Living Positive Victoria in Southbank, Victoria, Australia | Community organisation

Living Positive Victoria

Locality: Southbank, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9863 8733

Address: 95 Coventry Street 3006 Southbank, VIC, Australia

Website: http://livingpositivevictoria.org.au

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24.01.2022 Home is where the heart is. So why not stay there longer? My Aged Care, Commonwealth Home Support Program, Home Care Packages are government programs designed... to support older Australians to stay living at home for longer, well into their senior years. But how do they actually work? Our dear friends at Latrobe Community Health will explain it all to you in this webinar. It will also be a great opportunity to ask those questions that have been niggling at you. Presented by Taking Charge - Ageing Well with HIV. A partnership of Living Positive Victoria and Thorne Harbour Health 11am-1pm Saturday 7 November The presentation will run for 45min to an hour followed by BYO lunch and social. Register now here: https://forms.livingpositivevictoria.org.au/civ/event/info *We will email the link to the session to all registrants on Thursday 5 November* For more information contact Vic Perri - [email protected] or Gerry O'Brien - [email protected]

24.01.2022 NOV 7 - THIS SAT. My Aged Care, Commonwealth Home Support Program, Home Care Packages are government programs designed to support older Australians to stay living at home for longer, well into their senior years. But how do they actually work? Our dear friends at Latrobe Community Health will explain it all to you in this webinar. It will also be a great opportunity to ask those questions that have been niggling at you. This event is made possible through our partnership wit...h Thorne Harbour Health. Register below:

23.01.2022 Dating and Living with HIV? THIS SAT - OCT 31. Explore ways to share our story well, as it relates to HIV; hear a personal story from a HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative couple ; and explore exactly what the law says when it comes to HIV, sex and relationships. This event is for all self-identifying women and heterosexual men who live with HIV. Partners welcome.... To register, click here:

23.01.2022 An exciting development for Nurse Practicioners in Australia, which gives another option for people living with HIV to access treatment and care.

21.01.2022 TONIGHT - NOV 11 - COVID got you unmotivated? Looking to improve your relationship with your body? If you are looking for a place to pick up a few strategies to improve your physical health, come to Gen Next’s What Can You Do Yourself?! This month we have Mark Binette, a physiotherapist from Alfred Health in Melbourne who will be sharing tips on what you can be doing to improve and better manage your health. Pick a spot, dial-in and get comfortable:

18.01.2022 Kerrie & Dolly Diamond hosted a fabulous show last night, with guests Jo Stanley, Brian Nankervis, Richard Keane, CEO of Living Positive Victoria, Aaron Skinner... from Piano Bar Bendigo, Martha Ackroyd Curtis + performances by Olivia Charalambous, Elvin Lam & David Campbell. If you missed it, you can rewatch it again and again this weekend : https://www.facebook.com/kerrieanddolly/videos/3939544509403163 #KerrieandDolly

18.01.2022 TODAY - OCT 14 at midnight will be your final opportunity this year to elect someone as a Board of Directors for our organisation. If you're a full member at Living Positive Victoria, make sure you cast your vote today:

18.01.2022 A message from our friends from the Positive Living Centre: Positive Living Centre and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Service Update 26 October 2020 As restrictions ease in the community following the declining case numbers and according to the Victorian Government Roadmap for Reopening, it’s important to provide you with an update on the Positive Living Centre and the services we will be reintroducing. ...Continue reading

17.01.2022 OCT 22 - NEXT WEEK THURS - is the 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) for our organisation! The AGM is an important governance process for all our members. Connect, stay up to date and vote on issues that matter to you. Come and celebrate the achievements of the 2019/20 year and recognise those who have made a significant difference in our community through our Positive Community Awards. Make sure you book your virtual seat today:

17.01.2022 Co-Founder of Positive Women Victoria, Bev Greet, and her husband Lloyd James, were among the first Australians diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s. Read their story of love, resilience and support through the years in this article by The Age:

15.01.2022 Positive Life NSW is recruiting for a Treatments Officer. If you or know anyone passionate about the needs of people living with HIV in NSW, please apply!

15.01.2022 ICYMI: Are you living with HIV? ASHM has updated recommendations for COVID-19 and adults living with HIV. For more information, visiting ASHM's COVID-19 Taskforce here: http://ow.ly/3J5B50B48eX #ashmtaskforce #sexualhealth #covid19

13.01.2022 Have you cast your vote yet? Living Positive Victoria’s annual election for board members is open until Wednesday, TOMORROW- OCT 14 midnight. If you're a full member of our organisation, please follow the link to vote:

12.01.2022 The Australian theme for this year’s World AIDS Day is ‘Now more than ever'. To mark the event, NAPWHA asked a wide range of community advocates and the leader...s of our member organisations and partners in the response to reflect on what the theme means to them. These short but immensley powerful quotes not only illustrate how far we have come, they also pose a strong call to action for the future of the HIV sector and our hopes for all people living with HIV in Australia.

10.01.2022 In cased you missed our World AIDS Day 2020 Launch this Tuesday, watch the video from the comfort of your home today. The official World AIDS Day Launch featured presentations from The Hon. Martin Foley, Victorian Minister for Health; Chad Hughes, Deputy Program Director of Disease Elimination at the Burnet Institute; Bruce Sanchez from Living Positive Victoria’s Positive Speakers Bureau; Bev Trotter from Living Positive Victoria’s Positive Speakers Bureau, and Christabel Millar, President of Living Positive Victoria. Help us continue supporting people living with HIV in Tasmania and Victoria by buying a virtual red ribbon today: https://buff.ly/3g58tyK

09.01.2022 Bobby Goldsmith Foundation have advertise a job opportunity for a Director of Client Services role. If you're passionate about innovative client services and he...alth promotion programs which empower and support #PLHIV to thrive and live well find out more here: https://ngorecruitment.com/permanent-job/ BGF is an Equal Opportunity employer, and encourages persons with a lived experience of HIV to apply. Cc: Positive Life NSW Friends and Supporters of Pozhet Living Positive Victoria Positive Women Victoria Positive Life SA ACON Positive Lives Tasmania POWA Queensland Positive People - QPP

08.01.2022 This year, the Australian theme for World Aids Day is ‘Now More Than Ever’ and is one that Christabel Millar, President of Living Positive Victoria, explained is particularly pertinent in light of 2020. For me this theme describes the consistent need to renew and recapture focus on this day each year. We need to close in on access to health care and improved wellbeing outcomes. But because a sense of freedom has been achieved for some of the more fortunate members of our com...munity, I think this can signal to our supporters that they can take their foot of the pedal. But this could not be further from the truth, particularly in light of 2020 when we have all been reminded of how quickly we can lose our rights once we are perceived to be infected with a virus. The theme for this year Now More Than Ever is about how, now more than ever we have to double down on the knowledge we have as a community, we are not living through our first pandemic. Read the whole article now:

08.01.2022 Adam Ehm, President of Living Positive Victoria reports, The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many health inequities in society, with many people left unemployed, education impacted across the board, healthcare and aged care settings tested, along with severe impacts on peoples’ mental health, increasing rates of family violence, and alcohol and drug use. More than ever before, our organisation has needed to pivot to support a diverse range of individuals living with and affected by HIV. Get an update from our organisation by listening to our President and the rest of the team in our 2019/20 Annual Report:

08.01.2022 In this video, created through a partnership with Gilead Sciences and NAPWHA, six exceptional people living with HIV speak to the significance of World AIDS Day.... We applaud our Senior Research Manager Dr John Rule, NAPWHA Board Member Steve Spencer, Michelle Tobin convenor of the Positive Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Network, Justin Xiao from ACON, and Positive Life NSW CEO Jane Costello and Board Member Natasha Io. Stay tuned for their soon to be released individual videos from the 'Just a Part of Me' campaign, where they share their incredibly powerful lived experience.

07.01.2022 Thank you for your passion, generosity and commitment Anthony We’re so grateful and lucky to have you on our team!

05.01.2022 Covid got you unmotivated? Looking to improve your relationship with your body? Gen Next (Living Positive Victoria's under 30s group) is hosting an online chat ...'What Can You Do Yourself?!' with Mark Binette, a physiotherapist from Alfred Health in Melbourne who will be sharing tips on what you can be doing to improve and better manage your health. QPP has been invited to share this event with the Queensland community. Register: https://forms.livingpositivevictoria.org.au//eve/register Pick a spot, dial in and get comfortable. Questions? Submit them to [email protected]

05.01.2022 'Overseas residents who are living with HIV, in Australia on a temporary visa and ineligible for Medicare, will gain access to HIV treatment and care thanks to new arrangements that Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, has agreed will be in place in 2021. This is great news for this highly vulnerable group, says Scott Harlum, President of the National Association of People With HIV Australia (NAPWHA). They will no longer have to rely on personal importation, drug trials or compassionate access arrangements to maintain their health. We commend Minster Hunt for his willingness to resolve this issue, and for his commitment to implementing arrangements for which NAPWHA and others have lobbied hard for more than 20 years.'

04.01.2022 RSVP TODAY - You're invited to join us at our annual festive Christmas Party on Dec 20! This year we will be gathering online via Zoom with a special host Santa! This event is open to all womxn, heterosexual men and their immediate families.... The kids will enjoy a magic show by Santa’s special magician friend, followed by a scavenger hunt to find their presents. Santa will be delivering presents for all of the children attending up to the age of 15 years old. Please note that registration for this event closes on Dec 4th 11:59 PM.

04.01.2022 In this month’s issue of DNA Magazine Australia, they met with meet three HIV-positive men and asked them to share stories about living with HIV and the kinds of stigma and prejudices they experience. When DNA asked Steve Spencer, a 28-year-old writer and HIV activist, on how can we all be better allies to HIV+ folks. Steve says we should listen, learn and educate: Good allies listen, learn and, once they’re confident enough with that information, use it to educate and suppo...rt others. People are very receptive to learn new information about HIV. Their faces light up when you tell them how incredible U=U is and they’re genuinely thankful to be taught about it. It’s heartening to see negative people show support and love for positive people, he says. Here's an excerpt from the full article:

03.01.2022 We take great pleasure in honouring the work of the Victoria HIV Service: Outward Program and ID Social Work Team at The Alfred for their commitment and dedication in supporting the health and wellbeing of people living with HIV over many years. The Alfred has a long history of HIV care providing care to a large at-risk community in the Inner South of Melbourne. The Alfred also had vast experience in HIV care treating haemophiliacs infected with HIV attending the statewide Haemophilia service at The Alfred. To see the rest of our Community Awards for the year 2020, follow the link below:

01.01.2022 This year’s World AIDS Day events in Victoria are being held virtually, which means that you can join us from anywhere in the world. Now more than ever we must acknowledge that people living with HIV are not forgotten. This year's events shine a light on the efforts made to prevent HIV, remove the barriers to testing and treatment, and access to services without stigma. Mark Tuesday, 1 December in your diary now and register below to attend: https://livingpositivevictoria.org.au//world-aids-day-2020/

01.01.2022 World AIDS Day reminds us that action is needed now more than ever. Our Peer Navigation Program is an innovative initiative integrating peer practices into clinical services. We’re so grateful to collaborate with Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society on a study of its implementation and effects. In this article, our very own Sara Graham and ARCSHS PhD candidate Timothy Krulic discuss the adaptations the program made to maintain strong access to treatment, ...care and community participation in 2020. Read Sara and Tim’s article on the W3 blog here: