It’s time to join the dots
BIG ISSUE
Money is wasted when HIV/Aids charities ignore each other and duplicate work. It’s time everything was connected so that sufferers have the support services they need, says longtime fund-raiser Paul Fleming
DROP IN: BARTEK SZMIGULSKI
As money available to the HIV sector to help the 100,000 people infected in the UK becomes increasingly scarce, it’s time we asked if the money that is available is being spent wisely. Increasingly, I think not. And here’s why.
There’s a gold standard peersupport service called Project 100, provided nationally by Positively UK. It’s excellent. But all the other HIV charities try to do the same or even copy Positively UK, whether contracted to do so or not. So, why not just get Positively UK to do it? They’d do the job better and for less.