LongTerm Survivors Weekend

posted: 17/08/2009

 

The National Long Term Survivors Group runs weekends to help combat social isolation for people who have been HIV positive for longer than five years and who are unable to use local support.

There are a few last minute places available on their next weekend - Friday 18th – Sunday 20th September.

The weekends are not free but they have money from the Elton John AIDS Foundation which can help pay. This could pay the costs for some people, or part of the costs such as for childcare and travel. If you need help with funding, please ask NLTSG about the help that might be available for you.

Who can go on these weekends?

You need to have been HIV positive for 5 years and be "unable to access local support". The Group will make its own decisions on who gets places, but we think people living in Cumbria, and some parts of Lancashire and Cheshire will be able to show there is no or limited local HIV support available for them. They are also keen to offer places to other people in their priority groups

• Firstly, people living in rural areas where existing services are either thin on the ground or non-existent (eg we suggest this means most of Lancashire, all Cumbria, rural Cheshire)
• The second group is the over 50’s, which is a group that can find itself excluded from contemporary society and the social ‘scene’
• The third group is people who have been living with HIV for over 10 years
• The final group is HIV positive volunteers and workers in the HIV sector who often have difficulty accessing support and services in their local area as they try to maintain a professional relationship with other service users.

Booking

If you would like to attend this NLTSG weekend please be quick

• email bookings for an application form, or 
• leave a message on 07967 430797, or
• write to National Long Term Survivors, BM LTSG, London, WC1N 3XX.

Living Proof weekend dates in 2009

• 18 - 20 September
• 11 - 13 December

Weekend dates in 2010

• 26-28 March 2010
• 9 - 11 July 2010
• 24 - 26 September 2010
• 17 - 19 December 2010

The weekends start on Fridays at 3.30pm and finish on Sundays at about 4pm. They are held not far from Manchester, in nearby Staffordshire. The programme for the weekends is here

The weekends provide a safe, relaxed place to meet other people who have also been living with HIV and AIDS for five or more years.

A programme of activities is arranged for each weekend - group workshops, one-to-one counselling, complementary therapies - but it is entirely up to each person who attends the weekends as to whether they take part or not in these activities. Many people find the company and ability to talk freely about HIV, as well as many other issues, provides the greatest benefit.

National LT Survivors Group

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