The Media Centre includes all the latest news from Terrence Higgins Trust, as well as useful resources for journalists and broadcasters. 

Latest news and press releases

Browse our archive of press releases and news about HIV and sexual health. 

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June 24, 2009

Campaigners put HIV testing on the parliamentary agenda

Local campaigners met with MPs and senior primary care trust staff at a parliamentary event today to raise awareness of HIV and discuss ways to increase HIV testing. 

June 22, 2009

Terrence Higgins Trust looks for new members to join ‘Telling it Straight’ – a support group for heterosexual people living with HIV in Sussex

THT is calling for people in Sussex to join its support group ‘Telling it straight’. The group is aimed at heterosexual men and women living with HIV in Sussex. The group meets every fourth Tuesday of each month in the evening. The next group session will take place on Tuesday 23rd at 6-8pm at THT’s centre in Brighton.

June 22, 2009

Terrence Higgins Trust calls for people to lend their support and vote for the charity in the National Lottery Awards

The National Lottery has announced today that HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has reached the semi-finals of the National Lottery Awards. The awards are an annual search to find the UK's favourite Lottery-funded projects and ‘Young Leaders’ – THT’s sex and relationships education (SRE) project for young people has been shortlisted in the ‘Best Health Project’ category. The public can start voting for their favourite from 22 June – 10 July, and THT is hoping that people will lend their support to THT.

June 18, 2009

THT hits target for chlamydia testing in Barking & Dagenham, but must get a quarter of under 25s testing by 2010

NHS Barking and Dagenham and HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) have achieved a national target by encouraging over 17% of under-25s in the region to test for the sexually transmitted infection (STI) chlamydia. To tackle chlamydia in the area, more young people need to come forward for testing and continue testing on a regular basis – the target for 2009/2010 is 25%.

June 17, 2009

Don’t forget your condoms at Swansea Pride, says Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru

HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) Cymru is reminding visitors to Swansea Pride (Saturday 27th June) not to put their sexual health at risk by getting carried away with the party mood.

June 9, 2009

New workshops launched for gay men with HIV

On June 17 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Terrence Higgins Trust is launching a new Positive Self Management Programme for gay men living with HIV.  The free workshops in Ladbroke Grove, London will run at the same time every subsequent Tuesday for seven weeks.

June 5, 2008

Local radio DJ raises funds for Terrence Higgins Trust

On Sunday 28 June, BBC Radio Suffolk DJ RoB Dunger is doing The Orwell Walk to raise money for Terrence Higgins Trust (THT).

June 4, 2009

THT launches ‘Fastest’ one-hour HIV testing in central Birmingham

In a bid to reduce levels of undiagnosed HIV in Birmingham, HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a new service offering one-hour HIV testing at its joint centre with AB+ on Lower Essex Street. The service, run in partnership with Heart of England NHS Trust, launches on Monday 8th June and will run on Monday evenings from 4.00pm – 7.00pm.

June 4, 2009

THT asks gay men: Can you spot the signs of early HIV infection?

On June 4th, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a new advertising campaign aimed at helping gay men to spot the signs of HIV by identifying seroconversion illness (SCI). SCI, or primary infection, occurs in around 80% of men who have been infected with HIV following unsafe sex.

June 3, 2009

HIV sector comes together to produce framework for social care

A coalition of HIV organisations has published a framework for better living with HIV in England today. The framework is one of the first documents of its kind in the world.