Infected Blood Payment Scheme – Greater compensation needed

Earlier this week the new Health Minister, Robin Swann, announced compensation for those who are living with NHS-supplied infected blood from the 1970s and 1980s after the Finance Minister Conor Murphy allocated monitoring round funding to the Department of Health. We welcomed this announcement as an indication from the newly restored Executive of their commitment to support those who were …

JOB: Business Development and Services Manager

We are recruiting for the role of Business Development and Service Manager. Closing date for applications is 21st November at noon. For more information click Business Development Manager To apply please contact drew@positivelife.com

Gareth Thomas and HIV image perceptions

As seen across the media last weekend, former Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas took charge of sharing the fact that he has been living with HIV for a number of years. Following on from this, the outpouring of support for Gareth was outstanding from far and wide including members of the Royal family and sports stars. While this was an …

CEO Jacquie Richardson reacts to Gareth Thomas’ HIV revelation

Reacting to the news that Gareth Thomas, Ex Wales Rugby Captain has revealed he has HIV, Jacquie Richardson, Chief Executive of Positive Life, Northern Ireland’s only dedicated charity supporting those with HIV said today: “This is an incredibly brave thing for Gareth Thomas to do and will help to break the stigma around HIV which is now considered a lifelong …

11 new families come forward to Positive Life for support in past 12 months

The 2019 annual report published by Positive Life has shown that 11 new families have reached out to the HIV support charity for help for the first time in the past year. This means that 33 new children under the age of 12, living with or affected by HIV, are now accessing support services under the ‘+Family Life’ programme in …

*Christmas and New Year Information*

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Below is our office opening hours over the holidays… We are closed from Monday 24th December and will re-open Thursday 3rd January at 10.00am. If you require general information during the holidays please contact the National AIDS Helpline on 0300 123 7123 or if you’re …

We are recruiting…

Re-advertisement… We are currently recruiting for two part-time Information & Support Service Officers 18 hours per week over 3 days to be agreed, to include Wednesdays Applications from suitably qualified candidates seeking a full-time (35hr) position are also welcome. For more information, please email in confidence drew@positivelifeni.com The closing date is 2.00pm on 12th October 2018. ISSO Role