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Leeds Testing Times+ Cancelled- 18th April
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MESMAC's Testing Times+ drop-in in Leeds is cancelled tonight due to a water maintenance issue, with the Thursday drop-in continuing as usual.
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Yorkshire MESMAC in Rotherham
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From 3 April, MESMAC is offering a new sexual health community outreach service in Rotherham - including HIV testing, screening, free condoms and 1-2-1 support - in partnership with the Integrated Sexual Health Service.
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National Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health Week 2017
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Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health Week (13-17 March 2017) raises awareness of the health inequalities faced by lesbian and bisexual women and celebrates services supporting them.
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New Workshops
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MESMAC is running new workshops, including 'Be Resilient' - a one-off session for HIV positive people sharing techniques to handle setbacks and protect mental and physical wellbeing.
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Syphilis: The Great Mimic
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With syphilis on the increase across Yorkshire, MESMAC explains its causes, symptoms and treatment, and where to get tested.
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Expanded STI Screening (Wakefield)
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MESMAC now offers expanded STI screening for chlamydia and gonorrhoea via self-taken swabs in Wakefield, alongside its rapid-result HIV testing.
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Me and My Home - Older People's Housing in Leeds
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MESMAC shares a Leeds Older People's Forum event on 4 July, inviting older people in Leeds to share their views on housing and housing support needs.
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FGM: A Personal Experience
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MESMAC's Hull team has produced a video sharing one woman's personal experience of Female Genital Mutilation, and offers training and group work on FGM in Hull.
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New Postal STI Testing Kits in York and North Yorkshire
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Launched on York Pride, MESMAC and YorSexualHealth offer a new postal STI testing kit for over-16s in York and North Yorkshire, testing for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia.
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Orlando attack
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MESMAC responds with horror and solidarity to the murders at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, with CEO Tom Doyle calling the attack on the LGBT community an attack on every LGBT person.
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Leeds support and solidarity with Orlando
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Leeds' LGBT community gathered on Lower Briggate on 13 June for speeches and a minute's silence in memory of those killed in the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting.
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Volunteers’ Week: The Big Celebration
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For Volunteers' Week, MESMAC celebrates and thanks the volunteers whose contribution is central to everything the charity does.