If you would like more info specifically on Bristol Stop AIDS society then please email the President, on mailto:president@stopaidsbristol.org.uk.

If you would like to receive the Stop AIDS Campaign monthly newsletter via email then please email mailto:spwnetwork@gn.apc.org.

Many people are actively involved in campaigns to fight HIV and AIDS, and there are plenty of resources available that provide information and education on the pandemic and various sexual health issues, as well as applying pressure in politics.

student stop AIDS campaign members

Stop AIDS Societies Homepage - National Stop Aids Societies Homepage

MedSIN (Medical Students International Network UK)

People & Planet UK - student campaigning organisation working to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment

United Nations Youth and Student Association of the UK

SPW (Student Partnerships Worldwide) - an international development charity working in Africa and Asia

charities/campaigners

Stop AIDS Campaign - demanding governments take action against HIV/AIDS

Stop Global AIDS - American youth campaign

Elton John Aids Foundation - an international non-profit organization funding prevention education programs and direct patient-care services

Terrence Higgins Trust - Europe's largest HIV AIDS charity, and one of the oldest. An excellent organisation, campaigning and increasing awareness.

National AIDS Trust - the UK's leading HIV and AIDS policy development and advocacy organisation, working for policies that prevent HIV transmission, improve access to treatment, challenge HIV stigma and discrimination and secure the political leadership to effectively fight AIDS

IAVI (International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) a global organization working to speed the development and distribution of preventive AIDS vaccines

Positively Women UK charity offering peer support - support for women living with HIV by women living with HIV

Positive Lives - unique international charity illuminating positive human responses to the world crisis

Youth and HIV - A resource website on young people and HIV/AIDS

volunteering

There are a number of opportunities for volunteering, both locally and abroad. Details of some of these are posted below. Please contact the relevant organisations for more details as we can't provide any more information ourselves.

SPW - (Student Partnerships Worldwide) is an international development charity working in Africa and Asia, and they're also co-ordinating the Student Stop AIDS Campaign. Through community and school-based programmes they work to empower young people, to help them get involved in the decisions that shape their future. In the deprived rural communities where SPW operates the health services and the schools cannot provide the essential information and resources young people need to avoid life threatening diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS. Through these projects SPW volunteers provide peer education on sexual health and HIV/AIDS, but such work needs the support of a public policy environment which puts young people at the centre.

Terrence Higgins Trust - (THT) is the leading HIV & AIDS charity in the UK and the largest in Europe. People volunteer in all sorts of roles from helping out for a few hours at a fundraising event to running the reception desk at a THT service centre for a couple of days a week.

Bristol Volunteers for Development Abroad - (BVDA) is a charity affiliated to the University f Bristol Student Union, and gives opportunities for students to participate in HIV/AIDS education in Uganda.

The Kenya Acorn Project -email Muriel Armstrong on mailto:muriel.armstrong@unn.ac.uk for more details. Opportunities to help out in schools and the hospital carrying out HIV/AIDS related work. A chance to see the difference our fundraising makes.

international agencies

UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNICEF - (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) HIV/AIDS pages

UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) - HIV/AIDS pages

The Global Fund - Global fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

WHO - (World Health Organisation) HIV/AIDS pages