Positive Steps Residential Weekends

posted: 11/10/2011

Positive Steps - the social and support group for gay men living with HIV in North Greater Manchester and Lancashire - are organising 3 residential weekends between now and the end of July 2012. The weekends are funded by the Big Lottery Fund and are free to participants.

For more information click here

Please note that these weekends are run by the Positive Steps Group.
George House Trust has no involvement in these weekends either in terms of their organisation or their content

posted: 27/09/2011

The Gay Men’s Space has changed. From October 10th there will be a regular monthly social space open to any HIV positive gay man living in the North West and known to George House Trust.

The social space is a friendly, safe and relaxed environment for people to meet, talk and make friends. Light refreshments in the form of hot and cold drinks and snacks are available for free.

The social space will be every 2nd Monday of the month between 5pm and 8pm. Each month GHT will also be holding information sessions dedicated to gay men once a month on a variety of subjects chosen in consultation with gay men who had attended the Gay Men’s Space over the last year. These high focussed events are timetabled on or website, held every 4th Monday of the month, doors opening at 5:45pm with the sessions running between 6pm and 8pm. Unlike the social event, these information sessions are facilitated by volunteers, GHT staff and external speakers and guests. The sessions are only open to gay men who wish to participate or have an interest in that specific topic. Anyone attending is expected to contribute and there is no social aspect to this session. For further information please check the GHT website diary at www.ght.org.uk or contact Dunkan on 0161 274 4499 dunkan@ght.org.uk
 

CV Writing Session for Gay Men

posted: 19/09/2011

Monday 19th September 2011
6pm onwards
Space open 5pm – 8pm.

Would you like help with your C.V.?

 Are you unemployed or working but looking for another job? Or would you like to brush up on your C.V. skills for when you do decide or are able to look for work in the future?

If you’ve answered yes to any of the above then come along to the C.V. writing workshop at the Gay Men’s Space – Please bring a copy of your current CV with you – even if this is only a rough draft – YOU WILL NEED THIS FOR THE WORKSHOP.

You do not have to have attended the Gay Men’s Space before, however the workshop is only open to gay men living with HIV already known to George House Trust.

For further information please contact Dunkan or Jill on 0161 274 4499 or email dunkan@ght.org.uk or jill@ght.org.uk

Justice For Chenai

posted: 24/08/2011

GHT is supporting a campaign for a Zimbabwean woman, Chenai Mudzamiri to stay in the UK.

Chenai fled from Zimbabwe and claimed asylum in the UK after she was brutally imprisoned, raped and
tortured for not actively supporting the ruling party, Zanu PF.  The Home Office have decided that she does not have a case for asylum, so she is at risk of deportation back to Zimbabwe.

Chenai has a well founded fear of persecution if she is returned to Zimbabwe. Deporting Chenai would breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits you from returning a person to face torture.

Please send a letter to the Home Secretary, which can be downloaded here.

You can also sign Chenai's e-petition here.

Thanks for your support.

Boaz Trust's Urgent Appeal for Volunteers

posted: 21/06/2011

The BOAZ Trust here in Manchester often finds hosts for GHT's destitute service users. Hosts are people with a spare room and big hearts! Some hosts take guests for a few days or weeks and others more long term.

GHT supports a number of men and women who are living with HIV who are homeless and literally destitute. They are people who have unsuccessfully applied for asylum. they live with the
constant fear that they may be forcibly returned to their country of origin where they may face torture or imprisonment and will struggle to get the ARV's thet they need to stay well and alive.

If you are interested in finding out more about being a Boaz host, contact Cat at the Boaz office on 0161 202 1056 or hosting@boaztrust.org.uk She will be happy to answer your questions and to arrange to meet with you to discuss the hosting process.