George Westwood writes that in 2022 we have continued working for HIV rights, with major victories: two big campaigns, a report which helped shift the conversation around PrEP, and pushing for reforms around mental health and migration.
To bring 2021 to a close, we've rounded up our highlights of the year. These successes wouldn't have been possible without your continued support, so we just want to say a big thank you to everyone who got involved with our work.
One of our strongest and most longstanding partnerships has been with M·A·C Cosmetics, who as well as stocking our red ribbons on every one of their counters in the UK, have funded much of our work over the last 15 years. To mark 15 years of our partnership, we’re looking back at how M·A·C have led the way in showing how businesses can make a real difference to the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, tackle stigma and discrimination, and help to end new transmissions.
One year before she died, in the summer of 1996, Diana, Princess of Wales, resigned from almost 100 charities of which she had been patron or president. Instead she chose to concentrate on just six which she felt most passionately about. One of them was the National Aids Trust, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary.
