Throwback to the National Conference of People Living with HIV 2024! #OneVoiceMultipleExperiences - mini 🧵 1/5

The window is closing to apply for a free place at the National Conference of People Living with HIV on 13th June! The deadline is Friday next (6th March). Find out more, and apply, at positivelyuk.org/conference-2... Places are limited - we can't guarantee a space to all who apply.

23 February to 1 March 2026 marks Eating Disorders Awareness week - 🧵 (1/4)

The Power of Shared Stories: What Happens When Women Living with HIV Create Community - webinar at 6.00pm TONIGHT! Join here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8806747079...

23 February to 1 March 2026 marks Eating Disorders Awareness week - 🧵 (1/4)

A brief pause in our all-staff meeting for an important matter: cake 🎂 Sixty never looked so good...and we have the proof we need that pur glamorous CEO can still blow out all the candles!

We stood proudly alongside @actuplondon.bsky.social, @bhiva.bsky.social, @chivaprojects.bsky.social, @hiv-i-base.bsky.social, @positivelyuk.bsky.social, @positiveeast.bsky.social, LGSM, UK-CAG and more. Read our protest demands and understand why lenacapavir is so vital:

Calling all people living with HIV - join us at the National Conference of People Living with HIV in June! Apply for one of the 200 places at positivelyuk.org/conference-2... Places are limited, so we won't be able to offer a place to everyone who applies.

Good morning from Clinic 22 in sunny Southend, where our professional peer supporters are part of care for people living with HIV in Mid and South Essex! 😎🌤️

Cultivating self-love in the run up to Valentine's Day! - Our South London Women's Group met in person yesterday to focus on self-love and self-care as women living with HIV 🧡💞

It's still HIV TESTING WEEK - we test, because HIV testing is quick, confidential and free. There are many ways to ask for a test: a sexual health clinic, your GP, or by ordering one online.

We're re-opening applications for a Peer Support Caseworker in Norwich. If you're living with HIV in Norfolk and you're passionate about supporting others, we’d love to hear from you! For a full job description and application form, please e-mail [email protected]

A pic from our HIV Awareness Talk at the Royal Berkshire Hospital last Thursday. We're giving talks like this to professionals up and down the country, tackling stigma and raising the profile of people with HIV and the issues we face. Book yours now: positivelyuk.org/support-us/c...

Some pics from Positively UK at Sadiq Ali's Tell Me last month - a moving circus and dance exploration of HIV and the stories we tell about it, with Positively UK invited to share the work we do in the panel discussion after the show. Great to be part of such a powerful night!

Registrations are officially OPEN for the National Conference of People Living with HIV in June: positivelyuk.org/conference-2... This year's theme is Towards Equity: how do we confront barriers and stigma to bring hope, health, and happiness for everyone living with HIV? Sign up today!

February marks LGBT History Month, whilst here at Positively UK, we’ve been preparing for the launch of our new LGBTQ+ group co-facilitated with Living Well. So to celebrate both, we asked our facilitators to share their QUEER ICONS! Read about it on our blog: positivelyuk.org/lgbt-history...

Join us online this 25th Feb for a Women's Community Chat at 6 pm, where we'll be discussing love languages, and how to connect with ourselves and others. More details on the poster below!

We've published this month's newsletter! Check it out at ishortn.ink/jan-news You’ll find all the usual: 🧡 New project announcements 🧡 Highlights from the month 🧡 Upcoming event information Stay updated, stay inspired, and be part of the Positively UK community.

We're still hiring in Essex and Norfolk, but the clock is ticking! If you're living with HIV in East Anglia and you're looking for a new part-time job, come and see if being a peer support coordinator could be right for you – go to positivelyuk.org/about-us/vac...

Thinking of coming along to a Positively UK event this February? We've got everything going on from an online crochet workshop for women, to a colouring book session for people in Brent. Get more details at: positivelyuk.org/our-events/

Positively UK all in one place?! This was us last week reflecting on inclusivity and how we stand with marginalised communities It was also a chance for our diverse team to sit down with tea and biscuits to celebrate our work to bring Positively UK to communities across the country!

💃 NEW VACANCY - Norfolk Are you living with HIV and looking for a new part-time job helping people in Norwich? Then head on down to our web site to see if being a Peer Support Coordinator is right for you: positivelyuk.org/norwich-job/

“No one is a burden; everyone deserves to love and be loved” - Eli Fitzgerald, Youth and LGBTQ+ Project Coordinator at Positively UK (@positivelyuk.bsky.social) #TransSurvivors #TransCommunity

Meet the team at Number 22 Clinic, Southend-on-Sea! Our Peer Support Coordinator, Saul, looking handsome in his tan jumper on the right.

Could you be our new Peer Support Coordinator? Positively UK is #recruiting in South & Mid Essex, and we’re looking for someone who brings lived experience, empathy, and real passion for supporting others. positivelyuk.org/about-us/vac...

Today we're at the Bishopsgate Institute, exploring the archives of Catwalk4Power, our annual event to empower women living with HIV, ahead of the institute's World AIDS Day exhibition on HIV Activism Do these signs resonate with you? What kind of activism inspires you? Let us know in the replies!

Good morning from Chelmsford, Essex, where people living with #HIV are finding advice and support from someone who's really been there before. Positively UK is now part of the team at eight different clinics across the East of England! Retweet (or re-bluesky? repost?) to help us spread the word.

Huge thanks to @qxmagazine.bsky.social for spotlighting Daisy Puller's WORLD AIDS DAY CABARET on the Thursday after next, 27 Nov There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025 www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...

Are you free from 6 PM to 8 PM on Wednesday next week - 12 November? Then come along to Positively UK in Review, and find out how people living with HIV have been helping people living with HIV in the past year!

⭐ Announcing the line up for Daisy Puller's World AIDS Day Cabaret on 27 November ⭐ Kiki Snatch Charra Tea Sigi Moonlight Ezme Pump Coco Femme Fontaine And our mysterious headliner - who could it be? We'll be dropping the name soon...but why not try to have a guess in our replies? 🤔🔮🧐

#REDRUNLDN is less than a month away. Please support our women’s group All for One to raise funds for the @positivelyuk.bsky.social gay men’s group. Some of us have never been a part of anything like this before so it’s (literally) a big step🙏🏼. www.justgiving.com/team/allforo... #LaceUpTakeAction

On #SpiritDay, organisations around the world turn purple to spread a message of hope, and to stand up for queer people of all ages and our right to live openly without fear of mockery or violence. Let's build a world where no-one has to be bullied - ever.

This #Diwali, we're sharing the poem "Diwali on the HIV Ward" (2013) by Kalyan Banda, a powerful piece which invites us to reflect on the experiences of those in the clinic as doctors or patients and recall racial and ethnic inequalities in access to the care needed to manage and live well with HIV

Our totem boxes on the way to an event last Friday night - can you guess where we were going? (Answers in 🧵 - 1/5)

We're proud to introduce our fabulous DERBYSHIRE team: the people living well with HIV who will be providing peer support to people living with HIV in Derbyshire, including Derby city - 🧵 1/3

Don't miss out on our events this October 🍂 The Women's Group are meeting for a walk on the 2nd, an online discussion group on the 7th, and their monthly group session on the 23rd... Straight Talk meets on the 27th... And there's an online workshop on hair wrap on the 23rd! See you all there 🧡

Following the conviction of a man for r*pe and GBH in East London involving HIV transmission, our thoughts are with all who are impacted. If you are living with HIV and need peer support, Positively UK is here for you.💜 📧 [email protected] 🌐 www.positivelyuk.org

Today is HIV & Ageing Awareness Day. It's a moment to pause and celebrate the activism that allows people living with HIV to live longer lives. And it's a reminder that older people belong at the centre of our movement as we continue to uplift people living with HIV at ALL ages.

POSTPONED: Due to Tube strikes, the "Our Needs as Gay Men" workshop and the "Come Together" event on 9 September tomorrow are postponed until further notice

🏃‍♂️The Red Run is the UK’s biggest HIV fundraiser. This year, Positively UK needs your support more than ever. Funds will keep our gay men’s group running – a lifeline that currently has no funding. 🏃Take action, lace up: www.redrun.org.uk/registration...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... bbc.com/news/articles/cz60pd92xd1o Like many charities, we’re facing funding challenges, but we remain fully operational & committed to our mission. Our gay men’s group was reduced due to lack of funding, but we've secured support to run events in August!

“You are loved. You are you. You are exactly who you’re supposed to be.” ❤️ Dan Harry & Dan Glass share why support for #LGBTQIA Men living with HIV matters. We need you to donate to bring it back. 🔗 www.justgiving.com/campaign/the... #SupportHIVPositiveMen #GayMensWellbeing

Our new report, Beyond Positive Voices, centres people too often overlooked in HIV care: women, migrants, older adults & trans communities. 📊 Just 91% of trans people felt listened to in care. 💸 72% struggled to meet basic needs. Read the report: positivelyuk.org/wp-content/u...

What better way to stand up against #HIVStigma than to run for a future free of it? This #ZeroHIVStigmaDay, we’re proud to say sign-ups are open for the #WorldAIDSDayREDRUN! 🌐 Visit to www.redrun.org.uk and register to run for Positively UK today! #REDRUN #MoreThanARun

🏳️‍🌈 This Pride in London, we’re proud to march with our friends from @londonftci.bsky.social - but without our full Positively UK group. Our Gay Men’s Project is on pause due to funding cuts. Help us bring it back so we can march together again in 2026.👉 justgiving.com/campaign/themensproject

🏳️‍🌈Wear Your #Pride with #UequalsU The design came from our women's group, where Julie (@juliewreynolds1), living with HIV since 1991, created this twist on U=U. Get yours & help bring back our #supportservices for #LGBTQ men living with HIV. positively-uk.teemill.com/collection/u...

At the #AIRFestival, our #BannerWorkshop was a space for expression, emotion & rebellion. We created a #RebelSpace, where our banners spoke of resistance & shared journeys. “Without community there is no liberation” – #AudreLorde 
#HIVActivism #ArtAndResistance #WeArePositive

This #PrideMonth, we’re fundraising. The Gay Men’s pProject is paused. The support is gone. We need your help to bring it back. 🧡 Please donate: www.justgiving.com/campaign/the... #SupportHIVPositiveMen #BringItBack #GayMensWellbeing

🚨 Proposed PIP cuts could push 400,000 more people into poverty, warns the APPG on Poverty & Inequality. At Positively UK, we see the toll on people with #HIV every day. We are calling for a system that’s fair, fast and compassionate. 📄 appgpovertyinequality.org.uk/wp-content/u...

We’re recruiting! From peer-led HIV support roles in East Anglia to a unique opportunity to Chair our Board, we’re hiring skilled and passionate people to help us shape the future of Positively UK. 👉 Apply now or share across your networks: positivelyuk.org/about-us/vac...