Support agencies for anyone who lives with AIDS/HIV.

Your local council may fund a HIV support service in your area. To look for your local council website CLICK HERE.

If you are a member of a Trade Union you may find www.tuda.org.uk, the Trade Union Disability Alliance a useful resource especially if you are in work.

If your organisation offers support to HIV+ people who are going through this review. Please email your logo & web address and I will add a link to you.

		The Positive Place provides HIV support services in South London.  They are an ally to this project. We thank them for there support.
		Organisation supporting service users in the South of London.  Feedback South London offers many services to the HIV community.
		DASL is The London Borough of Lambeth support service for residents of Lambeth.
		George House Trust is based in Manchester.
		i-base "HIV treatment information for healthcare professionals and HIV-positive people"
		Positive East supports people in East London.
		Positively Women is the only national charity providing supportfor women living with HIV by women living with HIV
		African HIV Policy Network. Representing African community groups addressing HIV/AIDS and sexual health throughout the UK.
		Naz Project London. Sexual Health and HIV services for black and minority ethnic communities.
		Established in 1994 by M·A·C Cosmetics, the M·A·C AIDS Fund supports men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS globally. Introducing its first VIVA GLAM lipstick that same year, M·A·C decided that every cent of the selling price of the VIVA GLAM lipsticks would go to the M·A·C AIDS Fund. You may be interested in there research on HIV Stigmatism.

The Eddie Surman Trust, http://www.eddiesurmantrust.org.uk/

Link to eddies letter is http://www.est.talktalk.net/page2.html.

The Eddie Surman Trust was founded in 1996 to offer support to young people in particular who are HIV+ and consequently may feel suicidal.

If you are not familiar with this organisation please take the time time to visit the site and read Eddie’s Letter.

Terrence Higgins Trust, National Support for those living or affected by HIV.  They are also a member group on the Disability and Carers Service Advisory Forum part of the Department for Work & Pensions.  This forum advises the government and THT represent HIV+ people on this board.

If you live in Hammersmith & Fulham PCT area.  They funded THT in 2006/7.  The PCT funds in partnership with the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. They are presently involved in a Tendering process.  You can find the information HERE. This document is interesting as it mentioned what is required.

NAM are holding a meeting with THT at the University of London on the 25th February 2008.  Details are HERE and map here.

Tuesday 19th Feb 2008 - Just spoken to Hammersmith & Fulham PCT.  They fund THT for counselling not Welfare Services.  The council fund the Hammersmith CAB.  This in turn has a service that runs every Wednesday at the River House Trust on an appointment basis.

Therefore I can only conclude that unless your local PCT or Council is providing funding to THT for Welfare Support provision. You are unlikely to get little help from them.

Though they should be able to tell you who can help in your area. Worth a call to THT if you don't know.

If you want the last THT Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements (For the year ended 31 March 2007) CLICK HERE.  It details who funds there activities on pages 38 & 39.   Depending on who funds them & what they fund.  May affect the help they will give you.  I would draw your attention to the "Our Objects, Mission and Vision" statement on page 3.

Crusaid is another charity supporting people with HIV. They publish some interesting reports. They also have a hardship fund for those struggling with finances.

River House Trust, http://www.riverhousetrust.org.uk/, is the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham support services for those with HIV in the borough.

Clicking on he link below should/will download the appropriate document to you computer, thus enabling you to view at your own leisure. Note we also hold a PSI license for documentation from Government.

This page was becoming a large list so I have added more menu options here. I have tried to gather relevant information into categories to make it easier to find.

Clicking on he link below should/will download the appropriate document to you computer, thus enabling you to view at your own leisure. Note we also hold a PSI license for documentation from Government.

This page was becoming a large list so I have added more menu options here. I have tried to gather relevant information into categories to make it easier to find.

 Here documents and information that doesn't fit anywhere else is listed.

Though this issue is in the context of London I mention it as it is highly relevant to the larger picture and is likely to be reflected where you live in the UK.

Published by NAM -  click here for the full story on "Poverty and Unemployment common amongst HIV+ Londoners".

Unfortunately you have to pay to access the full research on Wiley Interscience or be a member of BHIVA.

Published by NAM in the "hiv treatment update" issue 181 November 2008.

An article by Michael Ratsey on his experience with the review of Disability Living Allowance. Click here for the article. This is a 19.5mb pdf file.

I had to scan this in as I couldn't find a link it at the time on NAM's website.

If you don't receive NAM's "hiv treatment update" please click here.

We are certainly grateful to Michael and NAM for keeping the issue alive in the HIV print media. Moving forward it is "key" we continue to keep our issues alive with the state, especially given the changes currently underway with benefits.

John.

Article reproduced with permission.