Student Stop AIDS Annual Training

Student Stop AIDS Annual Training: 19th – 21st February 2010
Join campaigners from across the country for this year’s bumper February Training in Sheffield!
The plans are already gaining pace and it promises to be an action packed agenda, including…
 Patent pool campaign review – where next?
 General election strategy roll out
 Day of Action planning
 Health systems strengthening campaign [...]

Meeting your MP/PPC

Meeting an MP or PPC to explain what Stop AIDS stands for and discussing the patent pool can be nerve racking but here a few important pointers to make your meeting go smoothly.
Secure the meeting:
- Send a letter of invitation and follow up with a phone call.
Prepare for the meeting:
- Be focused – choose your [...]

Lobbying PPC’s

2010 will be an election year and everyone is expecting a change in government. With this is mind we are acutely aware that conservative MPs have not been as supportive of our cause as some MPs from other parties.
PPC or potential parliamentary candidates provide us with an ideal opportunity to influence future MPs, who are [...]

Regional Training

Sheffield Stop AIDS Soceity held an incredibly successful regional training session on Saturday 10th October. Attended by over 30 people, including representatives from Lancaster, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle Stop AIDS Societies.
The first half of the workshop involved an in depth discussion about the patent pool, what it is, how it will work and a Q [...]

Fundraising and Society awareness raising ideas

Here is a list of activies societies around the country have tried, tested and found to be successful to raise awareness of the the society and what we do in the local community and on the university campus, and some great fundraising ideas.
Society awareness raising:
Condom drop – where you give loads of condoms out to [...]