In recent weeks, Positive Life has been rocked by the news that there will be no Department of Health Core Funding for the 2025 – 26 financial year. You may already have seen my opinions on this shared across the socials. Just in case you don’t know – this is the money that we use to keep the lights on, …
Positive Life NI Faces Funding Crisis as Department of Health Rejects Core Grant Application
HIV charity says the drug cost of treating one new HIV diagnosis would fund three years of its prevention, campaigning and support work Positive Life NI, Northern Ireland’s only dedicated HIV charity, has been denied Core Grant funding by the Department of Health, placing the future of its specialist services at risk. The funding decision threatens both those living with …
Sexual Health Week: 10-16 February 2025
Time to talk about HIV to break myths and banish outdated attitudes. Research shows half of GPs are not up to date with HIV information The theme of this year’s Sexual Health Week (10-16 February) is Open Conversations and it aims to inspire meaningful discussions to eliminate stigma, empower people to make informed choices, and promote healthy relationships. When it …
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 …
GSK publish brochure following Positive Life winning Impact Award
Following on from Positive Life’s win at the GSK Awards in May, they have produced a fantastic brochure on The GSK Impact Awards with a focus on us and what we do within our organisation. Click below to have a look! 2019 GSK IMPACT Awards – Brochure
*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 …