Thursday 25th August 2016

7.00pm – 9.30pm

Club Brass, Hotel Gotham, 100 King Street, Manchester M2 4WU

Join us for the first of a new regular event.  'Drinks with George' will be a social evening for members of the LGBT community, as we explore some of Manchester's finest venues and hidden gems.  Our first event is at the exclusive Hotel Gotham's 'Club Brass'.  Enjoy a specially designed cocktail alongside a wine or beer and canapes in opulent surroundings, including roof top terraces offering some of the finest views across the city.  Relax, meet new people and find out more about the work we are doing with people living with HIV in the community.

George House Trust's 'Living HIV Confident' course aims to help you better understand more about living with, and managing, HIV and provides a space for you to explore with other people some of the issues a positive diagnosis raises.  The first people to access this brand new ‘Living HIV Confident’ course at George House Trust have given it some amazing feedback:

“I would highly recommend this course to anybody recently diagnosed.  My confidence surrounding HIV has increased massively.  Also my understanding of the virus from terminology to healthy living is a lot clearer.”  

“I feel more confident than I felt before and I now understand more about HIV.  The most memorable part for me was when the facilitator told me that I should start believing in myself more and not let HIV take over my life because that is how I have been living since my diagnosis.  I would recommend this course to anyone who feels like they don’t have confidence in themselves, especially newly diagnosed people.”

We’re pleased to announce that our second Living HIV Confident course will be starting on 6th October.  If you’re interested in attending, you can sign up for it here.

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George House Trust is proud to announce that it is undertaking to provide support to children and young people living with HIV. This work was previously undertaken by Barnardo’s.

George House Trust is working in partnership with North Manchester General Hospital Paediatric Infection Diseases Unit and a number of Public Health teams across Greater Manchester to deliver this support service.

Jo Hancock, Chair of George House Trust said “We see this as an integral service to the adult support we already provide and look forward to being able to support children and young people who are living with HIV and also their families."

George House Trust will appoint a dedicated worker to take on this important role, they will join the team of advisers already working with adults living with HIV.