December at Cruz 101.
In conjunction with Poptastic and Hot Village Magazine, the competition aims to discover the best behind in the village!
Village bars and clubs will all nominate a member of staff from their teams to take part and you get to vote for the winner by text. All cash raised from voting and £1 of each entry purchased for the grand final will go to supporting our vital work here at George House Trust.
For more information visit the Tooty Booty webpage They also have Facebook page, so please show them your support!
Icon Bar are organising a very special Deal or No Deal style night at their bar on Friday 2nd December, where George House Trust have been invited to attempt to ‘beat the banker’ to raise money for our charity.
The evening starts from 8.30 p.m. and GHT would love to see as many of our supporters there as possible, to cheer us on! For details of the venue, visit their website
Poptastic have organised their Annual Big Red Ball on Tuesday 29th November 2011, which will be raising money for George House Trust for World AIDS Day.
Entry to the event at Club Alterego is only £3 before midnight. For more information, you can visit Poptastic’s website
The Tooty Booty, Deal or No Deal and the Big Red Ball event are one of many activities being promoted as part of TheGayVillageOnline.com’s Raising4Red campaign, which encourages local businesses to support HIV related charities in Greater Manchester, over the World AIDS Day period. They have set a target of raising £10,000 and George House Trust is one of the charities that will benefit.
If you’d like to get involved or want to find out more, you can visit their website
or join their Facebook page
George House Trust’s is extremely grateful for this amazing support.
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Pre-Pride Event @ Gay Men’s Space
posted: 08/08/2011
Monday 22nd August
5pm – 8pm
Let’s get this party started! It’s the run up to Manchester Pride so to mark the occasion we’ll be looking back at Prides gone by.
Do you have any memories or memorabilia you would like to share such as old photographs perhaps?
If so, bring them along to the pre-Pride event. We’ll also be having a quiz and a display of some of GHT’s archive of photographs and past campaigns.
The Gay Men’s Space is open to any gay or bisexual man living with HIV in the North West of England.
For further information contact;
Dunkan@ght.org.uk
0161 274 4499
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YouTube About GHT for Pride
posted: 24/05/2011
Manchester Pride has launched a new video which showcases George House Trust’s work. George House Trust is one of Manchester Pride’s fundraising partners.
The video was shot by FruitTV, a global online platform for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
Pride supports HIV Welfare Fund
In 2010 £27,500 from Manchester Pride went to support George House Trust’s Welfare Fund to help people living with HIV through financial hardship.
Rosie Robinson, chief executive of George House Trust, commented: “George House Trust has a long-standing relationship with Manchester Pride. It's really great that money raised from people partying at Pride goes to support people living with HIV, experiencing hardship. I think that's a wonderful connection to make.”
To view the George House Trust showcase video visit YouTube
August Bank Holiday Pride Tickets on sale – cheaper before 30 June
Tickets for Manchester Pride’s Big Weekend (Friday 26 – Monday 29 August 2011) are now on sale and can be purchased at ManchesterPride or at various venues around the city.
Early Bird tickets cost £15 plus booking fee and are available until 30 June.
From 1 July tickets will cost £20 plus booking fee.
For up-to- date information, follow the Pride festival on Twitter: @ManchesterPride
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Thank you to our Team GHT Runners!
posted: 20/05/2011
George House Trust would like to say a HUGE thank you to all those who ran in Team GHT last Sunday, 15th May.
Our Team braved the cold and the rain to run and raise vital funds to support people living with HIV in the North West.
Big thanks also go to Christian from Active Health for providing some much needed free sports massage before and after the race and to the Cooperative, Crunch Bar and Durex for sponsoring our running vests. Also to our team of supporters who provided some fantastic encouragement along the route!
There's still time to sponsor our runners. You can find them at: http://www.justgiving.com/ght
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Have Your Say - Manchester Cuts
posted: 17/05/2011
People living in Manchester are asked for their views on the future of adult social care services in the city. The council has to save £109m this year, rising to £170m next – 25% of its whole budget.
The council’s plans for making cuts in adult social care are now available and there are 24 local events in May and June where council staff can explain the proposals, answer questions and help fill in questionnaires.
There are four main things the city council is asking residents about
- Supporting people services
- Cuts and changes in voluntary and community sector
- Changes to social care services
- Charges for social care services.
The city plans to change the way it allocates money to the voluntary sector and for supporting people, by assessing the quality and cost of services, and make more use of Telecare and equipment, and change the way it allocates money.
Manchester also proposes to change its charges for social care, for example, by ending its maximum charge so people who can pay more will pay the full cost, whatever that is.
How to have your say
You can read the proposals and then answer questions online, or you can visit one of the 24 events being held over the next three weeks.
Please take part
The more people with HIV living in Manchester who take part the better.
The main proposals and consultation for people with HIV is here. The last public event where you can ask questions is on Friday 3 June and you must send any comments in on this one by Wednesday 6 July.
Some of the documents are PowerPoint presentations that show you what they propose and you will need a computer programme to see this. Here is a link to the free Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer for you to download and install if you need this.
Councillor Glynn Evans, executive member for adults services at Manchester City Council said: "Manchester looks after a large number of vulnerable and elderly people who need support and care, and we remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible services, despite the very challenging circumstances.
"These proposals will affect people’s lives, so it is vitally important that all carers, residents and people who use our services themselves, tell us what they think and have their say.
"The council has to make significant savings to balance our smaller budget and we have seen a massive reduction in our budgets like supporting people. We believe these proposals are the fairest we could draw up in these very difficult times, but this is an open and genuine consultation process and all views and ideas will be considered."
Events across the city now
The adult social care consultation events began on 9 May and the last is on Friday 3 June.
Deadline for public comments varies with each of the consultations, two are on 14 June, another is 6 July, the last is on 8 August:
Social Care Consultations or phone the Contact Service on 0161 234 5001.
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