The Queen‟s Award for Voluntary Service 2006 Registered Charity Number 900089 October 2011 *Tues 4 Oct 11am-12noon „Chat „n‟ Chill‟ (free) Female only support group *Weds 5 Oct 11am-12noon „Talk2Men‟ (free) Male only support group *Thurs 6 Oct 11am-12.30pm „Peer Support‟ (free) Come to give and receive support in a Service User only support group *Thurs 6 Oct 1.15pm „Service Users Lunch‟ (£2.50) Come and have a bunch of munch with the munch bunch… *Thurs 6 Oct 5pm „Birthday Steering Group‟ Please come along if you are interested in volunteering to help organize our 25th birthday party later in the month… *Thurs 13 Oct 11am-12.30pm „Peer Support‟ (free) Come to give and receive support in a Service User only support group *Thurs 13 Oct 1.15pm „Service Users Lunch‟ (£2.50) *Thurs 20 Oct 1.15pm „Service Users Lunch‟ (£2.50) *Thurs 27 Oct 1.15pm „Service Users Lunch‟ (£2.50) *Sat 29 Oct 7pm 25th Birthday & (free) Halloween Party! Let’s celebrate 25 years of BPD’s service to the community. Music, Entertainment, Buffet and Drinks. Events………… „...is this in black & white? Tell us your email address to receive a colour E-newsletter!‟ Let’s Celebrate 25 Year’s Service! Let’s Celebrate 25 Year’s Service! Diana, Princess of Wales House 24 Lorne Park Road Bournemouth Dorset BH1 1JL Tel: 01202 297386 Fax: 01202 290385 24 Hour Helpline: 01202 311166 Internet: www.bodypositivedorset.org Email: [email protected]Can you believe it? This September sees our silver Jubilee! It's 25 years since Philip Hawkins and his supporters founded Body Positive Dorset. . In that time, we have supported hundreds of people affected by HIV in Dorset, raised awareness and fought stigma. We are now the only HIV support centre in Dorset and an authority on HIV related matters. These are things of which we should all be proud. . Since the charity was formed in 1986, the reality of life with HIV has changed dramatically. Treatment has improved beyond recognition giving a much brighter outlook and quality of life to HIV+ people. There is still plenty to do if we want to reduce stigma and discrimination and we look forward to the next 25 years. Who knows... will we see a cure in that time. ................................................... . 25 th Anniversary Party is booked for Thursday 29 th September at Branksome Arms. Organised by Service Users for SU’s partners, friends, trustees, staff and anyone ...and if Body Positive Dorset means a lot to you, remember to volunteer to help with this very special World AIDS Day in our jubilee year. World AIDS Day is on 1st December and we are looking to mobilise an even bigger band of intrepid fundraisers than last year! So please get in touch to volunteer... Thank you
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The Queen‟s Award for
Voluntary Service 2006
Registered Charity Number 900089 October 2011
*Tues 4 Oct 11am-12noon
„Chat „n‟ Chill‟ (free)
Female only support group
*Weds 5 Oct 11am-12noon
„Talk2Men‟ (free)
Male only support group
*Thurs 6 Oct 11am-12.30pm
„Peer Support‟ (free)
Come to give and receive support in a Service User only support group
*Thurs 6 Oct 1.15pm
„Service Users Lunch‟ (£2.50)
Come and have a bunch of munch with the munch bunch…
*Thurs 6 Oct 5pm
„Birthday Steering Group‟ Please come along if you are interested in volunteering to help organize our 25th birthday party later in the month…
*Thurs 13 Oct 11am-12.30pm
„Peer Support‟ (free)
Come to give and receive support in a Service User only support group
*Thurs 13 Oct 1.15pm
„Service Users Lunch‟ (£2.50)
*Thurs 20 Oct 1.15pm
„Service Users Lunch‟ (£2.50)
*Thurs 27 Oct 1.15pm
„Service Users Lunch‟ (£2.50)
*Sat 29 Oct 7pm
25th Birthday & (free)
Halloween Party!
Let’s celebrate 25 years of BPD’s service to the community. Music, Entertainment, Buffet and Drinks.
Events…………
„...is this in black & white? Tell us your email address to
Can you believe it? This September sees our silver Jubilee! It's 25 years since Philip Hawkins and his supporters founded Body Positive Dorset.
. In that time, we have supported hundreds of people affected by HIV in Dorset, raised awareness and fought stigma. We are now the only HIV support centre in Dorset and an authority on HIV related matters. These are things of which we should all be proud. . Since the charity was formed in 1986, the reality of life with HIV has changed dramatically. Treatment has improved beyond recognition giving a much brighter outlook and quality of life to HIV+ people. There is still plenty to do if we want to reduce stigma and discrimination and we look forward to the next 25 years. Who knows... will we see a cure in that time. ................................................... . 25
th Anniversary Party is booked for Thursday 29
th
September at Branksome Arms. Organised by Service Users for SU’s partners, friends, trustees, staff and anyone
...and if Body Positive Dorset means a lot to you, remember to volunteer to help with this very special World AIDS Day in our jubilee year. World AIDS Day is on 1st December and we are looking to mobilise an even bigger band of intrepid fundraisers than last year! So please get in touch to volunteer... Thank you
Did you know that you can access a GP 24 hours a day? Using the GP out-of-hours service is an easy way to get treatment throughout the year. All GP‟s across Dorset offer an “out-of-hours” service by calling 0845 600 1013 when your doctor‟s surgery is closed. So, it is not necessary to go to the Emergency Department at your local hospital if you need to consult a GP. By calling 0845 600 1013 you can save yourself a lot of time waiting a r o u n d a t t h e Emergency Department and you would be helping to free up time for other patients, some of whom might be facing l i f e - t h r e a t e n i n g situations.
Caroline is
leaving...
It is with sadness that we announce that Caroline will be
leaving us on 25th October to take up a position at St Anne’s.
We would have liked to have been able to keep Caroline at Body
Positive Dorset but we could not compete with the package, including
development and progression opportunities, offered by the NHS.
Caroline says that the decision to leave was a very hard one.
Caroline has worked tirelessly at Body Positive Dorset for over 2 years
and has had a significant impact on the quality of services we offer and
on the lives of several individual service users. We would like to take
this opportunity to thank Caroline for all her hard work on behalf of
Body Positive Dorset. She will be greatly missed by us all but we
expect her back, shaking a tin for us, on World Aids Day ......Or else!
We wish Caroline the very best for the future. X
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HIV News Corner...................................................................... Are Scientists Another Step Closer to an Effective HIV Vaccine?
The study showed that almost three-quarters of participants had developed HIV-specific antibodies 11 months after vaccination. Over a third developed one type of T cell that fights HIV, called CD4+, while over two-thirds developed another, called CD8+.
Overall, 92% developed some sort of immune response. However, that is not the same thing as being protected from HIV infection: the response could be inadequate to provide protection. Prof Esteban acknowledged the vaccine was at an early stage, describing it as "promising". The next step is to test it in people with HIV to see if it works as a "therapeutic" - reducing the viral count.
The researcher was optimistic, saying: "MVA-B vaccine has proven to be as powerful as any other vaccine currently being studied, or even more. "If this genetic cocktail passes Phase II and Phase III future clinic trials, and makes it into production, in the future HIV could be compared to herpes virus nowadays."
By that he meant HIV could become a "minor chronic infection" that only resulted in disease when the immune system was otherwise compromised.
HIV could be reduced to a „minor chronic infection‟ akin to herpes, scientists developing a new vaccine have claimed.
Spanish researchers found that 22 of 24 healthy people (92 per cent) developed an immune response to HIV after being given their MVA-B vaccine.
Professor Mariano Esteban, head researcher on the project at the National Biotech Centre in Madrid, said of the jab: "It is like showing a picture of the HIV so that it is able to recognise it if it sees it again in the future."
The injection contains four HIV genes which stimulate T and B lymphocytes, which are types of white blood cells.
Prof Esteban explained: "Our body is full of lymphocytes, each of them programmed to fight against a different pathogen.
"Training is needed when it involves a pathogen, like the HIV one, which cannot be naturally defeated".
B cells produce antibodies which attack viruses before they infect cells, while T cells detect and destroy infected cells. Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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