National HIV Testing Week
World AIDS Day falls on 1 December, and as part of its World AIDS Day activities, the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is promoting its first ever National HIV Testing Week – running from today (23 November) through to 1 December. Funded by the Department of Health, the week aims to encourage communities at an increased risk of infection (gay men and Africans) to test more regularly for the virus. A number of events are already planned across England during the week, targeting people most at risk of HIV.
Know your status?
World AIDS Day falls on 1 December. It’s as good a time as ever to find out your HIV status, and nowadays, you don’t even have to go to a clinic for a blood test, reports David Hudson...Do you know your HIV status? If the answer to that question is ‘no’, then why not? To be blunt, if you’re a sexually active gay or bisexual man, there’s not a single good reason to avoid a regular HIV text and to be continually aware of your status.
Boy George supports Hep C campaign
Held to show support for the Hepatitis C Trust, singer Boy George (pictured far right) hosted a private, celebrity-attended ‘C Party’ dinner at his Hampstead home this week. The Christmas-themed “Great British C Party campaign” promotes awareness for The Hepatitis C Trust by encouraging healthy eating to promote liver function. The health-conscious pop legand and his guests enjoyed a vegetarian meal prepared by top chef and hepatitis C ambassador, Gizzi Erskine, and amongst those in attendance were actress Sadie Frost, fashion designer Pam Hogg, music journalist Miranda Sawyer, raw food chef Jeni Cook, her daughter singer-songwriter Hollie Cook with her boyfriend Charlie from Californian indie band, The Crocodiles, and DJ and club host Jodie Harsh.
NAT auction exclusive art
The commemorate its 25th anniversary, the National AIDS Trust (NAT) recently asked a selection of its high-profile supporters to produce an original piece of artwork utilizing the red ribbon – the international symbol for HIV awareness and support. The charity has now arranged a ‘25th Birthday Red Ribbon Art Exhibition and Auction’, which will feature 30 pieces of original artwork from such celebrities as Annie Lennox, Gok Wan, Dr Christian Jessen, Maggi Hambling, Philip Treacy and Giles Deacon.
Students fear workplace prejudice
A staggering 76% of students and recent graduates still have concerns about workplace equality in graduate roles within UK companies.A recent study conducted by Boutique Marketing for the UK’s leading equality and inclusion jobs event, the Diversity Careers Show, happening in London this weekend, surveyed over 200 students and recent graduates from diverse backgrounds including sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender and disability from the UK’s top 20 Russell Group Universities.
Careers: Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young came top in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index earlier this year – the annual top 100 of LGB-friendly employers. Here the company explains why embracing diversity is of such importance…
