You can find services supporting children and families with HIV in your local area by using CHIVA’s service finder at http://chiva.org.uk/professionals/health/care-education/providers.html.

You can also find HIV support organisations across the UK on NAM’s e-atlas: www.aidsmap.com/e-atlas.

Pozitude

www.pozitude.co.uk

A website set up by a group of young people living with HIV, with information, advice, quizzes and games, and links to other services. You can find the smartphone app iDiary here, which helps young people remember to take their treatment: www.pozitude.co.uk/apps.

THT Direct

0808 802 1221

info@tht.org.uk

www.tht.org.uk/sexual-health/Get-help-now/THT-Direct

10am to 8pm Monday to Friday.

THT Direct staff can provide information, support and advice, and can help you to find other relevant health and support services.

Body and Soul

020 7923 6880

www.bodyandsoulcharity.org

info@bodyandsoulcharity.org

Body and Soul is a charity providing support and resources for children, teenagers and families living with, or affected by HIV. The website has information, games and quizzes, as well as links to more information.

Children’s HIV Association (CHIVA)

www.chiva.org.uk

CHIVA supports all professionals involved in the treatment and care of children with HIV. Its website has a lot of useful information about HIV treatment for children, as well as sections for parents, carers and siblings of HIV-positive children. CHIVA runs a secure, confidential website where young people living with HIV can chat and access support and information.

Positive Parenting and Children (PPC)

020 7738 7333

office@ppclondon.org.uk

http://ppclondon.org.uk/

PPC provides support for children and families living with HIV, including support groups and counselling.

Positively UK

020 7713 0444

www.positivelyuk.org

info@positivelyuk.org

A national charity championing the rights of people with HIV, Positively UK provides a range of support services, including peer mentoring, for people living with HIV and their families.

The Children and Young People HIV Network

The Children and Young People HIV Network is a national network that connects a wide range of organisations concerned with children and young people who are living with and/or affected by HIV.

It produces resources, including Your life, a series of leaflets for young people aged 15 to 25: http://www.ncb.org.uk/hiv/resources-for-young-people/your-life-and-their-life-leaflets and Lifelinks, a web directory of information and services for young people with HIV: http://www.ncb.org.uk/lifelinks 

Their life is a leaflet for parents and carers of young people with HIV.

All the Network’s resources are free and can be accessed at www.ncb.org.uk/hiv, where you will also find links to useful resources and information from other organisations.