Ensuring Positive Futures
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Ensuring Positive Futures (EPF) is an employability
programme based in the UK that aims to support people living with HIV
in the workplace.
It is a partnership of HIV
organisations, employers, trades unions and government which works together to challenge the stigma and discrimination
that often accompanies HIV. It has been seen that with effective HIV medication, people living with HIV can live and work just like anyone else.
The lead organisation in the partnership is the UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS
, a charity which is run by and for people living with HIV, which aims to empower individuals who are HIV positive, and to give them a voice.
The programme offers advice and guidance on employment
issues, such as getting back into work, or staying in employment, and advice for people who may be facing discrimination
. It also runs awareness training for employers, and lobbies government and runs campaigns to raise awareness of HIV in employment.
The programme is funded by the European Social Fund
as part of the EQUAL
programme.
Employability
Employability refers to a person's capability of gaining initial employment, maintaining employment, and obtaining new employment if required . In simple terms, employability is about being capable of getting and keeping fulfilling work...
programme based in the UK that aims to support people living with HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
in the workplace.
It is a partnership of HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
organisations, employers, trades unions and government which works together to challenge the stigma and discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
that often accompanies HIV. It has been seen that with effective HIV medication, people living with HIV can live and work just like anyone else.
The lead organisation in the partnership is the UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS
UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS
The UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS was a United Kingdom-based organisation. Due to debt, it ceased operations at 5pm on July 25, 2007.UKC was established in 1993 as a "not for profit" organisation run by and for people living with HIV...
, a charity which is run by and for people living with HIV, which aims to empower individuals who are HIV positive, and to give them a voice.
The programme offers advice and guidance on employment
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
issues, such as getting back into work, or staying in employment, and advice for people who may be facing discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
. It also runs awareness training for employers, and lobbies government and runs campaigns to raise awareness of HIV in employment.
The programme is funded by the European Social Fund
European Social Fund
The European Social Fund is the European Union’s main financial instrument for supporting employment in the Member States as well as promoting economic and social cohesion. ESF spending amounts to around 10% of the EU’s total budget....
as part of the EQUAL
Equal
Equal commonly refers to a state of equality.Equal or equals may also refer to:* Equal , a brand of artificial sweetener* EQUAL Community Initiative, an initiative within the European Social Fund of the European Union...
programme.