Who are we?

The Student Stop AIDS Campaign is made up of students at universities and colleges across the country who believe that the world’s response to the HIV pandemic is insufficient and unacceptable.

As part of the broad coalition of NGOs which make up the Stop AIDS Campaign, Student Stop AIDS Societies work to bring about the changes in national and international policy which will turn the tide on the spread of HIV and minimise its devastating impact on people and communities around the world.

Through informing, educating, lobbying, demonstrating and a whole range of other activities, the Student Stop AIDS campaign aims to bring an end to the injustice of HIV/AIDS by ensuring the government, business and the rest of the developed world lives up to their promises to deliver universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

The Student Stop AIDS Campaign was launched in 2003 at universities across the UK. Since then it has established itself as a highly effective campaigning and awareness raising network. Key to the work of the Student Stop AIDS campaign is the understanding and belief that young people have the potential and capacity to fight for global issues and act as agents of change.

Aims

The Student Stop AIDS Campaign aims to stop the HIV/AIDS pandemic through promoting universal access to evidence-based prevention, ensuring long term and sustainable treatment and care whilst providing education to reduce stigma and discrimination.

Our main campaign focuses are:

- Promoting universal access to treatment through fair drug pricing

- Promoting the implementation of a financial transaction tax to fund poverty in the UK and abroad

- Promoting access to treatment for all people living in the UK

Structure

The Stop AIDS Campaign is an initiative of the UK Consortium on AIDS & International Development and brings together more than 80 of the UK’s leading development and HIV and AIDS groups. Launched on World AIDS Day 2001, the campaign works to raise awareness in the UK about global HIV/AIDS epidemic and to campaign for urgently scaled up international action.

The Student Stop AIDS Campaign is a coalition of student groups within the national Stop AIDS Campaign. Members of the student coalition campaign across UK university campuses. The Student Stop AIDS Campaign is central to the coalition, but other members include NUS, UNYSA, ActionZone, SPW and Medsin.

The Student Stop AIDS Campaign is coordinated by SPW, an international development charity focused on putting young people at the forefront of change and development.

Staff Support

Lotti Rutter works at SPW coordinating the Student Stop AIDS Campaign. Lotti took up her post in January 2010 having previously worked with Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Action Against Hunger, and the Climate Rush. She coordinates the work of the societies and represents student campaigners at the wider Stop AIDS Campaign meetings. If you have any questions about the campaign or Stop AIDS Campaign please don’t hesitate to get in touch by email on lotti.rutter@spw.org.

Jane Broomfield works part time (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays) with Lotti at SPW, helping to coordinate the Student Stop AIDS Campaign and providing direct support to all the society groups. Jane graduated from Leeds University in 2008 with a degree in International Development and Economics and went overseas to India with SPW in 2005. Please feel free to contact her at jane.broomfield@spw.org.