World AIDS Day 2009 - show your support!

posted: 10/11/2009

World AIDS Day is an international day of action to raise awareness about HIV and challenge stigma. It's a great opportunity to get involved and make a difference – whether that’s through fundraising, campaigning, or wearing a red ribbon!

We have lots of activities that we need your support with, including:

• helping with street collections in Manchester,
• taking part in our "flashmob" activity (a flashmob is a large group of people, who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse!). We will be using our flashmob to raise awareness about HIV,
• distributing red ribbon collecting boxes,
• organising fundraising events,
• selling candles and collecting donations at the Candle Lit Vigil on World AIDS Day.

We support over 2000 people living with HIV in the North West of England. Your support makes a lot of difference to the people we work with. We're a small charity. No amount of money raised is ever too small. Every penny counts!

Click here to get involved.

If you have problems using this link or have any questions please email: volunteering@ght.org.uk or call the Volunteering Team on 0161 274 4499.

£6500 and Still Counting

posted: 03/12/2008

Over the World AIDS Day weekend, the hard work of volunteers, staff and supporters street collecting, at the vigil and from door charges at Via, have so far raised £6,500. The total raised will be split between George House Trust and LGF.

There is still more to come from the red ribbon boxes around the Manchester gay village, plus lots of other community fundraising activities, and from 40 collecting tins in Bolton.

We will announce the final total raised shortly.

Thank you to helpers and donors

Thanks again for the hard work from everyone to achieve this fantastic amount, given the pressures on people's wallets at the moment.

 

RAW Jam at Contact Theatre

posted: 28/11/2008

Free Lunchtime World AIDS Day RAW Jam, Monday 1 December 1pm

Gerry Potter (the force behind the indomitable Chloe Poems and the recent smash-hit play Miracle) joins Jackie Hagan for a special lunchtime spoken word tribute to people living with HIV, as part of Manchester's World AIDS Day celebrations.

Presented by Contact Theatre in association with George House Trust

Contact Theatre, Devas Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6JA

The Contact Theatre is almost opposite the Manchester Royal Infirmary

map and directions.

World Aids Day

posted: 25/11/2008

Would you like information on what's going on and things to do?

Check our diary page for activities around the time of World AIDS Day, 1 December 2008.

Here's the UK's World AIDS Day website

Avert has a good UK World Aids Day page and excellent information and activities for all ages.

Here's the international WorldAIDSCampaign website

Here's the USA's TheBody's website for World AIDS Day with dozens of links to Things to do, Things to know, Things to see, and Things to hear.

You can support Terrence Higgins Trust's campaign - email your local councillors to get them to actively campaign to improve local sexual health services.
Click here to take part

Gaydar - Respect and Protect

posted: 21/11/2008

For World AIDS Day Gaydar Nation has put a Respect & Protect  page on their website.

• Respect & Protect With Muscled Hunks
• Late HIV Diagnosis - One in three people living with HIV in the UK don't know they are infected.
• PEP -Think you've been exposed to HIV? Think PEP.
• HIV Prevention - It's time to get back to bare basics - condoms.
• Primary HIV Infection - Reading the warning signs of early HIV infection.
• HIV Testing: Myths And Realities - Five myths busted about HIV testing.
• HIV Testing - Dr Martin Fisher answers your questions about getting tested for HIV.
• Basic Facts About HIV - No matter what your HIV status, respecting and protecting yourself is key to looking after yourself and others.
   

The site was developed with the support of NAT.

Visit the Respect & Protect webpage in the Lifestyles section