UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS
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The UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS (UKC) 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
. In its original form, it was led by peers who advocated on behalf of those who most required the help.
The onus was on listening to what clients required and empowering them, thus giving them the skills to face further challenges rather than allowing them to become dependent of services.
Its mission was to “to ensure the diverse voices of people living with HIV and AIDS could be heard.”
It supported people living with HIV with advocacy and advice services, and later devised an employability programme called Ensuring Positive Futures
which aimed to support people living with HIV in the workplace. They shared offices and resources with the Denholm Elliot Project.
It also published the Positive Nation magazine, which was a HIV and sexual health magazine that had an annual readership of approximately 60,000 when it ceased publication on 15 May 2007.
UKC worked closely with HIV
organisations across the EU in developing European policies and programmes, in addition to those in Uganda
, South Africa
and Zambia
.
Its structure of HIV positive people supporting and empowering other HIV positive people was seen by the UN and the International Labour Organisation as a useful model for HIV organisations in the developing world.
An article published on 7 September 2010 by Third Sector Magazine reported that the Metropolitan Police were currently investigating allegations of fraud at the defunct charity, and that no arrests had yet been made.http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/archive/1026252/Fraud-inquiry-shut-Aids-charity/
United Kingdom
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-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
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 its original form, it was led by peers who advocated on behalf of those who most required the help.
The onus was on listening to what clients required and empowering them, thus giving them the skills to face further challenges rather than allowing them to become dependent of services.
Its mission was to “to ensure the diverse voices of people living with HIV and AIDS could be heard.”
It supported people living with HIV with advocacy and advice services, and later devised an employability programme called Ensuring Positive Futures
Ensuring Positive Futures
Ensuring Positive Futures 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...
which aimed to support people living with HIV in the workplace. They shared offices and resources with the Denholm Elliot Project.
It also published the Positive Nation magazine, which was a HIV and sexual health magazine that had an annual readership of approximately 60,000 when it ceased publication on 15 May 2007.
UKC worked closely 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...
organisations across the EU in developing European policies and programmes, in addition to those in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
.
Its structure of HIV positive people supporting and empowering other HIV positive people was seen by the UN and the International Labour Organisation as a useful model for HIV organisations in the developing world.
An article published on 7 September 2010 by Third Sector Magazine reported that the Metropolitan Police were currently investigating allegations of fraud at the defunct charity, and that no arrests had yet been made.http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/archive/1026252/Fraud-inquiry-shut-Aids-charity/