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Paint-a-Brick Workshop
We're marking Pride in Hull with a free to attend workshop in the city centre to learn more about Pride, the Stonewall riots and to get creative together.
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Announcing our new, expanded counselling service
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MESMAC's free, six-session LGBTQ+ counselling service is expanding from Bradford and Leeds to also accept referrals from people living in Hull and South Yorkshire.
- Bradford
- Hull
- Leeds
- Rotherham
- South Yorkshire
- Mental Health
- Counselling
- LGBTQ+
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Position of HIV organisations on trans rights and the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice
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HIV support organisations, including MESMAC, set out their concerns that the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex and the EHRC's draft Code of Practice risk harming trans people and undermining the Equality Act.
- Trans
- Yorkshire MESMAC
- HIV
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Our Hull Office is Moving!
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MESMAC's Hull office is moving to 8 King Street (HU1 2JJ), opening on 2 June, with drop-in testing and support continuing throughout the move.
- Hull
- Yorkshire MESMAC
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Leeds Fast-Track Cities Community Grants Programme
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A joint Leeds City Council and MESMAC grants programme funds local community projects tackling stigma around HIV, TB and hepatitis, supporting Leeds' Fast-Track City goal of 'Triple Zero' by 2030.
- HIV
- Leeds
- Hep C
- AIDS
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National HIV Testing Week 2025
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National HIV Testing Week returns from 10 February, with MESMAC offering free, confidential HIV testing - including self-test and postal kits and drop-in sessions - across Yorkshire.
- HIV
- STI
- Yorkshire MESMAC
- Leeds
- Bradford
- Hull
- Rotherham
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World AIDS Day 2024
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This World AIDS Day, MESMAC reflects on how far HIV treatment has come - with effective medication making the virus undetectable and untransmittable - and encourages testing as the first step to good health.
- HIV
- PrEP
- Prepster
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PrEP Awareness Week 2024
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PrEP is a free NHS pill that prevents HIV and is safe to take alongside hormonal contraception and HRT - MESMAC can help you find out more and access it.
- PrEP
- HIV
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PrEP 4 Women Video
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A new video, co-produced with local women, explores the benefits of PrEP and how to access it free on the NHS - MESMAC offers PrEP referrals in Bradford, Hull, Leeds and Rotherham.
- PrEP
- HIV
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National HIV Testing Week 2024
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National HIV Testing Week runs from 5 February, encouraging everyone - especially those most affected by HIV - to take a quick finger-prick test in person or by post and know their status.
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MESMAC Blog: Sex, STIs and Shame - Why our language matters
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In this blog, Rotherham volunteer Eve Findlay explores how the language we use around sex and STIs shapes attitudes and can carry unnecessary shame.
- Volunteer Blog
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PrEP Awareness Week 2023 - Get PrEPared
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For PrEP Awareness Week, MESMAC launches a project creating short videos that explain PrEP and how to access it on the NHS in a range of languages spoken across local communities.
- PrEP
- HIV
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Fast Track Cities Leeds Community Grants
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Leeds City Council, BHA and MESMAC are offering micro-grants of up to £700 to community groups affected by HIV, TB or hepatitis to share their experiences of stigma and discrimination.