Specialist Services

If you are interested in one of the service below, please contact us and we will meet with you to discuss your needs and appropriate support.

We offer these services to those who are most in need and who can most benefit. Please ask. If we cannot help we will try to suggest alternatives.

Community Support
Community Support is mentoring support provided by trained volunteers for people living with HIV. In most cases the support is provided away from our office and in the community. Our specialist volunteers are trained to help, encourage and motivate service users to try new things or make positive changes.

Examples of the type of community support that our volunteers offer include:

• helping you expand your range of interests and activities,
• helping you access services in the community,
• helping you using public transport or finding your way around a new area.

Community Support is provided for an agreed length of time and is reviewed regularly by the Community Support Volunteer Co-ordinator, to make sure it remains the right support for you.

Counselling
George House Trust provides focussed therapeutic support about the impact of an HIV diagnosis, living with HIV, or any other issues you may have.

A short course of regular counselling is offered, with one of our team of qualified counsellors. The length of the counselling course will be negotiated with you, but will normally be no longer than sixteen weeks.