Newsletter Issue two, August 2012
Hello! It’s Lia here from Terrence Higgins Trust. Welcome to the second edition of our newsletter just for Red Ribbon Fund holders and donors. I would like to start by saying a huge thank you for all your touching and valuable support. It has been a tough time here as spending cuts bite, but your Red Ribbon Fund has helped us to continue providing services for those who really need them. We really cannot thank you enough!
We are incredibly proud of the often groundbreaking and certainly essential work that we have done over the last 30 years, so we are saying: ‘Thanks Terry,’ for the legacy that Terry Higgins has left us. We are so grateful that, in your loved-one’s name, you are helping us to continue the fight against HIV and the prejudice and stigma that surrounds it. I really hope you find the newsletter interesting and helpful. As ever, if there is anything you would like to read about in future, please just let me know – my details are below. With warmest wishes and sincere thanks,
In this newsletter I will be telling you about how your Red Ribbon Fund helps people living with HIV and anyone who is at risk of poor sexual health. It is Terrence Higgins Trust’s 30th anniversary this year – that’s 30 years Lia Korn in which we have provided expert advice and support to some of the most vulnerable people lia.korn@tht.org.uk in society. 020 7812 1685
London to Brighton How would you like to take part in the scenic London to Brighton bike ride on 16th September, to raise money for your Red Ribbon Fund? If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Becky Harris on 020 812 1671 or becky.harris@tht.org.uk.
‘Thanks Terry’ – 30 years of crucial work in HIV. with HIV while helping others to avoid getting HIV and the many, lifelong problems it brings.
This is a personal letter from Rupert Whitaker. “My name is Rupert Whitaker and I am one of the founders of Terrence Higgins Trust. Firstly, a real thank you for remembering the person you loved by choosing to support Terrence Higgins Trust. It’s an active way of making a difference in the lives of people
When Terry Higgins died, a friend of his called Martyn Butler suggested that we do something about it. I agreed wholeheartedly. Martyn and I then saw through the setting up of the organisation, its registration as a charity, the establishment of the first community-based services, and the first preventionwork. We couldn’t bring Terry back—and the loss for me as Terry’s partner was intense at times—but we could make sure that we did something to prevent at least some people from suffering the way he had suffered. We also wanted to prevent others from losing a person they loved to HIV, as we had. It was a way of making sense of our loss. Like you, we donated our time, our money, our love, and our grief to make a
difference in the world. Since I became HIV-positive too about 30 years ago, I’ve come to know first-hand the real problems that HIV causes. I have seen the whole epidemic from the start and I survived where many, many others didn’t. Throughout these decades, the work of Terrence Higgins Trust has been essential and the drive and focus of its members, especially its volunteers, has made it possible to be of service to people with HIV and at risk of HIV. It should always be an honour to make a difference and the people who volunteer their time and money show THT what it can be. It is a remarkable legacy of the love for Terry and all the others who have lived and died from HIV. Thank you for joining me in honouring the memory of someone loved, by supporting the work of the Terrence Higgins Trust.”
For more information about HIV, sexual health and Terrence Higgins Trust’s work, please visit the website at www.tht.org.uk.