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Food and Cookery Course Launched
12 Aug 10Waverley Care's has launched a new food and cookery course. For 6 Fridays service users will be learning about nutrition and food preparation.
Pleasance Bucketshakes are Green for Go!
06 Aug 10Look out for our bucketshaking collectors in their vibrant green T-shirts around the Pleasance courtyard during this year’s Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe.
Carol Competition - Short List Announced
30 Jul 10We are delighted to announce the short-listed carols in our Sing a New Song Christmas carol writing competition. We had a very high number of entries - 129.
Could you be a buddy?
20 Jul 10We are currently looking for buddies from across the Lothians.
#laffoffstigma - New campaign launched.
12 Jul 10Help us fight HIV stigma by supporting our online campaign - #laffoffstigma
July 2010 Newsletter Out Now
09 Jul 10Waverley Care's July edition of our newsletter 'Positive Interest' is out now.
New African Health Project Worker Appointed
23 Jun 10Katai Kasengele has been appointed as our new African Health Project National Outreach and Development Worker, based in our Glasgow office.
Inspiring volunteer!
04 Jun 10Lil dropped in today to show us her Inspiring Volunteering award
World Hepatitis Day 2010
02 Jun 10Annette reports back on World Hepatitis Day 2010
Waverley Care Hero 2009 weds!
02 Jun 10Congratulations to Lisa and Adrian who tied the knot on Friday 28th May
Sexual Health - Who's responsibility is it?
27 May 10We held an event on 6th May at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre with Professor Paul Flowers of Glasgow Caledonian University.
Marathon madness
24 May 10All our runners braved the heat on Sunday to take part in the Edinburgh Marathon
Waverley Care Walking Group
11 May 10The Walking Group Newsletter for May-June is now available..
Hep C Life Coaching Programme
11 May 10Launch of our new Hep C Life Coaching Programme
Service User Forum
10 May 10Share your ideas, experiences and opinions. Waverley Care service users are invited to attend a service users forum and social.
World Hepatitis Day 19 May 2010
19 Apr 10Scotland will be marking World Hepatitis Day with a week of events around the country.
Crusaid Hardship Fund in Scotland relocates admin to London
12 Apr 10From 1st April 2010 The Crusaid Hardship Fund in Scotland will no longer be administered within Scotland.
Waverley Care at 18th International AIDS Conference Vienna
06 Apr 10A proposal by Waverley Care to submit an 'abstract' about our work in Malawi at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna has been accepted.
HIV - Good Friday BBC Programme
01 Apr 10Waverley Care's Spiritual and Pastoral Care Co-ordinator Marion Chatterley appears on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Friday programme 'The dying of the Light'.
"Pezani Mwayi" - "To have access"
23 Mar 10The Scottish Government has announced funding for Waverley Care's partnership work in Malawi.
Mozart's Requiem
09 Mar 10A great day was had by all who attended the Come & Sing at St Mary's Cathedral on Saturday 6th March
February '10 Newsletter out now
26 Feb 10February's edition of Waverley Care's newletter positive interest is available to download now.
2009 HIV Infection Figures Released
24 Feb 10Health Protection Scotland have released the latest figures for HIV infection in Scotland.
An Event Full of Sunshine
23 Feb 10A great night was had by all at our recent event 'Topping & Butch's Tunnel of Love' featuring Maria Tecce and Katrina (ex Katrina and the Waves).
Welcome New Buddy Co-ordinator
23 Feb 10Welcome to Kelly McKnight our new HIV Buddy Co-ordinator for the Lothians. Kelly will be responsible for recruiting, training and supporting buddy volunteers.
Happy Birthday Waverley Care
29 Jan 10City of Edinburgh Council adopt a motion from Cllr Jason Rust
Working Therapeutically in the field of HIV
27 Jan 10Online lecture by Christie O'Connor
Yankhulani!
25 Jan 10Jonathan Creel is currently in Malawi visiting the Yankhulani project.
Complementary Therapies: Report
11 Jan 10Research into our Complementary Therapies service which is offered by volunteers.
Consultation on NHS National Standards
11 Jan 10Help the NHS develop national standards for HIV services in Scotland.
MBE for Waverley Care Trustee
07 Jan 10Congratulations to Board member Shulah Allan who was awarded a MBE in the New Year’s Honours list for her services to the voluntary sector in Edinburgh.
Sing a New Song Carol Competition
05 Jan 10We are delighted to announce the launch of “Sing a New Song”, a Christmas carol writing competition for 2010, our 21st birthday year.
'We Will Rock You' cast raise in excess of £10,000
15 Dec 09“We Will Rock You” Cast members and Edinburgh Playhouse staff have joined forces to raise £10,327.11 for Waverley Care, during the week of World AIDS Day.
New Service Launched - Positive Self-Management
07 Dec 09Welcome Paula McFadyen, the new full time Self-Management Programme Co-ordinator at Waverley Care.
World AIDS Day
01 Dec 09It's a little girl's 9th birthday party. She is wearing her new party dress and waiting for the children from school to arrive.
World AIDS Day - Churches Resources
16 Nov 09Our resources for churches to use around World AIDS Day are online now.
Crusaid Hardship Fund
11 Nov 09The Crusaid Hardship Fund's criteria and operational processes are currently undergoing a review
Twibbon
05 Nov 09Are you part of the Twitterverse? Get your Twibbon for World AIDS Day here.
“I want to be like the others”
21 Oct 09On 20 October Annie Lennox helped launch the report “I want to be like the others”...
Do you know anyone who has been living with HIV for a long time?
20 Oct 09Do you know anyone who has been living with HIV for a long time, isolated, over 50 and or works in the HIV sector?
October Newsletter Out Now
16 Oct 09The October edition of Waverley Care's newsletter 'Positive Interest' is out now!
Forth Rail Bridge Abseil 11th October
12 Oct 09A huge thanks to our brave supporters who risked life and limb abseiling the 165ft drop form the Forth Rail Bridge to the beach at South Queensferry this Sunday.
The Penrose Enquiry
08 Oct 09Have you or a family member contracted Hepatitis C or HIV through receiving blood or blood products?
Rector to overcome her fear of heights.
29 Sept 09At midnight on Sunday 4th October, the Revd Alison Fuller, Rector of St Columba’s-by- the-Castle Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, will take her place in history as part of the major public art project, “One & Other” on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
HIV Vaccine
25 Sept 09The recent news about vaccine developments and the partial success of trials in Thailand has received a lot of news coverage in recent days. It is too early to give an unqualified welcome to the news but the following links to newspaper articles provided by the National AIDS Trust gives a sense of the key issues surrounding vaccine development
New Community Outreach and Development Worker
23 Sept 09Welcome to Kalonde Kasengele to the post of Community Outreach and Development Worker with the African Health Project in Glasgow.
Festival Round Up
09 Sept 09Over £65,000 raised at Edinburgh festival!
Himalayan Adventure
09 Sept 09Good Luck to Ian Gemmel who sets off today on a Himalayan Adventure to raise money for Waverley Care.
Glasgow Office Move
07 Sept 09Our African Health Project in Glasgow has moved office.
Annie Lennox unveils for 46664
19 Aug 09Director David Johnson was one of several Waverley Care guests invited to the unveiling of an engraved Caithness paving stone in the grounds of Edinburgh City Chambers.
Great news from The Big Lottery
17 Jul 09The Big Lottery has awarded £768,000 to a partnership bid between Waverley Care and Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland for a four year project.
New Hepatitis C Buddy Coordinator
09 Jul 09Welcome to Annette Wilson who joins us on 13th July as HepC Buddy Services Coordinator
Award Winner
08 Jul 09Congratulations to Waverley Care volunteer Ann Stewart who won a special recognition award for Commitment at the Inspiring Volunteering Awards.
July Newsletter Out Now
01 Jul 09The July edition of Waverley Care's newsletter 'Positive Interest' is out now.
Waverley Care Hero 2009
25 Jun 09This year’s hero is Lisa Vickers who has been a volunteer with us for the last three years.
HIV Prevention Services
25 Jun 09HIV Prevention Services to People from African Communities Living in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Community Projects Operating Hours
17 Jun 09Waverley Care Community Projects will be closed on the 1st Wednesday of every month beginning on Wednesday 5th August.
Being There @ The Edinburgh Film Festival
17 Jun 09Stanley Reilly's book of photographs from the 60's and 70's is being given out to the patrons of the Edinburgh International Film Festival...
STOP PRESS: OFFICE MOVES & NEW PHONE NUMBERS
01 May 09Tel: 0131 558 1425 for Waverley Solas and 0131 556 9710 for Head Office who have moved to new shared premises at 3 Mansfield Place.
New Posts Announced
16 Apr 09Welcome to two new members of staff based in the West of Scotland.
February Newsletter Out Now
18 Feb 09February's edition of Waverley Care's newsletter 'Positive Interest' is out now.
Children's Commissioner Speaks at World AIDS Day Event
12 Dec 08Kathleen Marshall, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People spoke at Waverley Care's World AIDS Day event - Celebrate, Reflect, Remember.
Waverley Care Wins Community Award
12 Dec 08Waverley Care has recently won our second award for work with African communities in Scotland. The ‘Gilead 2008 Community Award’ included a £5000 unrestricted grant from Gilead Sciences.
Momma Africa CD - Now on Sale
18 Nov 08Volunteers and services users of our African Health Project in Glasgow and Edinburgh have joined together to record a CD
New Malawi Partnership Project
14 Nov 08Waverley Care in partnership with Interact Worldwide has been awarded £399,959 by the Scottish Government for work over a three year period in Malawi.
New Newsletter Launched
02 Oct 08The latest edition of Waverley Care’s Newsletter ‘Positive Interest’ is out now and has a whole new look.
Positive Self Management Programme
02 Oct 08This Autumn Waverley Care is launching a new course called the Positive Self Management Programme or PSMP