New Blog Post - Spotlight on PozYouth

As part of the 'Spotlight on our Services' series we look at the PozYouth Group, part of our Children & Families Project.

Over the next month we’re going to be putting the spotlight on our Children & Families Project and giving you a little insight into some of the amazing work done by the project. We’ve started by talking to Children & Families worker Lynne about a group she runs working with young people living with HIV.

Read the full article on our blog by clicking here.

"These are young people like any other. They have the same hopes, dreams and aspirations as any other young person. They have the same fears, worries and concerns and they are also living with a long-term health condition that is highly stigmatised by society.

To manage their condition they may have to take as many as 13 pills twice a day every day and they can’t talk to their friends about it.

It would be so easy for them to give up but why shouldn’t they have the same chances and opportunities that any child deserves?"