Freshwinds is pleased to announce that the Pride Ball has supported us with a donation of £4,036 raised from the ball in March 2012. We have been very grateful for the support that we have received from the committee and the people who vote for the charity they wish to support at the event for past few years and we are pleased that we have received this support again in 2012.

The funding that we receive helps us to support our HIV hardship fund which makes grants to individuals living with HIV who are destitute and in the greatest need. The fund is delivered jointly with our partners ABplus and The Terrance Higgins Trust Birmingham. Whilst the fund only makes small grants, the grants it makes have a significant impact for the recipients in terms of enabling them to buy essential items such as food, warm clothes, baby products and other vital items. This funding is particularly important to us as it is very difficult to secure these funds from elsewhere and provide us the ability to make grants immediately when crises occur and when people need them the most. The funds also support our targeted work in the LGBT community.

Steven Moralee, Director of Development said ‘we are really grateful for the continued support we receive from the Birmingham Pride Ball and what this enables us to do, it really makes a significant positive impact for people living with HIV who need desperately need help in Birmingham as well as supporting our work in the Birmingham LGBT community’

For the article in Midland Zone magazine, please click here

Or if you would like to donate to the HIV Hardship Fund, please contact Steven Moralee on 0121 4156670 or steve.moralee@freshwinds.org.uk