POSITIVELY UK

Welfare Advice for People Living with HIV

Hardship Fund

towards three years' salary of a Complex Cases Peer Caseworker, Case Manager and Volunteer Coordinator at a project providing individual and group support for people living with HIV in London.

Adapting and Strengthening Support Services for People Living with HIV: A post covid research and review project

Hardship Fund

To provide core support and contribution to programme costs to enable Positively UK to enhance its core peer mentor training to refugees and migrants living with HIV.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Workshops and podcasts, based on topics identified through consoltation with LGBTQ+ people living with HIV, in response to community needs during the covid pandemic.

towards the cost of adapting peer mentoring training for online delivery, including the salary of the Peer Learning and Development Lead, so that peer mentors can remotely and effectively support people living with HIV in London only, as outlined in ....more

towards the cost of adapting peer mentoring training for online delivery, including the salary of the Peer Learning and Development Lead, so that peer mentors can remotely and effectively support people living with HIV in London only, as outlined in your application.

towards three years' salary and on costs of a CEO at an organisation which provides a peer-support network for people living with HIV in London.

A grant of £7,851 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

A grant of £4,137 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

Positively UK

Expansion of a range of support services to communities of people living with HIV across London, predominantly gay and bisexual men. It will support a further 300 beneficiaries via the recruitment of a programme coordinator to develop and implement ....more

Expansion of a range of support services to communities of people living with HIV across London, predominantly gay and bisexual men. It will support a further 300 beneficiaries via the recruitment of a programme coordinator to develop and implement individual action plans and via volunteer buddying. Emotional support to engage with the community will help them to interact and form connections with others and the organisation has provided a clear plan to offer this support and involved peer to peer work.

Positively UK will engage 85 women living with HIV in a series of workshops to support their wellbeing and increase their coping capacities. We will integrate support around issues that, if not addressed on time, can affect negatively the mental ....more

Positively UK will engage 85 women living with HIV in a series of workshops to support their wellbeing and increase their coping capacities. We will integrate support around issues that, if not addressed on time, can affect negatively the mental health of WLHIV: intimate partner violence, managing grief and loss, going through menopause, sexual and reproductive rights, stigmatization. We will provide safe space in peer-led environment for women to self-empower each other. We will train 34 women to become peer mentors through our nationally accredited peer mentoring scheme for people living with HIV. The 34 women will act as role models and empower the rest to share their stories and experiences and explore their wellbeing concerns. By the end of the project the participating women will have increased their support and social networks, improved their self-esteem, decreased levels of self-stigmatization and have developed plans and strategies for positive changes for their future.

Expansion of a range of support services to communities of people living with HIV across London, predominantly gay and bisexual men. It will support a further 300 beneficiaries via the recruitment of a programme coordinator to develop and implement ....more

Expansion of a range of support services to communities of people living with HIV across London, predominantly gay and bisexual men. It will support a further 300 beneficiaries via the recruitment of a programme coordinator to develop and implement individual action plans and via volunteer buddying. Emotional support to engage with the community will help them to interact and form connections with others and the organisation has provided a clear plan to offer this support and involved peer to peer work.

Gay Men's Wellbeing Project

Women are substantially affected by HIV, yet there has been a paucity of anti-stigma and prevention campaigns to address women's concerns, prevention, testing and care. This proposal will address this by putting women living with HIV (WLHIV) at the ....more

Women are substantially affected by HIV, yet there has been a paucity of anti-stigma and prevention campaigns to address women's concerns, prevention, testing and care. This proposal will address this by putting women living with HIV (WLHIV) at the centre of an anti-stigma campaign.Positively UK will create 3 series of workshops for 48 WLHIV to look at the roots of stigma, develop skills and strategies to confront it and raise awareness on HIV prevention. The main objective is to reduce stigma, improve knowledge on HIV prevention and encourage regular testing. In the longer run, the project will contribute to recognition and inclusion of women in the HIV prevention narrative, as well as greater networking and partnership between HIV services in London and Manchester.Positively UK want to run 15 workshops in safe and confidential places (Positively UK, Islington, Africa Advocacy Foundation, Lewisham and George House Trust, Manchester). Each set of 5 workshops will last 2 months and will engage 16 WLHIV. The workshops will replicate the most successful activities from the pilot: bead making/discussion of the catwalk concept; mask making/safety/identity/negotiating safe sex; leadership skills/ history of activism/film screening and discussion; poetry/public speaking/gender inequalities; catwalk/confidence building training. Key messages (U=U, PrEP for women, 0 Stigma) will be mainstreamed throughout activities. Markets are a key place for social interaction between women, therefore each group of 16 participants will organize 2 market stalls displaying products produced during the workshops to disseminate information and raise awareness through women-specific HIV resources. Each stall will reach out to 300 individuals (based on experience).Positively UK held preliminary talks with Greenwich, Herne Hill, Oval and Broadway market managers who endorsed the idea. 3 closing catwalk events and a report launch will gather stakeholders, where HIV positive women will manifest empowerment in the outfits they have designed.

This group will develop their project to support young people aged 16-25 living with HIV, focusing on those making the transition from child to adult healthcare services and those recently diagnosed with HIV. It aims to deliver a holistic service, ....more

This group will develop their project to support young people aged 16-25 living with HIV, focusing on those making the transition from child to adult healthcare services and those recently diagnosed with HIV. It aims to deliver a holistic service, integrating HIV, mental health, social support, sex and relationships, and self-management. They will be supported through one to one assessment, mentoring and information sharing to tackle barriers to maintaining health and well-being.

towards three years' running costs of a project providing benefits advice and employment workshops to people living with HIV across London

Realising the Value programme grant to Positively UK Grant Ref AC00518

This is the development of a project for women living with HIV (WLHIV) who are pregnant or looking to become pregnant.The project will build on established interventions to move women from a new HIV diagnosis and critical need to independent ....more

This is the development of a project for women living with HIV (WLHIV) who are pregnant or looking to become pregnant.The project will build on established interventions to move women from a new HIV diagnosis and critical need to independent self-management. It will take a holistic approach, integrating HIV, maternal health, mental health, sex and relationships, gender based violence (GBV) and patient involvement to influence approaches to care, screening and self-management.

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This is the continuation and development of an existing project by Positively UK based in London. The project works with young people who are living with HIV and making the transition period between paediatric and adult healthcare, providing support ....more

This is the continuation and development of an existing project by Positively UK based in London. The project works with young people who are living with HIV and making the transition period between paediatric and adult healthcare, providing support and information to make this transition less daunting. The aim is to increase the emotional and physical wellbeing of these groups and prepare them to take responsibility for their own healthcare.

This continuation and expansion of a pilot aims to provide education, information, practical and emotional support to women living with HIV who are pregnant or looking to become pregnant, so that they can effectively manage their health and that of ....more

This continuation and expansion of a pilot aims to provide education, information, practical and emotional support to women living with HIV who are pregnant or looking to become pregnant, so that they can effectively manage their health and that of their child.

the costs of the peer led support project including the salaries of the Volunteer Manager, Peer Case Worker and Administrator, training, travel, overheads and project costs