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World Aids Day - Tue, Dec 1
We’ve rounded up what’s going on in our city and online this World Aids Day (WAD). Make sure you wear your red ribbon with pride and dig deep if you can to support our community groups, choirs and charities; they need your support more than ever!
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) ) In the face of the pandemic, THT has lots of exciting ways you can support its
work, get involved and raise much-needed funds. ) DRAG BINGO WITH CHARLIE HIDES: Gather
your family and housemates together, pour a glass of something refreshing, and let’s play bingo on WAD. RuPaul’s Drag Race star Charlie Hides will keep you entertained over Zoom and you could win some fabulous prizes. Starts at approx 7.25pm; bingo at 7.30pm. Don’t be late. For more info and to get your free bingo card, visit: www.tht.org.uk/takeaction/world-aids-day/drag-race-bingo ) WEAR. DONATE. NOMINATE: Simply wear your red ribbon this WAD, take a
picture of yourself and post on social media, donate to support THT and nominate your friends and family to do the same – it’s as easy as that. WEAR: Put on your red ribbon with pride. Don’t forget to take a photo or video and share on your social media. If you don’t have a ribbon, you could create one, or add a red ribbon frame to your profile picture on social media (you can find this by updating your picture, choosing ‘add frame’ and searching ‘red ribbon Terrence Higgins Trust’). DONATE: Visit https://justgiving.com/campaign/WDN and donate £5, £10 or £20 to support THT’s work and those affected by HIV. NOMINATE: Share the photo or video of you wearing the red ribbon and nominate people to do the same. Make sure to use the hashtag #WorldAIDSDay and tag in @THTorguk. More info: www.tht.org.uk/take-action/world-aids-day/wear-donate-nominate For a free red ribbon and tips & tricks on holding your own fundraiser for THT, visit: www.tht.org.uk/take-action/world-aids-day
Marking WAD 2020 in Brighton & Hove ) The city’s annual partnership main event for WAD, the vigil and reading of the
names, will be mainly online, although New Steine Gardens will be open. In a normal year, people would gather at Brighton & Hove Aids Memorial to mark the day and hear the reading of names of those who have lost their lives to the disease. This year, Lunch Positive will be serving hot drinks from a marquee in the gardens from 11am; stewards will make sure social distancing is adhered to and face coverings are worn, but the majority of the event will be broadcast through Facebook. The focus for 2020 is on frontline staff in the HIV sector and how they have responded over the past six months and adapted a lot of services to online. Throughout the day there will be regular uploads of 90-second videos of people, including Sussex Beacon nurses, local MPs, volunteers and others, talking about how their HIV work and personal lives have been affected by the pandemic. At 6pm there will be a live reading of the names, which will remain online for a couple of hours. Join in online on the day at: www.facebook. com/worldAIDSdayBH Brighton & Hove World AIDS Day Community Partnership has announced the following events to mark WAD on or around Tuesday, December 1.
) Brighton AIDS Memorial Candlelight Vigil: Tuesday, December 1 @ 6pm, www.facebook.com/worldAIDSdayBH Due to the current situation and restrictions with Covid 19, this year the WAD names reading and vigil will be held online and not as a physical event at the memorial.
The online event will be hosted on the Partnership’s Facebook page World AIDS Day – Brighton & Hove at www.facebook.com/worldAIDSdayBH on Tuesday, December 1. Short speeches by frontline workers, volunteers and local HIV organisations will be available to view throughout the day. The names reading and vigil will take place as a Facebook Live event at the usual time of 6pm. New Steine Gardens will still be open throughout the day on Tuesday, December 1 so members of the community can visit the Brighton & Hove Aids Memorial and pay their respects to loved ones. Stewards will be present to ensure adherence to Covid-19 guidelines and to signpost people to emotional support if required. For more info, contact Phillip Wragg at THT South on 07552 755161. New names to be read (in addition to those read in previous years) can be emailed to susshivchap@gmail.com by Friday, November 27. ) Positive Space at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church (ground floor),
Brighton, BN2 1RL on Sunday, November 29, pop in between 12.30 - 3pm. The Sussex HIV Chaplaincy invites you to drop in and reflect on what WAD means to you. An opportunity to light a candle of remembrance, to spend some time in personal prayer or reflection, or to talk with the HIV chaplain in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere, for those with some faith or none, ALL are welcome. For more info, contact Revd Heather Leake Date: 07867 773360 or susshivchap@gmail.com. ) Lunch Club members, friends and supporters of people with HIV are invited
to a community WAD Sunday Lunch with Lunch Positive @ Dorset Gardens Methodist Church (1st & 2nd floors), Dorset Gardens, Brighton, BN2 1RL on Sunday, November 29 from 1pm with lunch served from 1.30pm. Invitations will be sent out in advance or people can enquire about a place by contacting friends@lunchpositive.org or call 07846 464384. ) Tuesday, December 1: WAD Lunch & Community Drop-In with Lunch
Positive @ Dorset Gardens Methodist Church (1st floor), Dorset Gardens, Brighton BN2 1RL. Open to anyone, Lunch Positive will open 12 - 3pm for light snacks and refreshments in a café-style setting. There's no charge, but donations welcome. This is an open event, though numbers may be limited as part of a Covid-secure setting. For info: friends@lunchpositive.org or call 07846 464384 ) More to me than HIV – online at www.moretomethanHIV.life. An online
exhibition of self portraits, celebrating the diversity of people living with HIV, championing the fact that HIV does not define us, and that we can live as normal a life as anybody else. The Brighton & Hove World Aids Day Partnership comprises: Avert, BHCC Partnership Community Safety Team, Frontline AIDS, the HIV and SHAC (Sexual Health and Contraception) teams, the LGBT Safety Forum, Lunch Positive, More to Me Than HIV, Peer Action, The Rainbow Hub, The Sussex Beacon, Sussex Ecumenical HIV Chaplaincy and THT South.
