Lancashire World AIDS Day

posted: 24/11/2010

World AIDS Day events in Preston and central Lancashire are

• Friday 26th November 2010

9pm til late - Red Ribbon Cabaret at
53 Degrees @ UCLAN - University of Central Lanchashire, Preston 
The annual evening of entertainment to raise funds for local HIV Charities
Tickets £10-12 on the door
 

• Wednesday 1st December 2010

5pm - 7pm 

Awareness Raising, Live Performances and Information Sharing

at Harris Library, Preston

at 7:00pm Light refreshments, then at 7.30pm candlelit procession from the Harris Library to St Johns Minster Church

at 7.45pm in St Johns Minster Church, a multi faith service of remembrance and celebration
Finishing at 8.30pm
 

• Ending with a closing party at The Hangout Bar (behind The Bears Paw pub on Church St).
   

More information

on these events or how you, or your organisation can support World AIDS Day 2010, please email or phone Peter Channon, Lancashire HIV Services Coordinator, 01772 253 732

The HIV Service for Central Lancashire is: CLASS - helpline 01772 825 684

Blackburn Cathedral Vigil

posted: 24/11/2010

A candlelit HIV vigil at Blackburn Cathedral is one of the events in East Lancashire organised for World AIDS Day. The cathedral vigil will be on Thursday December 2nd 2010 at 7.15pm. The service is to be led by Canon Andrew Hindley. There will be speakers from Thrivine and music from the Cathedral Choir and Blackburn People’s choir.
 

Buffet and exhibitions in the Crypt

After the service wine and a light buffet will be served downstairs in the Crypt Cafe where you will also have the opportunity to view the exhibition of The Positive Picture, the results of a project funded by the NHS Dragon’s Apprentice. Painted lanterns and art works by local youth groups will also be on display.

Thrivine awards success
This year the East Lancashire HIV charity Thrivine was nominated for a CVS Community Award, and has recently won the Gilead “Putting patients 1st” Award for England and Northern Ireland, for 'Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence, thereby making a significant contribution to the lives of people living with HIV.'
 

Thrivine are very proud of their achievements so soon after their founding and welcome people to attend the vigil and help put an end to HIV related stigma.

More information
email Thrivine

Body Positive Blackpool Saved

posted: 05/10/2010

Body Positive in Blackpool has been saved by two local councillors who donated £6,500. Body Positive in Blackpool feared it would only survive until next year after it discovered its employee Bianca Campbell had stolen £4,127 using its bank card to buy things for her own botox company, Fresh Face.
Redundancies and cuts

As a result of Campbell's theft and a £15,000 cut in local authority funding, Body Positive Blackpool made two staff redundant and cut its services.  But last week the charity was giving a reprieve after Labour councillors Simon Blackburn and Gary Coleman donated £6,500 to keep the charity running.
Bianca Campbell, who was sacked in March when her theft was discovered, pleaded guilty to fraud at Preston Crown Court.
 

The court heard Campbell used a Body Positive Blackpool bankcard to order products for her own business. Campbell was given a total of six months prison, suspended for a year, with 12 months supervision.
 

Body Positive Blackpool 
 

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Positive Steps Bury

posted: 09/08/2010

Andrew, a gay man living in the Bury area, is setting up a social and support group for HIV positive gay men living around the whole of the north side of Manchester. Are you interested?
 

He hopes the group will be a chance to socialise and get to know other positive gay men, share information, advice and support, feel less isolated and share ideas on how to challenge stigma locally.
 

Interested men who would like to meet in Bury to plan future events, or who just want to find out about what’s arranged, should contact Andrew by email, or mobile 078 95194 575, or leave a message on the website contact page
 

Positive Steps Bury aims to develop and provide activities and services for gay men living with HIV in Northern Greater Manchester – the Bury, Bolton, Rochdale, Oldham, and Wigan districts and nearby parts of Lancashire.
 

The plan is for a social drop in - an opportunity to share experiences, views and ideas as well as access information and advice, organising activities together - visiting places of interest, walking, cycling, away weekends and other activities, and going to social events such as theatre, drinks, meals out, bingo, etc.
 

Positive Steps Bury
 

Blackburn Positive Picture Project

posted: 17/06/2010

It does not matter if you are doing really well, or going through a bad time. We all have times when we find it difficult to express our thoughts and feelings in words.

In Blackburn, Thrivine is offering Art Therapy on summer Saturday afternoons.  Art Therapy offers you a way to express and communicate your thoughts and feelings in paints, clay, or other materials.

You do not need to be artistic, or know about art, to benefit.

It is fun and very enjoyable.

Thrivine's Art Therapy - the Positive Picture Project - will be facilitated by qualified people, in a safe space.

If you are infected, or affected by HIV, this could benefit you.

You can choose to come to one or more sessions, or all of the sessions.

Public transport expenses can be reimbursed, should you require.

Positive Picture Project
Saturdays, 2pm to 5pm on these dates

• 17th   July
• 24th   July
• 31st   July
• 7th   August
• 14th   August 
• 21st   August 
• 28th   August 

Where Thrivine will tell you where Positive Picture Project meets after you book, for confidentiality

Book your place     email, or call Adrienne on 07890 147806
Find out more           email, or call Adrienne on 07890 147806