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World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is held on December 1st each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988.

The red ribbon is used globally by charities as a symbol to demonstrate our support for individuals living with HIV and to generate awareness of the reality of HIV and the importance of support for these individuals. It was conceived in 1991 so this year marked the 20th anniversary of this global symbol of unity and awareness.

There are now more people than ever living with HIV in the UK – more than 90,000 – with around a quarter of those unaware they have the virus. This World AIDS Day, December 1st, Positive Action asked that everyone 'ACT AWARE', and wear a red ribbon in support of the World AIDS Day campaign.

We took part in a number of different activities over this time from fundraising collections to awareness raising events in colleges. For more information please see the events schedule below.

Events for 2011

We would like to thank all those who have supported Positive Action over World AIDS Day 2011. To all of the volunteers who gave so generously of their time and skills and also those who organised events on our behalf in many different venues to help raise awareness and much needed funds. A fantastic amount has been raised so far and we are still awaiting a number of donations. Without your support we could not have reached out to the number of people we did or raise the much needed funding that will allow us to run some of our beneficial services. Below is a schedule of what Positive Action took part in over World AIDS Day 2011 as well as the amounts raised so far. Once again our most sincere thanks to you all.