PHACE West
Project for HIV and AIDS Care and Education (PHACE) West was Scottish HIV and AIDS awareness organisation that was active in the West of Scotland between 1995 and 2006.
History
PHACE West was founded in November 1994 by
The new organisation had a high-profile launch party in May 1995 at Glasgow's Tunnel nightclub, featuring a performance by Dannii Minogue.[4] In 2000 it expanded by opening an Aberdeen office, and becoming a national organisation, PHACE Scotland. In 2006 the organisation became part of the Terrence Higgins Trust, as its parent organisation PHACE Scotland completed a merger with the UK's longest established HIV charity, allowing THT Scotland to provide services in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Argyll, Ayrshire Arran, Lanarkshire, Grampian and Highland NHS Scotland board areas.[5]
Activities
PHACE West provided a welfare rights service, Buddy Support Service and Night Owl crisis line, counselling, and condoms by post for people in rural areas.[6][7] They ran the HAVEN, a drop in space at Ruchill Hospital.[8] They also produced publications and websites on safer sex aimed at gay men, distributed condoms in LGBT venues, and ran the youth group Bi-G-Les for under-25s.[citation needed][9][10]
Prosecution under Section 28
In May 2000,
References
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- ^ "THT Hits Scotland". Pink News. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "NHS Greater Glasgow - AIDS (Control) Act Report 2000-2001" (PDF). Stòr NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde repository. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Phace-ing Forward" (PDF). ScotsGay Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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- ^ a b "Freeze on cash for gays after legal move". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Gay groups claim court victory". BBC News. 6 July 2000. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Council halts gay group cash". BBC News. 14 May 2000. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "The Case For Keeping Section 28 - protection from manipulation" (PDF). Christian Institute. The Christian Institute. Retrieved 1 February 2021.