If you go to Oxford, Cambridge, Reading (Home counties) or Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol, Bath, UWE (South West) then you may have noticed you don’t have a steering committee rep yet. This is because there weren’t enough people at the February training to have a fair vote.
WE WANT TO HOLD ELECTIONS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS!
This [...]
For the first time ever we had elections for the steering committee at the February Training. But what is a steering committee?
A steering committee is a group of young people which represent a group of societies. Their role is to attend national Stop Aids Campaign meetings to ensure that the students view is represented and [...]
Our video is now available on YouTube and Facebook, enjoy:
Sheffield Boom Dynamite video on YouTube
Sheffield Boom Dynamite video on Facebook
Thank you to everybody who came and danced like crazy. Without you, it wouldn’t have been possible! We had lots of fun, and I had a good giggle editing it all together, so please watch [...]
An editorial in this month’s Lancet is about GSK and patent pools if anyone is interested and can access the site:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60410-4/fulltext
We have several events coming up in the next few weeks - please come along!
Monday 2nd March:
- 5pm-7.30pm: We will be holding a stall in Interval, in the union
- 7.30pm: Introduction to the Campaign talk, Saptal Ram room in the union.
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We’re holding a joint film screening with the Cambridge Chinese Salon discussion group next week (coincidentally at the start of the Stop AIDS week of action!).
The film is ”Care and Love” (2007), which tells the story of Liu Xianhong, a Chinese villager who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion during childbirth. Lack of regulation in Chinese blood [...]
**NEWSFLASH**
Sheffield Stop AIDS Society would like to report that a certain song taught at the amazing Stop AIDS AGM, has been SCIENTIFICALLY proven to be the hardest thing to get out of your head.
Individuals traveling from Brighton to Sheffield last night struggled to remove the song from their heads, despite enormous effort. A randomized, [...]
Attention All Societies:
Thursday 6th of November, Edinburgh stop AIDS is organising an all day conference/Mexico Hub on HIV/AIDS.
The HUB will cover 4 of the topics covered in Mexico, including:
0930-1100. Gender and its role in HIV transmission and treatment – speaker from Queen Margaret’s University TBC
1130-1300 Meeting the Prevention Needs of People, Living with HIV/AIDS. Dr [...]
In April over £84,000 was raised for our work with young people around the world including £10,000 for our UK campaigns work thanks to the heroic efforts of societies and staff. The SPW Hyde Park Triathlon, in association with Speedo, was started by European triathlon medallist and four times national title holder Annie Emmerson. Participants [...]
Hello all,
I have been offered the film “We are together” (www.wearetogether.org) to show at universities, basically to publicise the film. I haven’t actually seen the film, and there may be some messages put across in the film that we don’t agree with. However, if anyone would like a copy of the film to [...]
