Services

Our HIV services

Holistic support to help you live well, find connection, and thrive

I wanted to meet some other guys living with HIV that wasn't clinical, but in a social setting. +Pals has given me just that. I really enjoy attending their meet-ups.

+Pals service user

Peer support group for people living with HIV

+PALS is a social group for gay and bisexual men who are living with HIV in south London

Advice and advocacy for people living with HIV

Practical and emotional support with benefits, housing and financial crisis

HIV advice helpline in Greenwich

Advice and emotional support for people living with HIV in Greenwich

Support for families with HIV

Therapeutic, practical and emotional support for families living with HIV in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

Home visits for families affected by HIV

Therapeutic and emotional support for families in south-west London

HIV mentoring programme

One-to-one peer mentoring for people living with HIV in South London.

HIV peer support group for MSM migrants

Positive Journeys is a peer support group for migrant men who have sex with men and live with HIV

Support network for people living with HIV

Positive People's Network offers one-to-one peer mentoring and support groups, led by people with lived experience, in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

Support for people living with HIV in Wandsworth

Family support, one-to-one support and group support

HIV testing for men who have sex with men

HIV prevention services for men who have sex with men in London (GMI Partnership)

Counselling for people living with HIV

Free, one-to-one counselling sessions for people living with HIV in Wandsworth, Richmond, Merton, Sutton, and Kingston

Support for people living with HIV in Croydon

Get emotional, social and psychological support, advice, advocacy & family support, and live a happier, healthier, fulfilled life

Support and advice on sexual health (SASH)

Counselling, health and wellbeing coaching or group support

Walk-in sexual health service in Greenwich

Our Pitstop clinic offers a drop-in STI testing and advice for LGBTQ+ people in Woolwich

Free comprehensive home STI tests

Test yourself for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and syphilis at home

Free condoms for men having sex with men in Greenwich

Sign up for Pitstop PLUS to get free condoms in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Counselling for LGBTQ+ adults

Low-fee one-to-one counselling for LGBTQ+ people aged 18 or over who live in Lewisham or Greenwich in London.

I feel much less lonely now, and I'm happier and more confident to share my diagnosis with loved ones.

- Service User

 

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