Terrence Higgins Trust

So but since then, I've had I've had celebrities contact me.

You know, I've had the Terrence Higgins Trust add me and say they really love what I'm doing.

That's a big thing.

Yes, because also there are not sex workers talking about being positive.

And yeah, it was a really, really formative time.

And then he one day said to me, why doesn't the Terrence Higgins Trust not support HIV AIDS initiatives in poorer countries like much of Africa? And I said, we've tried.

Me and one of my colleagues on my team from South Africa originally And they just focusing on the UK and he said, okay, I want to do something about it.

Can you help me form a charity? So I helped him create Elton John AIDS Foundation, which I'm still a donor to and I'm still involved with.

And it's iconic.

And I said, well, we're going to re-release Bo Rapp.

You will get all the money, Terrence Higgins Trust, all the royalties, all the profits, all the airplay, everything.

And I said, but can I write the text on the back of the record? And they said, yes.

And I ended up working, when I graduated, I worked in Patrick House, which was a residential home for people with, at the time, what was called AIDS dementia or HIV-related brain impairment.

And then I volunteered at the Terence Higgins Trust and I was trained by Belinda Duff, who then went on to work in children's charities.

And, you know, I think, God, we probably have come across so many of the same people, but just never been in the same space at the same time.

We definitely have shared people both.

I've just come from an HIV stigma group meeting.

So that includes the hospital and local charities like Terence Higgins Trust, Bloods Positive, the Sussex Beacon and Our Good Selves.

So it's all about how to educate and inform people about HIV and to reduce HIV stigma.

So all good work.

great right shall we have our interview now josh

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yes please yes so this is um an interview done only just this week so welcome to the hiv hour on brighton 97.2 fm and on the ab plus radio i am at the lawson unit which is the hiv outpatients department at the royal sussex county hospital and i'm joined by professor jaime vera who is a consultant here at the lawson unit and also by mike mark tweed who is the manager of Terence Higgins Trust in Brighton.

Welcome to you both.

... particularly for people living with HIV and looking after people on end of life care.

The George House Trust, Terrence Higgins Trust, amazing charities working for, um, people with HIV.

My own work.

I don't know, you just follow me on Instagram-