CHAPS Opens to Gay Men
posted: 13/12/2010
A central website for gay men’s HIV prevention in England has opened. Most HIV prevention for gay and bi men in this country is done by CHAPS, a network of organisations, that includes LGF in Manchester and Terrence Higgins Trust.
CHAPS has worked for more than a dozen years on HIV prevention and better sexual health for gay and bi men in England and gets its funding from the Department of Health. It didn’t have a website and that made it difficult for people to find details of their HIV prevention campaigns and other information.
Who are CHAPS?
Most people haven’t a clue what CHAPS is, so the website explains this and tells you a bit about each CHAPS member, like the LGF. Each has their own page featuring an overview of their services, a guide to their resources and any upcoming events they are hosting.
Work and campaigns
This section introduces CHAPS campaigns past and present and how individuals and organisations can benefit from these. Details of how you can order campaign materials are provided.
What have we learnt?
This part of the new CHAPS website provides easy access to CHAPS reports – like the sector summary reports, Making it Count briefing sheets and Sigma Research reports.
Making it Count, the strategic planning framework for reducing HIV transmission during sex between men, features in a special section with an overview of the key points.
Communicating together
The third section of the CHAPS website, Our Community, opens communications between individuals as well as organisations. This community platform gives you the opportunity to create a profile for both yourself and your project, you can create events such as training and conferences and invite people who are also registered on the site.
Our Community also provides an excellent opportunity to feedback about the development of CHAPS campaigns, conferences and training.
CHAPS website
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