Who we are
We’ve been here supporting people living with HIV and helping people achieve good sexual health for 40 years.
Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK’s leading HIV charity.
We’re proud activists and strongly believe in our values of equity, diversity and inclusion.
Meeting the needs of our service users, supporters and members will always be at the heart of what we do. Every day, we work for a world where people with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and discrimination.
We work passionately to:
- End the transmission of HIV in the UK – and we want to do it by 2030
- Empower and support people living with HIV to lead healthy lives
- Amplify the voices of those affected by HIV, across public and political arenas, to eradicate stigma and discrimination.
We’re looking for people who will help us achieve our ambitions
We want to end HIV transmission in the UK by 2030. To get there we need to increase access to HIV tests and HIV prevention pill PrEP. We need to support people to live well with HIV, and ensure that HIV and sexual health are not forgotten by key decision makers. Our high quality services are delivered in local communities across the UK.
Challenging stigma associated with HIV is key. Much of our campaigning and lobbying work is focused on helping to end the discrimination experienced by people living with HIV.
It’s one of the main reasons why Yomi joined our Board as a trustee.
Quote textAccess, impact and change are at the heart of what I do & I understand the impact of stigma especially in regards to HIV in minority ethnic communities and I decided to lend my voice to the cause as I’m passionate about creating change for these groups.
Since I joined the Board, I’ve had a great time, met loads of people, learnt a lot and we’ve created so much change together. We’ve launched a new strategy for equity, diversity and inclusion, increased access to PrEP and people living with HIV can now join the Armed Forces. We’re doing so many incredible things and that’s why we need you to join the board!
What we’ve achieved in partnership with people
During the past two years, we’ve seen some amazing successes, thanks to our hard work together with people living with HIV.
- We have successfully launched in collaboration with the Scottish Government and NHS boards in Scotland the first TV anti-stigma campaign for over 30 years which has just won an award at the Smiley Charity Film Awards.
- Together with our local partners and organisation across England we delivered a hugely successful National HIV Testing Week campaign promoting HIV testing to everyone in England with a special focus on people in groups most affected by HIV, including those in Black African communities and gay and bisexual men. We received 25,000 orders for a free HIV test online.
- Our confidential free helpline THT Direct answers over 13,000 calls and online chats every year from people needing advice and support about HIV and sexual health. THT Direct is a vital lifeline for those who have been newly diagnosed and need urgent support and information.
- Our low-cost and free one to one counselling, emotional support and therapeutic group work nationally helps hundreds every year, from those who need support coming to terms with their new diagnosis to those who were diagnosed before effective treatment in the 90s.
As a trustee, you can help us make more life-changing successes.
We’re looking for diverse voices to make sure people who use our services are at the heart of what we do.
Our service users are at the core of what we do. They’re a very diverse group including men who have sex with men, women, people of Black African heritage, trans and non-binary people, sex workers and men involved in chemsex and people living with HIV.
We listen to the voices of our service users when developing services to meet their needs. Their knowledge and needs drive us.
Applications from people who have lived experience and/or have worked with these communities would be very welcome.
Services delivered digitally will be a key part of achieving our aims, so we’re especially interested in hearing from people who come from digitally aware backgrounds.
