Keep on Running!

posted: 17/05/2010

We'd like to say a big thank you to all our runners who took part in this year's Great Manchester Run.  We had over 150 runners, with the fastest completing the course in an amazing 37 minutes and 34 seconds. 

We hope to raise collect £15,000 in sponsorship and it's not too late to make a donation in support of teamght - just go to www.justgiving.com/teamght

Photos now on Flickr

80 photos are now available in our 2010 Great Manchester Run Flickr gallery

Run With Us

posted: 19/03/2010

There are just 35 Team George House Trust places left in our 150 strong team for the Great Manchester Run. Please sign up now to celebrate and fundraise in our 25th year. The Great Manchester Run - 10km - is on Sunday May 16th.

Sign up for Team GHT
We’re celebrating our 25th with our biggest Team GHT yet – in 2009 we had about 100 hundred dedicated runners. In 2010 we want 150 runners to really raise our birthday year profile and even more money for George House Trust.

Most of our funding comes with strings attached. Fundraised money, like from Great Manchester Run, means we can quickly respond to the most pressing needs and respond to changing demands. The flexibility it gives us is worth a great deal.

How to join Team GHT
To book one of the 35 remaining places please send a cheque for £34.00, payable to George House Trust.
Please write your details - name, email address, telephone number and postal address on an attached piece of paper, or on the back of the cheque.

Send your cheque and details to:
GMR 2009, Christy Lau, George House Trust, 77 Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FX

The £34.00 pays Great Manchester Run’s charges for registering you. We can refund this later, if you wish, once we have received at least £150 in sponsorship for you. However to maximise the money we raise, we hope you will meet this cost yourself.
 

What we offer Team GHT runners
All Team GHT birthday year runners are offered:

• Team GHT running vest (special this year for our 25th!)
• Free after run massage from our friends at the Active Health Group
• Training support from Manchester FrontRunners
• Safe bag and clothes storage at the Manchester Convention Centre (GMEX)
• After run party at a city centre venue, including a free buffet
• Taurus Bar are kindly providing special promotional drinks deals for all Team GHT runners
• Limited edition GHT 25th anniversary pin badges for all who bring in their sponsors money as a thank you.

We look forward to meeting everyone again for another fantastic day!

You can browse the photographs of Team GHT at the Great Manchester Run 2009 in our Flickr sets
 

Here's a YouTube clip you may enjoy

Great Manchester Run Team GHT Sign-Up

posted: 14/01/2010

Signing up to run with Team GHT at the Great Manchester Run is now open. We are very pleased to have 150 places for George House Trust runners at this year's Great Manchester 10km Run on Sunday May 16th 2010.
 

Run with us for our 25th anniversary
We want a big turnout of runners and sponsor supporters this year as 2010 is our 25th anniversary. Sponsor money is gives us vital support for providing quality services to people living with HIV in North West England.
 

Let’s top last year’s £11,000 – target £15,000
Sponsors and team GHT runners last year raised a fantastic £11,000 and our target is £15,000 this year. So please join Team GHT and support us in this very special year!

What we offer everyone in Team GHT:

• Team GHT running vest (special this year for our 25th!)
• Free after run massage from our friends at the Active Health Group
• Training support from Manchester FrontRunners
• Safe bag and clothes storage at the Manchester Convention Centre (GMEX)
• After run party at a city centre venue, including a free buffet

Team GHT Places are open to all runners, including people wanting to run with Team GHT for their first time.
 

Book your place now
To book one of our 150 running places please send a cheque for £34.00, payable to George House Trust.
Please write your details - name, email address, telephone number and postal address on an attached piece of paper, or on the back of the cheque.
 

Send your cheque and details to:
 

GMR 2009, Christy Lau, George House Trust, 77 Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FX
 

The £34.00 pays Great Manchester Run’s charges for registering you.
We can refund this later, if you wish, once we have received at least £150 in sponsorship for you. However to maximise the money we raise, we hope you will meet this cost yourself.
 

Some free places
There are a limited number of free places for people who are cannot afford the £34 entry fee.
If you need a free place, please contact Katherine before 28 February. 0161 274 4499 or email Katherine katherine@ght.org.uk We will pull free place names out of a hat and tell you whether or not we can offer a free place in the run.
 

Already signed up with Great Manchester Run?
If you have already got a place on the Run through the Great Manchester Run online registration page (too late now to try except for chances in their ballot) and want to run with Team GHT, please call Katherine or email her with your details 0161 274 4499 or email Katherine katherine@ght.org.uk. We will keep you informed about sponsorship arrangements and arrangements we are making for Team GHT runners.

We look forward to meeting everyone again for another fantastic day!

In the meantime, check out photographs of Team GHT at last year's Great Manchester Run on Flickr
 

Rowetta Fundraiser at Crunch

posted: 10/11/2009

Crunch bar are hosting a 1st December, World AIDS Day, fundraiser with Rowetta, Dolly (of the Lolettes who are now based in Leeds), Nice'n'Naughty's adult shop, great raffle prizes, and drinks from just £2.

It'll a night of fun and laughter.

The evening starts at 9pm

Tickets £3 from Nice'n'Naughty, 39 Bloom Street, in Manchester's gay village.

Or tickets online from wegottickets.com 

Crunch bar is at 10 Canal Street, Manchester

Good for Treatment-Experienced Youngsters

posted: 10/11/2009

More excellent news from France, this time for children and young people people with drug-resistant HIV due to taking many HIV drugs – you can reach an undetectable viral load with a new three drug combination - the results are almost as good as starting treatment for the first time.
 

At the end of October news of the same combination's success with adults appeared.

The French study involved twelve children taking a combination of HIV treatment that included darunavir / ritonavir (Prezista), etravirine (Intelence), and raltegravir (Isentress). All twelve children had extensive resistance to anti-HIV drugs.

Nevertheless, after a year of treatment, all but one had a viral load below 400 copies/ml, and average CD4 cell count had increased from 124 cells/mm3 to over 500 cells/mm3.

None of the children developed a serious HIV-related illness or died, and only one stopped treatment because of side-effects.
 

The researchers describe these results as “remarkable”.

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