LASS helps people living with or affected by HIV in the City of Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, promoting HIV prevention and positive sexual health. They offer a range of services including: emotional care, support, advocacy, information, advice, befriending, mentoring and include a new group called LhivE – people living with HIV who organise their own support and support each other. We also provide a community based HIV testing service.
Advice, information, resources, links, Advocacy, Exercise, nutrition and complmentary therapies, Financial advice, debt advice and hardship fund, Housing advice, Other, Policy and campaign work, Respite Care, Support for carers, Support groups, peer support and counselling, Telephone helpline
LEAT supports people living with HIV by providing a pastoral and spiritual response to their needs. They provide outreach and awareness-raising projects and educational programmes, home support, special services for HIV positive women and mothers caring for positive children and more.
Advice, information, resources, links, Advocacy, Exercise, nutrition and complmentary therapies, Support for carers, Support groups, peer support and counselling
Leeds Skyline provides support for anyone in Leeds and its environs living with or affected by HIV. They provide one-to-one emotional support; support groups; advice and information on treatment, immigration, housing, welfare benefits; hardship grants; trainings and workshops and more.
Advice, information, resources, links, Advocacy, Exercise, nutrition and complmentary therapies, Financial advice, debt advice and hardship fund, Housing advice, Support for carers, Support groups, peer support and counselling
0113 244 9767
http://leedsskyline.org.uk
LGF- Lesbian and Gay Foundation
The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (LGF) is a vibrant charity with a wide portfolio of services and resources aimed at meeting the needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual people. LGF provides support information and advice on many health and social issues faced by LGB people.
Advice, information, resources, links, Advocacy, Other, Policy and campaign work, Support for carers, Support groups, peer support and counselling, Telephone helpline
LLGS provides a helpline offering information, support and a referral service for lesbians, gay men, bisexual, trans people and anyone questioning their sexuality. Callers can get information about sexual health and HIV prevention, domestic violence, hate crime and more.
Mama Afrika Community Association works with people from refugee and black and ethnic minority communities. They provide many services including: referrals, signposting, support, advocacy, practical help and information, advice on welfare benefits and immigration and more.
Advice, information, resources, links, Advocacy, Financial advice, debt advice and hardship fund, Housing advice, Other, Support for carers, Support groups, peer support and counselling, Telephone helpline
MedFASH- The Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health
MedFASH is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the healthcare of people affected by HIV, STIs and related conditions. It undertakes a range of national projects to support health professionals and policy-makers. MedFASH does not provide services directly to people with HIV, although they are the ultimate beneficiaries of its work. Its website contains guides to working with people with HIV for GPs and non-HIV specialist doctors.
Mesmac North Wales is run by a group of dedicated gay men and women in North Wales. They supply information and support to anyone who asks for it, and offer services including: safer sex information, person-to-person outreach, links to other sources and organisations and more.
Advice, information, resources, links, Policy and campaign work, Telephone helpline
NAM produces a range of reliable, straightforward, free information resources for people living with HIV, including booklets, print and e-newsletters, factsheets and leaflets. NAM's website www.aidsmap.com also hosts a searchable 'organisations' database so you can quickly find clinics and support groups in your area.
Naz Project London (NPL) ), established in 1991, provides sexual health and HIV prevention and support services to targeted Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in London. By providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services, NPL aims to educate and empower communities to face up to the challenges of sexual health and the AIDS pandemic, and to mobilise the support networks that exist for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Advice, information, resources, links, Advocacy, Exercise, nutrition and complmentary therapies, Policy and campaign work, Support for carers, Support groups, peer support and counselling
NAT has recorded a short film which looks at how the HIV epidemic has changed over the past quarter of a century and how NAT has made a difference to the lives of people living with HIV.
The film features NAT’s Chief Executive, Deborah Jack, Lord Norman Fowler who was Secretary of State for Health in the eighties, and a number of people living with HIV who share their experiences and explain why NAT matters to them.