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Sheffield and Nottingham Triathlon success

July 3rd, 2008

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 [...]

Film promotion - We are together

March 26th, 2008

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 [...]

Manchester Stop AIDS Society Meet Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development

March 13th, 2008

On the 8th of February the University of Manchester Stop Aids Society met up with the Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander MP. It was a unique opportunity that arose from the relationship built over the years with Tony Lloyd MP for Central Manchester. It was a memorable experience as this was an [...]

Oxford’s First Annual World AIDS Week 2007 was a hit!

January 3rd, 2008

At the end of Michaelmas term, Oxford University experienced the first annual (that we know of) Oxford World AIDS Week, a successful collaborative effort between the Oxford Student Stop AIDS Society, Oxford Global Health Group, People & Planet, Medsin Oxford, UNICEF, Amnesty International, U8, and Christian Aid, and OxHub.

SUSSEX/BSMS Stop AIDS are now a Coalition and an Essential Campaign

December 28th, 2007

Last term, Sussex students voted unanimously for the University of Sussex Students Union (USSU) to make a Coalition of BSMS and Sussex Stop AIDS Campaign groups an Essential Campaign, meaning that we would get access to unprecedented amounts of funding. According to Rob Lee (USSU Campaigns Officer) the results were so in favour of [...]

What we got up to on World AIDS Day/ AIDS Awareness Week

December 28th, 2007

My good god have we been busy! the plans for WORLD AIDS DAY ARE AS FOLLOWS! (written in future tense, this was a post from our facebook group meaning only BSMS e-mail address holders could access it).
From Thursday through Saturday, our campaign as a Coalition with Sussex Stop AIDS will be doing our biggest [...]

**Benefit concert TONIGHT in Oxford**

November 28th, 2007

For those of you checking this space for updates about Oxford’s World AIDS Week 2007, this is a friendly reminder that TONIGHT (Wednesday) is our BIG benefit concert to raise money for our 2 World AIDS Week charities, so we *really* hope to see you - and all your friends - there!!
We have about 10 [...]

AIDS Awareness Week - Sheffield

November 26th, 2007

Sheffield Stop AIDS have been hard at work organising loads of events in the lead up to December the 1st, World AIDS day!
It all kicks off at 7:30pm on Monday the 26th of November with an HIV workshop.
Contact Vicky - studentstopaids@shef.ac.uk for further info.
7.30pm, Faculty Room, Medical School.
On Weds the 28th we’ll be screening ‘A [...]

World AIDS Week Events in Oxford!

November 15th, 2007

Hi all
The Oxford Stop AIDS Society has been working with 7 other student groups during the past few months to plan a series of events for World AIDS Day… Below (and attached as a PDF) is our “program” for the week so far. If you’re nearby Oxford and would like to attend [...]

Stop AIDS Speaker Tour

November 13th, 2007

Just a quick post to say DONT MISS your speaker tour when it comes to your uni. The gang came to Leeds on Fri night and the speakers were all really powerful and informative. Its a great event and not worth missing so if they’re visiting your town this week be sure to get yourself [...]