It's 100 days since a vaccine became available for free across the UK to those at the highest risk of gonorrhoea. Find out more about the vaccine on our website. https://tht.org.uk/sexual-health/stis/gonorrhoea/getting-vaccinated-gonorrhoea

Our outreach team is on the move! If you have questions about your body, sexual health, or want to get tested, come see us next week at 📍: 14 September: 10.30am - 3pm: St Mary's Church Hall, UB9 6BX @h4allorg 12pm - 3pm: Southfields Library, SW19 6NL

🚨The UK Health Security Agency is urging those who are eligible to get vaccinated as a new strain of mpox spreads across Europe & the US. Do you have multiple sexual partners, attend sex-on-premises venues or have group sex? If yes, then you may be eligible. 💉 Book your vaccine: nhs.uk/mpox-vaccine

The Simon Dennis Awards are still open to applications from grass roots and community groups supporting LGBTQ+ and racialised people. Grants are up to £2,500 💸 Deadline: 10 November, 9am. Apply 👇 https://spectra-london.org.uk/charity/

Spectra supports London’s LGBTQ+ and marginalised communities with free health services, peer mentoring & outreach. Your donation helps us do more. 💙 Support inclusive care: https://spectra-london.org.uk/donate/ #SpectraLondon #DonateForImpact #HealthEquity #SupportSpectra

Big news in the fight against HIV! The NHS is rolling out injectable PrEP, a long-acting HIV prevention option only for people who can’t take daily pills. It lasts two months and will be available through the NHS across England. https://spectra-london.org.uk/2025/10/21/injectable-prep-rollout-nhs/

We’re out in the community every week offering free, confidential HIV & STI testing and answering your sexual health questions in a safe, supportive space. 📍 Next week, find us at: 20/09, 2.30pm: UB8 2PJ 21/09, 11am, UB8 3RG 24/09, 10am, TW2 7BA and 11am, UB7 9JL 25/09, 10am, CR0 2TB

The Simon Dennis Award by Spectra gives out up to £2,500 to grass roots and community groups supporting LGBTQ+ and racialised people. Proposals must share Spectra's mission in supporting good mental health, sexual health and wellbeing. Deadline: 10 November. https://spectra-london.org.uk/charity/

Our trans health advocacy service is here for you 🏳️‍⚧️ Get in touch with us over email at advocacy@spectra-london.org.uk for support with your healthcare! #Spectra #SpectraLondon #Trans #TransHealthcare

Yesterday, Spectra and the @ask4alex.bsky.social attended the Health & Wellbeing Day by Spear, who work closely to support people who experience homelessness or social isolation. Thank you for having us!

Today is #WorldHomelessDay 🏠   26% of trans people experience homelessness, which impacts access to healthcare, transition, and employment    Our housing events explore these interconnecting systems.    Come be part of the conversation: https://f.mtr.cool/zjvurugtxc    #TransRights #HousingJustice

The Simon Dennis Awards are open to applications from grassroots and community groups supporting LGBTQ+ and racialised people. Grants are up to £2,500. Deadline: 10 November 10. Apply 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/xrhsxudofn

The Trans Learning Partnership who do research on trans people's living experience and push for policy change release a new report and are organising free events in London, Manchester and Glasgow on trans people's experiences of housing. https://f.mtr.cool/xeikrhpblz

Looking to get tested for HIV? Or just to ask some questions about your sexual health? Every week, we go around London, visiting public libraries, community centres, and town halls and we talk all things sexual health. Check out where we are this week: https://spectra-london.org.uk/all-events/

Our trans health advocates visited the MSI West London Regional Treatment centre last week! They provide NHS funded abortion, vasectomy and contraception care across 60 clinics in the UK and abroad.🏳️‍⚧️ Find out what services are available in your local area: https://www.msichoices.org/

The Simon Dennis Awards are open to applications again! Grass-roots groups in Greater London are invited to apply for up to £2,500 for initiatives that benefit LGBTQ+ and racialised people. https://spectra-london.org.uk/charity/

For one more year, Spectra will be running at the World AIDS Day Red Run on 22 November at Victoria Park in East London. Red Run is an opportunity for charities in the HIV sector to raise awareness and vital funds for life-changing support for our communities. Join here 👉 https://www.redrun.org.uk/

ESEA Heritage Month highlights the histories, achievements, and unique identities of East and South East Asian people. Spectra offers culture-sensitive services and information coming from people with similar cultural backgrounds as you. To access our services, visit: spectra-london.org.uk

Freshers' Week all around London is coming up to an end, but you can still find our outreach workers all around South-West and North-West London, talking all things sexual health, and always equipped with those free HIV and STI tests for you. Check where we will be next week: https://bit.ly/3WaZ5PI

It's World Contraception Day! Contraception isn’t one-size-fits-all. Whether you're looking to prevent pregnancy, manage your cycle, or affirm your gender identity, there are options for you. Ask questions and support others in making informed decisions about their bodies and futures.

Our trans health advocacy service is closed for referrals for now, but we are available for signpostings and enquiries nationally. We can chat with you over email, or arrange a twenty minute phone call with an advocate.  Get in touch if you need support🏳️‍⚧️💞 on advocacy@spectra-london.org.uk 📩

We LOVE hearing how much our services mean to you 💬 From free HIV & STI tests to counselling, Spectra is here for you. But to keep our services free, we need your help. Support Spectra. Donate today. Every contribution helps us reach more people who need us. https://spectra-london.org.uk/donate/

September is World Suicide Prevention Month - a time to raise awareness, offer support, and remind each other that help is always available.  At Spectra, we’re here to support you. Feel free to reach out to us via a DM or via info@spectra-london.org.uk

Spectra provides free HIV and STI tests to multiple locations around London.  Check out where we will be next week: https://spectra-london.org.uk/all-events/ For any questions about your sexual health, we are always here for you!

We have a few DYI HRT-focused needle exchange meet-ups in the next two months.  Come for a tea and a chat while you pick up injection supplies for HRT. We give out supplies for intramuscular and subcutaneous injections. We can take in your used needles and we have spare sharp bins if you need some.

Sexual Health Week 2025: tip 3 💊 Did you know some medications can affect your sex life? Some meds can change how you respond to intimacy. They might lower your desire, make arousal more difficult, or change how sex feels. For free counselling: https://spectra-london.org.uk/counselling/

Yesterday, Spectra headed to Birmingham for the HIV Prevention England conference, joining voices across the sector to tackle inequalities in PrEP access. 💊 We discussed new data on HIV and PrEP, heard powerful lived experiences, and connected with inspiring projects driving change.

Sexual Health Week 2025: Tip 2! 💭 Have you ever noticed how your mental health can affect your sex life - and vice versa? Spectra offers a range of counselling, for which you can apply below: https://spectra-london.org.uk/counselling/

We’re running the World AIDS Day Red Run to raise funds for our services, from sexual health and HIV support to wellbeing workshops. Your fundraising will directly help people in London who are too often excluded from healthcare and support. 📢Sign up to fundraise for us: https://www.redrun.org.uk/

📢 We have signed an open letter, led by @decrimnow.bsky.social , calling on the UK Government to act on the poverty crisis driving more people, especially women, into s@x work.  Read more:  https://spectra-london.org.uk/2025/09/15/women-in-poverty-sx-work-spectra-open-letter/

It's Sexual Health Week!  This week we'll share tips on sexual health 101. This year's theme is ‘Chronically Online: Love, Sex and Relationships’ and we will also deliver some online trainings on menopause, hepatitis and HIV. Book your slot via: http://bit.ly/3K1IU4B

📍 Next week you can find us on: 16 September 15.30-18.30: Pollard's Hill Library, CR4 1LT 18 September 11.00-15.00: Battersea Arts Centre, SW11 5TN 13.00-17.00: Circle Library, SM5 1JJ 19 September 13:00-16:00, Whitton Library, TW2 7BB https://spectra-london.org.uk/all-events/

The Preventx team walkes 15miles last week to fundraise for Spectra and the Sheffield Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (SRASAC). Yes - the target was reached 🥳  More funds = more capacity to support more people.🫂  You can also donate at: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/preventx-sheffield-walk

A new report from TransActual shows that trans and cisgender people face job loss, violence, vigilantism and wholesale exclusion following the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC guidance. Read the report at: tinyurl.com/trans-segreg... #Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #EqualityAct #EHRC #TransRights

🏃‍♀️The World AIDS Day RED RUN is back on 22 November at Victoria Park and Spectra is part of it! Whether you run, walk, or cheer from the sidelines, your support helps drive real change in the HIV sector. Sign up today to support Spectra: 👉 http://redrun.org.uk #RedRunUK #WorldAidsDay #Spectra

How easy is it to roll on a condom? 🍆 We tried different sizes on different veggies 🥕 (yes, with these nails 💅) and they hold up! Safe, sturdy, and a bit funny. Come get some for free at any of our next week's sessions: #Spectra #SpectraLondon #SexualHealth #Condoms #VeggieTest

Spectra’s free, confidential, independent Trans Health Advocacy Service supports and empowers trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people who are 18+, based in London, accessing any kind of healthcare. Book your slot for one of our upcoming workshops: http://bit.ly/4lZx3RC

Join us on free online trainings during this year's Sexual Health Awareness Week (15-21 September) designed to support professionals in health, education, and social care - or just the curious. Register 👇 http://bit.ly/4m2L2Gl

Spectra joins over 80 organisations calling on MPs to scrutinise the EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice.  It could come into effect without debate or vote, undermining the rights of trans and cis people alike.  Write to your MP: https://bit.ly/423Sz0y

7 days until PreventX walk 15 miles for Spectra and SRASAC! Help them beat the £1K target. Help Spectra run more peer led health advocacy, counselling, art therapy, social groups and advice workshops for folks in our communities. #PeaksPeoplePower #PreventXinthePeaks #SheffieldRoundWalk

Suitcase packed? Just one thing left - a quick, free and easy STI test. If a holiday romance is on your itinerary this summer, get tested before and soon after your trip.  STI testing at Spectra and SHL.UK is free and discreet.  For any questions, our DMs are always open.

Have you started warming up for this year's Red Run? If not, what are you waiting for! The Spectra team will be there, running to support people who live with HIV around the UK and now's the time to join us! Register here: https://www.redrun.org.uk/ For any questions, feel free to reach out.

Next week you can find us at: 26/08: 10.30 - 14.30 Chalkhill Community Centre,  113 Chalkhill Rd, Wembley Park, Wembley HA9 9FX 27/08: 11.00 - 14.00 Acton Homeless Concern, Emmaus House, 1 Berrymead Gardens, London W3 8AA

What does sexual health mean to you? Ahead of the Sexual Health week (15-21 September) we invite people to contribute to a collaborative zine on their ideas on sexual health. UPDATED DEADLINE: 8 September Submit your work via the link below: https://form.jotform.com/252153002485044

PreventX, the largest provider of remote sexual health testing in the UK, is lacing up its walking boots for a cause that matters. On Wednesday, 3rd September, they are taking on the 15-mile Sheffield Round Walk in support of Spectra. https://spectra-london.org.uk/donate/

🚀Join our team as a Finance Manager! 4 days per week, £41,375 FTE (pro rata at 0.8FTE, £33,100) ℹ️ Find the application info and full job description on our website: https://spectra-london.org.uk/get-involved/#vacancies (link in bio!) ⏰ Closing date: 9am, 26th August 2025

"I have been spat at in the street." Our patron Gareth Thomas calls out HIV stigma and the prejudice he has faced. We need to end HIV stigma.

We're recruiting a Policy Officer to join our team. You’ll be working alongside our Policy Lead, Director of Policy and Director for Healthcare to advocate for trans people’s needs in a range of policy areas. For more info go to transactual.org.uk/jobs #hiring #vacancy #LookingForWork #Queerjobs

And... it's a wrap! Spectra spent the weekend at We Out Here Festival, raising awareness about our Trans services, playing games with dildos, giving out frog temporary tattoos, condoms and lubes and fundraising for our work.  https://spectra-london.org.uk/

Autumn is approaching and we are getting closer to the World AIDS Red Run Day on November 22.  Sign up to fundraise via https://www.redrun.org.uk/, select Spectra as your chosen charity, and help us support people living with HIV.  #SpectraLondon #SexualHealth #HIV #WorldAidsDay #RedRun