• C-Card Training for those with a remit to deliver C-Card in Torbay 10th February & 14th March
• Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) PGD Review.  An annual review for those already working under the PGD & registered with Torbay Public Health

Please visit our Training page for more details.

Friday 30^th March – Sunday 1^st April 2012

Spring Retreat: a weekend of calm and peacefulness away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life for those living with HIV, their partners, families and friends.

Programme includes opportunities for small group discussion, meditation, complementary therapies carried out by skilled, qualified and registered professionals – all groups and activities are optional.

The programme offers time for reflection, and allows space for solitude as well as exploration of the countryside and neighbouring places of interest.

Ammerdown Retreat Centre is situated in the Somerset countryside, close to Radstock in a converted stable block, offering very pleasant and comfortable accommodation set in beautiful grounds full of wild flowers.

The Ammerdown Centre
Ammerdown Park
Radstock
Somerset
BA3 5SW

The cost of the weekend is £160.00 on a full board basis. Places are limited and are advertised throughout the UK within other HIV agencies, if you are interested in attending or would like more information please contact:

Maureen Bromage at The Eddystone Trust 01752 257077

or by emailing: supportservices@eddystone.org.uk

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The Eddystone Trust Regional Conference was a huge success.  We would like to thank everyone involved in helping to make the day memorable and run smoothly.

Click below to download some of the contributors presentations from the day.

50Plus the THTAge UK research

No Bars to Sexual Health Exeter

Treatment as Prevention

Young people, sex, sexual health & HIV

Testing Times SW Present

The Conference was successfully attended by over 100 people; our most memorable moments include uplifting and motivational speeches from Jonathan Grimshaw, Katie Bacon, Veronica Nall and Lindsay Beadnall, Annie Hargreaves, Gus Cairns and Tom Doyle.

Finally our thanks go to the glue that held it all together, our very skilled and enthusastic Co-Chairs, Justine Womack and Mike Jarman.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) involves people who are HIV-negative taking anti-HIV drugs to prevent HIV infection.

The Partners study, which took place in Kenya and Uganda, gave participants either tenofovir (Viread), Truvada (tenofovir and FTC) or a placebo. Infections were reduced by 62% in people taking tenofovir alone and by 73% in those taking Truvada. The study was ended more than 18 months early because early results showed PrEP was so effective.

Participants in the TDF2 study, in Botswana, took either Truvada or a placebo; Truvada reduced infections by 63%.

Co-chair of the Partners study, Dr Jared Baeten, says: “This is a very exciting finding for the field of HIV prevention. Now … the priority for HIV prevention research must be on how to deliver successful prevention strategies, like PrEP, to populations in greatest need.”

These findings add to the picture of effectiveness of PrEP, following recent conflicting findings from the iPrEX study and the FEM-PrEP trial.

More detailed findings from the TDF2 study will be presented at the IAS conference in Rome next week, and NAM will report on these in our daily bulletins from the conference (see box to the right). You can also visit our online ‘Pre-exposure prophylaxis’ resource for more discussion and information on previous research.

The Eddystone Trust HIV and Sexual Health conference is on Thursday 29th September  at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter (opposite central station).

The conference will be held from 9.30am – 4pm

The event will focus on HIV in 2011 at a local, national and international level.

This is a FREE event

Themes to include:

• HIV facts and figures in 2011
• HIV and older people
• HIV and sexual health
• HIV, SRE and young people
• HIV and prisoners
• HIV and community testing
• HIV, sexual health and social media and technology
• HIV and hard to hear groups in the South West

New resources and a range of stalls, information and networking opportunities will be available.

Bookings will open on Wednesday 3rd August. 

You can prebook your place now, send an e-mail with your contact details and we will hold your place!

This event will CPD accredited.

We had a fantastic time at Torbay Pride!

Thanks again to everybody who made it such a success and all of the lovely volunteers that gave up their time to help out!

Each group will consist of 6 to 8 men.

These will be held at the Blue Bear Deli (café) 21 Bilbury Street, Bretonside, Plymouth, PL4 0BH

Younger gay men 6pm –7pm (18 to 25 years)
A group looking at the creative concepts that might be developed for a national condom campaign later this year. The feedback will be used to help decide which ideas are taken forward for further development at this stage and in the words of X factor – are through to the next round!

The second mixed group 7.30 –8.30 pm (25 to 50 years)
A group looking at range of recent HIV mass media visual materials- the group will be asked to sort by impact and effectiveness and there will be a lot of opportunity for discussion. The outcome of this work will have some big implications for the future of commissioning HIV mass media work.

If you or anyone you know of anyone that may be interested in participating in either of these groups could you ask them to contact Paul King directly on 01752 257 077.

Operation Checkmate is a day of entertainment, prizewinning challenges and loads of tips, information and demonstrations on how to stay healthy and improve your fitness.

This year the theme for the week is ‘How new technologies can improve men’s health’. The Men’s Health Forum produce mini manuals on a wide range of health topics, and this year the manual focuses on encouraging men to use the internet safely and effectively, for health issues.

Operation Checkmate will take part on the Piazza, Armada Way, Plymouth from 11am to 4pm on Saturday 18 June 2011. There will be plenty of opportunities to try out new gadgets, have a health mot and get friendly up to date information on a wide range of health topics!

For more information please visit: www.menshealthforum.org.uk