A year of uncertainty, and still, moments of hope. Thank you to our grantees, partners, and the #RCFfamily for showing up, advocating, and collaborating through it all. #RCFWrapped2025 #CommunitiesFirst

RCF is a proud supporter of @gateorg.bsky.social. We are passionate about supporting trans communities around the world.Support today using this link gate.ngo/invest-in-di.... There is no better time to ensure trans activists gain the funding they need to make lasting change. #GiveToGate

The Robert Carr Fund is a critical partner to communities most inadequately served by the health system and most impacted by the funding cuts and political shifts. In this moment, if you could speak directly to donors and policy makers what would you say? Comment below 👇 👇 👇

Funding cuts are forcing community-led organisations to scale back or shut down, putting the HIV response at risk. Core, flexible support keeps communities going. Read our 2022–2024 Grant Cycle Report: robertcarrfund.org/rcf-grant-cy... how core funding helps communities. #WorldAIDSDay2025

Community-led advocacy ensures that the most inadequately served communities get the services they deserve and need. Enabling ALL communities to access the services that are needed. Core, flexible funding is not optional.

We are honoured to introduce our new RCF Vice Chair, Kate Thomson, who brings an urgent reminder: core, flexible funding is what keeps community voices alive, especially those long undeserved and pushed aside.

This World AIDS Day, we are proud to introduce our new RCF Chair, Sushena Reza Paul who reminds us that community-led decision making, trust, and solidarity are not just values, they are what save lives. These principles have shaped RCF for over ten years, and they matter even more today.

On #SupportDontPunish Day, @robertcarrfund.bsky.social stands in solidarity with community-led networks fighting against criminalisation, calling for evidence-based, health-centered drug policy. Harm reduction saves lives. Decriminalisation restores rights. Support. Don’t Punish. Always.

At the 56th UNAIDS Board meeting this week our ED @edwinjbernard.bsky.social called for renewed global leadership on HIV criminalisation, urging Member States to decriminalise to save lives & money & invest in @robertcarrfund.bsky.social Read the full statement: www.hivjustice.net/news/hjns-ex...

It's #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay! Today we are honoring the courage and resilience of sex workers worldwide! @robertcarrfund.bsky.social stands for dignity, safety, and rights for all sex workers in their diversity! ☂️✊ #SWAD #SexWorkersDay #EndStigma #HumanRights #CommunitiesFirst

We are heartbroken by the passing of Naomi Burke-Shyne, former ED of @harmreductionintl.bsky.social, fearless harm reduction leader and advocate for human rights. Naomi not only a visionary strategist, but a warm soul whose compassion touched every heart. Deep condolences to her loved ones. 💔

🙌 Get ready for Monday! Applications will open for our next Opportunity Grant funding round. Read through all our eligibility criteria and what we're looking for, as well as access our library of resources on our website: https://f.mtr.cool/vsdeplwfla (🧵1/3)

🌈On #IDAHOBIT2025, @robertcarrfund.bsky.social stands in solidarity with LGBTQ+ communities and the power of community-led action to dismantle homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. Join us in standing up, speaking out and funding the change we all deserve! #CommunitiesFirst

@robertcarrfund.bsky.social announces Call for Nominations for the Vice Chair of the International Steering Committee, who will together with Chair guide Fund's decision-making process and engage with partners to promote RCF and its values. Read more and submit nomination: bit.ly/44FW6nX

*NEW* Please take 10 minutes to share your community's experience and satisfaction in engaging with the #GlobalFund GC7 window 4-7 grant-making. Survey ends 15 June forms.office.com/r/r8CXx1N9s1 @gfanafrica.bsky.social @frontlineaids.bsky.social @friendseurope.bsky.social @robertcarrfund.bsky.social

Will you be at #WHA78? Join us for our side event co-organised with @coalitionplus.bsky.social, @unaids.org & @who.int: 📢 Communities at the heart of global health 📢 Register in advance: In-person ➡️ bit.ly/3Rhq5L9 Virtual ➡️ bit.ly/4cFXjhc #OneWorldForHealth #EndAIDS

Excited to share the powerful reading by our Co-eds #SboNkosiZA and #floriako, as we have just concluded the PLHIV Leadership Summit in Nairobi last week. oralseastafrica.news/gnp-the-hiv-... #PLHIVLeadersNow #AliveandThrive @iasociety.bsky.social @unaids.org @robertcarrfund.bsky.social

$722 million. That’s a record-breaking year for #HIV #philanthropy. But drastic funding cuts & rising stigma now threaten decades of work. It’s time to act. Read FCAA’s Philanthropy’s Response to HIV and AIDS: 2023 Grantmaking and drive funding where it’s needed most: resourcetracking.fcaaids.org

How @robertcarrfund.bsky.social centers Intersectional Feminist MEL Principles? By documenting our work via feminist intersectional lens and using gender-responsive MEL tools. Read more on SAGE Substack: bit.ly/42kWnd2 CIRW Learning Resource: bit.ly/4imrVWU #CommunitiesFirst #SAGE 🌿 📷by Arty Guava

When communities are resourced and connected — they don’t just survive. They thrive. Receiving core, flexible funding from RCF in 2022-2024, THRIVE Consortium is successfully strengthening alliances and amplifying trans voices in global advocacy spaces. More about THRIVE: bit.ly/42mygLc #RCFgrantee

@robertcarrfund.bsky.social developed the Partnership Prompt Cards as part of its collective learning approach. Grounded in lived experiences of RCF grantees, cards are designed to support community-led networks in building effective partnerships. Explore the Cards: bit.ly/4icjGfb #CommunitiesFirst

On this #WorldHealthDay ‘Healthy beginnings and hopeful futures’ this should be the reality for every woman. Yet today, women living with HIV (#WLHIV) still face discrimination, are indirectly sidelined in care &encounter systemic barriers that endanger their pregnancies & lives.

@robertcarrfund.bsky.social's Collective Impact Reflection Workshop 2024 serves a reminder of the power of collective learning as resistance and movement-building at times of crisis. Dive into details of the RCF's CIRW 2024 Learning Resource: bit.ly/4imrVWU #CommunitiesFirst @t-lk.bsky.social

Introducing Decriminalization Ladder: Stepping Stones for Policy Change - a practical tool co-developed by @robertcarrfund.bsky.social's grantees to support community-led advocacy. Dive into details of the RCF's CIRW 2024 Learning Resource: bit.ly/4imrVWU #CommunitiesFirst #HarmReduction

Why Invest in The Global Fund? Since 2002, Global Fund saved over 65 million lives and also contributes to economic growth of countries and industries. Read more in the article by @aidsfonds.bsky.social and support Global Fund's replenishment: bit.ly/43qrczq

@robertcarrfund.bsky.social Learning Resource co-created with #RCFgrantees can be used to: ✅Highlight real-life stories from communities ✅Identify challenges leading to joint advocacy ✅Inspire by showing how community-led action is driving change! Read the Resourse: bit.ly/4imrVWU #CommunitiesFirst

Learning Resource, co-created by @robertcarrfund.bsky.social grantees of 2022-24, reflects on joint challenges of community-led #HIV movement and provides insights. Now more than ever, solidarity and collective learning are essential tools for resilience! Resource: bit.ly/4imrVWU #CommunitiesFirst

#CommunitiesFirst Podcast about how funders can become more participatory and why we need communities in the driver's seat of change. Engage with the prominent activists and thinkers - we need these ideas now more then ever. Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3skSVkU Spotify: bit.ly/3FMRUVH Tune in and share!

GNP+ is excited to share the successful launch of the Strategic Grants for Collaboration, bringing together ITPC #MENA, #MENAPUD, and #MENA Community to advance HIV advocacy and impact in the MENA region. @aidsfonds.bsky.social

🇺🇳 G’morning Vienna! TODAY AT #CND68 — Join our *essential* side event: 'Harm reduction, drug use & the right to health'. 🕒 15:00 (Vienna - CET) 📍 MOE79 + Online 👉 bit.ly/idpc-side-ev...

Drug-related executions made up 40% of all confirmed executions worldwide in 2024. Killing people for drug offences is ineffective and inhumane. #EndTheDeathPenalty Read our report 👉 https://shorturl.at/bf6Td

On #IWD2025 we talk about #feminism and #HIV. Women in their diversity face barriers to HIV prevention and treatment. New #SAGE🌿 Substack piece highlights how movements for women's rights and HIV advocacy are intertwined: bit.ly/4hkUvGH 📷 @robertcarrfund.bsky.social at Feminist March in Amsterdam

Powerful new update to @aidsfonds.bsky.social @gnpplus.bsky.social and @robertcarrfund.bsky.social research on the impact of the #HIV funding crisis, including an urgent call for donors. aidsfonds.org/resource/wha...

@hivjustice.net's ED @edwinjbernard.bsky.social: "We are deeply grateful to the @robertcarrfund.bsky.social for supporting us over the past nine years - but this fight is far from over." At the UK Parliamentary Reception to mark the HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day #HINACDay #RCFgrantees

🔎 The very real consequences of #USFunding cuts through a practitioner's eyes. “The scale and urgency of this oncoming emergency needs to be understood. We need a plan & budget, fast. Or we will have overwhelmed hospitals & busy funeral services again.” Read below 👇 groundup.org.za/article/sout...

What is the price for the decision to permanently cut over 90% of U.S. foreign aid, including support for #HIV prevention and treatment for inadequately served populations? Read the updated Impact Report by @aidsfonds.bsky.social, @gnpplus.bsky.social and @robertcarrfund.bsky.social: bit.ly/4brOwi8

"Isn’t human rights enough? Why feminist?" HIV impacts all of us, but it affects women and marginalized communities in unique ways. @robertcarrfund.bsky.social Read more bit.ly/4aKIusB #Feminism #Humanrights #HIV

"The damage is immediate and severe" Community-led data shows the US funding freeze is devastating HIV services. 95% of 564 surveyed organizations report direct impacts, with 43% pausing and 35% fully suspending operations. This decision threatens lives. Read feature story by UNAIDS bit.ly/41lVPEJ

✅ A historic win for #HarmReduction! @idpc.bsky.social Deputy Director, Jamie Bridge, explains how civil society's persistence — supported by the @robertcarrfund.bsky.social — enshrined harm reduction for the first time in a UN CND resolution. 🔗 Read & share:

The Board & Secretariat of INPUD are proud to announce Anton Basenko as Executive Director. We are confident his Community standing, leadership as INPUD Chair & work history in harm reduction, advocacy & representation of PWUD interests place him perfectly to take us forward at this challenging time

Harm reduction services must include the voices of those with living & lived experience to be truly effective. Yet, many remain underrepresented. Closing this gap is essential for a more inclusive & impactful approach. 🔗 buff.ly/3PU16gj #MonitoringHREurope

Alarming findings from the global survey by @aidsfonds.bsky.social, @gnpplus.bsky.social and @robertcarrfund.bsky.social, conducted among 564 organisations and network involved in #HIV prevention and treatment. 95% report to be impacted by the U.S. freeze on HIV funding Read more: bit.ly/3QeJax5

Beyond 2030 with PLHIV in the lead: Today, ​GNP+ convened with PLHIV leaders from national & regional networks! What a powerful, inspirational, and energizing moment! Thank you to all leaders who joined the call today and shared powerful contributions. #CommunitiesFirst #EndAids #Aliveandthrive

Check out this fantastic @bondngo.bsky.social article by our M&E Lead, Anna Downie Anna explores some of the challenges with implementing #MEL in our community-led advocacy work & shares some key learnings from the #UnitedforPrevention programme Read it here 👇 www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/02...

"As a young woman leader, I need to be sitting at the decision-making table in the space where funding decisions are made!" Interview with Helena Nangombe, member of @robertcarrfund.bsky.social International Steering Committee: bit.ly/3MYHwNW #RCFfamily

People who decide to use drugs must be treated as individuals. Recognising the need for safety, support, and solidarity is as important as providing health and social services.

What is Program Advisory Panel (PAP) within @robertcarrfund.bsky.social's governance structure? What makes PAP a unique link between #communities, core funding we provide, and participatory nature of our decision-making. Interview with McLean Kabwe, PAP member: bit.ly/4i3lOqC #CommunitiesFirst

🤔 HIV is a feminist issue - right? Explore the intersection of #gender and #HIV in the thought-provoking piece by Srushti Mahamuni of @robertcarrfund.bsky.social on why feminist approaches are essential in the HIV response. Read more and follow #SAGE🌿 project Substack: bit.ly/4aKIusB

Jamie Bridge of @idpc.bsky.social speaks about major harm reduction advocacy success and the unique role of @robertcarrfund.bsky.social's long-term support for global community-led efforts. Read the interview: bit.ly/4jJPlXm #CommunitiesFirst #RCFgrantee

Last chance to register to #HR25Bogotá availing our Early Bird prices! Register before 7 February! https://hr25.hri.global/registration/