Dr David White, Consultant Physician here at Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service, will be giving a reading at the candle-light vigil in the city’s St Paul’s church on Sunday evening. December 1st is World AIDS Day, and each year the city gathers at St Pauls to remember those we have lost to HIV. David will be
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HIV:The Past, Present & Future
Dr Steve Taylor, Consultant Physician here at the Heartlands HIV Service, took part in an aidsmap live chat on the subject of HIV – its past, present … and future. You can watch the chat – which also featured Becky Kroger, Rebecca de Havilland, Revered Jide Macaulay, Jonathan Blake and Matthew Hodson – below. If
HIV Heartland Team on BBC Radio
A Heartlands HIV Service patient – and several of our staff – appeared on BBC Radio WM on Sunday, 18th November, to mark the start of National HIV Testing Week – and send the message that getting tested makes sense. You can listen to our segment from the Sunday Night with Nikki show by clicking
CHIVA: Annual Camp and Royal Recognition
We’re delighted by the news that the Children’s HIV charity CHIVA has been chosen by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as one of the seven charities they have selected to benefit from donations marking their wedding. The couple have asked that anyone who might wish to give them a wedding gift instead considers supporting one
World AIDS Day Success
We had a fantastic World AIDS Day, with so many people across Birmingham and beyond engaging with our messages that it really felt like a year of breakthroughs. Working with the national charity Saving Lives, we were bowled over by the huge response both online and on the ground. We’ve put together a Storify timeline
World AIDS Day: Big Red Bus Schedule
Our bid red bus will be on the road again this year on World AIDS Day, raising awareness and beating stigma. This year, we’re busy visiting a whole range of sites across the city to send out a simple message: HIV testing saves lives! In fact, we’ll be working alongside the national charity Saving Lives
World AIDS Day Candlelit Vigil
Birmingham will be hosting be a candlelit vigil on World AIDS Day 2017. Hosted by St Phillips Cathedral and Positive West Midlands, the event will take place at St Phillips Cathedral on Colmore Row in the city centre (B3 2QB). It will begin at 7pm. The vigil is an opportunity to remember our many friends who have died, and to celebrate and support those
World AIDS Day 1st December and HIV Patient Forum
December 1st is World AIDS Day (WAD)and every year this is preceded by National HIV Testing Week at the end of November. The week will see national campaigning by organisations such as the Terence Higgins Trust and also local work by staff from the HIV service at Heartlands and volunteers from the charity Saving
Great Weekend at Birmingham Pride
Thanks to all the volunteers from Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service and the Saving Lives Charity that made Birmingham Pride such a success! You can see photos and read about what we were up to over on the Saving Lives Twitter account.
Dr Steve Taylor’s World AIDS Day Presentation
On World AIDS Day, Dr Steve Taylor, the lead consultant at Heartlands HIV Service, delivered an address at the Bond Company, Digbeth, focusing on the history of HIV/AIDS – how far we’ve come, and what is still left to do. The talk was part of Swanswell’s commemorations for World AIDS Day. His slides for this talk