Opportunities to contribute to new HIV awareness training in Wales
In partnership with Social Care Wales, Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru are developing a bi-lingual resource of our ‘Can’t Pass It On’ training for social care professionals. Our existing training course for the social care sector aims to increase awareness and understanding of HIV, how it is passed on and the Can’t Pass It On/Undetectable = […]
Observing Trans Day of Visibility
Today is Trans Day of Visibility, an opportunity to celebrate trans people and raise awareness of the inequalities and discrimination faced by the trans community. At Terrence Higgins Trust, we stand with the trans community and celebrate those fighting for the rights and wellbeing of trans people everywhere. This includes trans people living with HIV, […]
Marking two years of the HIV Action Plan for Wales
Our Policy and Public Affairs Officer Stuart Smith reflects on reaching the halfway point of the HIV Action Plan for Wales Two years ago today, the Welsh Government launched the HIV Action Plan for Wales 2023 – 2026. Its publication was a big step forward, setting out a bold framework for action to end new […]
Cardiff MP calls for further action to expand HIV testing in Wales
Speaking in a parliamentary debate to mark National HIV Testing Week in England, Alex Barros-Curtis, MP for Cardiff West, called for further action to end new cases of HIV in Wales by 2030. While recognising the important role of the national HIV and STI testing service in Wales, the MP for Cardiff West urged the […]
Grindr message prompts app users in Wales to access HIV testing as new research finds more than 80% of British adults are unaware it is possible to test for HIV at home
A Grindr message has reminded app users across the UK to get tested for HIV, as new polling by YouGov has found that more than 80% of British adults are unaware it is possible to test for HIV at home. When prompted as an option, at home testing was the most popular way to test […]
Lived experience leading the way in Wales
Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru has been working closely with the people of Wales to establish an innovative online peer support group across the country for people with lived experience of HIV. Starting in early January, the four-session ‘Introduction to online peer support’ user involvement programme explored a range of crucial issues related to developing online […]
HIV sector partners from across Wales commemorate World AIDS Day in the Senedd
We joined with people living with HIV and sector partners from across Wales to commemorate World AIDS Day in the Senedd.
World AIDS Day: Cardiff Tree of Life Memorial Service
Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru are proud to sponsor this year’s World AIDS Day Tree of Life Memorial Service in Cardiff. On World AIDS Day, 1 December, we’ll be contributing to the memorial service, alongside partners at GMB Union and Fast Track Cities. Attendees will also hear from speakers and performers from Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr and […]
Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru investment in peer-support recognised by Welsh Government
The Welsh Government have provided an update on progress in delivering the HIV Action Plan for Wales. In his written statement to the Senedd, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Miles MS, referenced the investment that Terrence Higgins Trust has made to develop peer-support provision in Wales, including through the offering of My […]
Pride – a 10th-anniversary celebration
The film that told an unlikely but powerfully true story: how the London lesbian and gay movement came to the aid of the Welsh striking miners in 1980s, and how the friendship was reciprocated. To mark this decade of movie joy, Nathan Jones and the Alternative Orchestra hosted a special showing of Pride with a […]
