Wednesday, June 24, 2009
New HIV service to start in July
A new voluntary group has been awarded funding from National Lottery Awards For All to provide a weekly lunch club in Brighton, for people living with HIV and their carers.
Lunch Positive will run every Friday from July 17, opening between 12 noon and 2.30 pm at the Community Room in Dorset Garden Methodist Church in Dorset Gardens, in the heart of the gay village.
The service will offer a healthy and nutritious meal, and provide a confidential, welcoming and accepting space for people to share lunch and find peer support.
The group’s spokesperson said,
“Good diet and nutrition have added importance to people living with HIV, and this is a great opportunity to have a healthy and balanced meal which positive people might not otherwise have access to.
“Equally important is a safe and supportive space to share this; as people often feel isolated by illness and the stigma still attached to HIV.
“The service is inclusive of all people affected by HIV, and the chance to meet over lunch in this informal setting has great benefit in reducing this isolation.
“We hope that the service will have a very positive impact on the well-being of our clients.”
To find more about the lunch club view:
www.lunchpositive.org
or telephone 07846 464384
Lunch Positive will run every Friday from July 17, opening between 12 noon and 2.30 pm at the Community Room in Dorset Garden Methodist Church in Dorset Gardens, in the heart of the gay village.
The service will offer a healthy and nutritious meal, and provide a confidential, welcoming and accepting space for people to share lunch and find peer support.
The group’s spokesperson said,
“Good diet and nutrition have added importance to people living with HIV, and this is a great opportunity to have a healthy and balanced meal which positive people might not otherwise have access to.
“Equally important is a safe and supportive space to share this; as people often feel isolated by illness and the stigma still attached to HIV.
“The service is inclusive of all people affected by HIV, and the chance to meet over lunch in this informal setting has great benefit in reducing this isolation.
“We hope that the service will have a very positive impact on the well-being of our clients.”
To find more about the lunch club view:
www.lunchpositive.org
or telephone 07846 464384
