National AIDS Trust

NAT (National AIDS Trust) is the UK's leading charity dedicated to transforming society's response to HIV. The charity's key strategic goals are:

NAT was founded October 1987 as a non-government organisation (NGO) by the Department of Health, in order to deal with the escalating concern with HIV and AIDS nationally. Today NAT's funding comes from public donations, corporate supporters, grant-making trusts and foundations and its own fundraising work - it doesn't receive funding from the UK Government. NAT is a policy and campaigning charity, working to improve the national response to HIV through policy development, expertise [2][3] and the provision of practical resources[4] rather than through offering direct support services to people living with HIV.

Some recent NAT successes include:

NAT runs hivaware.org.uk,[9] the UK's most comprehensive website on HIV for the general public. The website has up-to-date HIV facts, common Q&As, myths and interactive elements such as a quiz to check whether you have put yourself at risk of HIV. NAT has also manages lifewithhiv.org.uk,[10] an online resources for people living with HIV, giving advice on common issues and concerns, ways to get involved in campaigning and downloadable resources. NAT run the mycaremyvoice.org.uk,[11] a resource to empower people living with HIV to get the most from their health and social care services.

Diana, Princess of Wales made a significant contribution to NAT in her role as patron from 1991 to 1997. NAT was one of only six charities that she formally supported at the time of her death.

NAT is a small charity with one office found on Old Street in London, and maintains a permanent staff of less than 20 and a pool of volunteers. The current chief executive is Deborah Jack.[12]

An important recurring role of NAT is the annual hosting of the World AIDS Day[13] website. NAT develops resources[14] each year to enable other HIV organisations to maximise the impact of World AIDS Day in the UK, which is 1 December.

NAT is an independent charity with a Board of Trustees, who are responsible for the governance and direction which the charity takes. The chair of the Board is currently Dame Denise Platt DBE.

Trustees

The trustees of the National AIDS Trust are:[15]

References

  1. "Who we are - About us - National AIDS Trust - NAT". nat.org.uk.
  2. "Why the Government Risks Letting People With HIV Down". The Huffington Post UK.
  3. "BMJ Blogs: The BMJ » Blog Archive » Yusef Azad: The changing face of injecting drug use in the UK". bmj.com.
  4. "Information and resources - NAT - National AIDS Trust - NAT". nat.org.uk.
  5. "Free HIV treatment on NHS for foreign nationals". BBC News.
  6. http://www.personneltoday.com/hr/equality-bill-to-ban-pre-employment-health-questionnaires/
  7. "Lifetime blood donation ban for gay men lifted today". PinkNews.
  8. Sarah Boseley. "Restrictions on health workers with HIV lifted as 'outdated' ban ends". the Guardian.
  9. Halesway Ltd. "HIVaware.org.uk - Home". hivaware.org.uk.
  10. "Welcome". lifewithhiv.org.uk.
  11. "My Care My Voice - Home". mycaremyvoice.org.uk.
  12. "Staff - Team - About us - NAT - Our team - About us - National AIDS Trust - NAT". nat.org.uk.
  13. Halesway Ltd. "World Aids Day". worldaidsday.org.
  14. "Shop". NAT.
  15. "Trustees - Our team - About us - National AIDS Trust - NAT". nat.org.uk.

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