Positive Life New South Wales works to promote a positive image of people affected by HIV with the aim of eliminating prejudice, isolation, stigmatisation and discrimination. Providing information, referral, advocacy and lobbying are our primary functions.
The aims and objectives of the organisation are:
- To empower people living with HIV in New South Wales with information, referral and advice on all relevant issues; in particular health promotion information and matters dealing with life issues.
- To advocate on behalf of people living with HIV and lobby government, business and non-government organisations about issues of concern to people living with HIV, with the aim of ensuring optimum wellbeing, care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, their partners, family members and significant others.
- To promote a positive image of people living with and affected by HIV, with the aim of eliminating prejudice, isolation, stigmatisation and discrimination.
- To work closely with the HIV specific and mainstream health and community sectors and other relevant organisations in the pursuit of these objectives.
- To receive donations, grants and bequests from persons and institutions including governments and to engage in such fundraising activities as may achieve the objectives of the Association.
Incorporated on 21st July 1989 our organisation is partially funded by the government and is dependent on donations. An executive officer manages the organization in conjunction with an elected board of eight and one staff representative.
The board of Positive Life NSW work as advocates on HIV policy. This includes issues like discrimination and housing to treatment access and hospital care. This often unseen work has had great impact on the lives of the HIV positive community in NSW.
Full membership is open to a person with HIV living in NSW and associate membership is open to NSW residents affected by HIV/AIDS.
Do you have issues of concern that are affecting you as a person living with HIV in NSW? If you do please let us know. The advocacy & lobbying work of the organisation can be informed by your voice. We may not be able to directly help but we can at least point you in the right direction if we can’t!