Body Positive North West is dedicated to support the lives of people, families and communities affected by HIV, by never losing sight of the individual

BPNW is an outstanding charity focused on individuals, creating exceptional results by keeping care at the personal level, where it makes a real difference to peoples lives.

Tibetan Kitchen Comes to BPNW

Our friends from the Tibetan Kitchen have come to share our dining room in the late afternoon and weekends, providing meals with a difference.

Today, Friday 6th January is their launch event in the newly painted and atmospheric dining room from 16:00hrs.

BPNW stands behind the SLUTS

Here at BPNW we applaud those who take the moral highground. That's why we are semi-combustible with gratitude for the help afforded to us by the Salford Ladies United Temperance Society.

These wonderful women, who have patrolled the Manchester Pride Parade these last few years and sought to prevent any tendancy towards decadence or bad taste, have done all that could be achieved within the realms of propriety to raise money for BPNW.

No doubt these maidens of munificence ellicited some soul searching from the less deserving and stirred their consciences at the tombola stall, retrieving donations to atone for some of the many assaults on decency the ladies have witnessed over the years.

Recently these laureats of loveliness presented BPNW with a total of £972.50 to continue our work. 

It would be remiss of us not to extend our thanks for the sterling endeavours of Polly and colleagues at Taurus and Regents Solicitors of Manchester for their practical and financial contributions which bolstered the ladies' unremitting commitment to moral recititude.

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Positive Living HIV Partnership

Body Positive North West has joined a partnership to provide HIV Social Care to many people in the Northwest.

Positive Living uses a dedicated phone number, 0300 365 0070, to privide a first point of contact for your HIV social care needs.

The partnership has a dedicated website which describes what it does, what geographical areas it covers and how it could help you.

Check out www.positive-living.org.uk for more information.

Read the letter produced to publicise this new service which has been running since 1st July 2011 here.

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Please help us continue our work by donating online. Thanks.

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Hate Crime and Disabled People

(Disability Hate Crime Helpline: 0161 882 2213)

Hate crime which can take the shape of verbal attacks or physical assaults is a criminal offence motivated by hatred or prejudice towards a person because of their disability.

This new service aims to support disabled people with advocacy and help access professional advice to overcome the effects of an attack, while also monitoring when and where they occur. We are looking for disabled volunteers to become peer advocates in return they will receive training.

This work is funded by the..... read more.

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Exciting developments for PSMP – Positive Self-Management Programme in the North of England

We are delighted to announce the development of The North England PSMP Consortium. Four established HIV Charities have come together to consolidate on the last eights years experience and work together to deliver the Stanford Self Management –  Positive Self-Management Programme. This new consortium is continuing its relationship with National and North West Regional  Expert Patient Programme CIC to maintain quality standards and provided the targeted HIV specific Self Management courses. 

Body Positive North West, Skyline Leeds BHA, + Me Barnsley and SHIVER are delighted to announce the formation of this new partnership which will ensure that the population of the North England continue to have easy access to this key peer lead programme  which has such a beneficial effect on managing the long term condition HIV.

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