Positive East

Positive East Positive East is East London's HIV charity.

Positive East has been at the forefront of HIV support for 30 years; supporting people from point of HIV diagnoses to longer term care. Guided by our mission - to improve the quality of life of individuals and communities affected by HIV – we have developed a holistic range of health and wellbeing services from HIV testing and counselling to practical workshops and complimentary therapies.

It's Volunteer Week! Without our volunteers Positive East’s reach and presence within the community would be nowhere nea...
06/06/2026

It's Volunteer Week!

Without our volunteers Positive East’s reach and presence within the community would be nowhere near as strong and consistent as it has been for over 30 years.

Our volunteers contributed around 7,715 hours last year to our HIV support and prevention services. Thanks to their dedication, programmes including our Befriending, Prevention and Testing, and Counselling Services, continue to reach more than 3,000 people every year.

Thank you today and everyday to our volunteers for making our work possible! ❤

Whatever time you can commit and skills you have - volunteer with us! Find out more through the link in our bio about how to get involved :)

CALL OUT - March with Positive East at the Pride Parade this year on Saturday 4th July! Email Nick if you would like to join us - [email protected]

This week the Quilt is coming to Wakefield!From 4-7 June, the entire UK AIDS Quilt UK will be on display at Wakefield Ex...
05/06/2026

This week the Quilt is coming to Wakefield!

From 4-7 June, the entire UK AIDS Quilt UK will be on display at Wakefield Exchange, the first time it has been shown outside London in full.



Panels will also be on display at venues across the city and district.

All free, no booking needed.

See the link in bio for full details of opening hours, special events including panel talks, workshops.

Join us on Saturday 6th at 2:30pm for a Reading of the Names Ceremony.

Today is HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (HLTSAD).This day also marks the anniversary of the first official medica...
05/06/2026

Today is HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (HLTSAD).

This day also marks the anniversary of the first official medical report on what would become the HIV/AIDS pandemic. On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), describing cases of a rare lung infection in five young, previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles, California. At the time of publication, two of these men had already died. This is now widely accepted as the first published account of what would become known as HIV/AIDS.

Shortly after this article was published, we would soon bear witness to one of the strongest demarcations in modern history: what life was like before HIV and what life was like after its “discovery”.

We're at a tipping point in the history of HIV. While medical advancements have made significant progress, the social barriers surrounding HIV remain a persistent obstacle.

We have the tools and resources to be the generation that stops the onward transmission of HIV and its associated stigmas. We owe it to those who came before us and future generations. The fight is not over, HIV must remain on the agenda.

We're not done yet.

To mark the day we are hosting a HIV Long-Term Survivors Day event. It will be a chance to share your story with others, and for those who wish to tell their story on video. We’ll then make people’s contributions into a short film “Survivor Stories” which we’ll use for World AIDS Day in December. Find out more here - https://www.positiveeast.org.uk/events/month/2026-06/

To learn more about our services and events visit our
website - www.positiveeast.org.uk

03/06/2026

Want fast, accurate and confidential answers to your sexual health questions? Then Chat to Pat!

Pat is our sexual health chatbot that can give you reliable information 24/7 about STIs, HIV, contraception, testing and more.

Pat can also find you your nearest HIV/STI test and book it within just a few minutes so why not take 2 minutes to book your next test today.

Chat to Pat here - www.positiveeast.org.uk/chattopat/

We had the best weekend at Mighty Hoopla marching in solidarity with the trans+ community with , dancing, and of course ...
02/06/2026

We had the best weekend at Mighty Hoopla marching in solidarity with the trans+ community with , dancing, and of course talking all things prevention and testing!

Across the weekend:

⭐173 kit QR codes were scanned or ordered
⭐4,090 condoms were given out
⭐4,090 l**e packets were given out
⭐3,817 lovely people stopped to have a chat with us about PrEP, U=U, and testing

Thank you to our staff and volunteers for working so hard even in the intense heat to make those conversations possible and for representing Positive East so well as always ❤🎉☀🥰

Thank you to for another fantastic year

Join our Theatre Workshop!If you came along to our March 21st Wellbeing Day, you may have taken part in the theatre work...
01/06/2026

Join our Theatre Workshop!

If you came along to our March 21st Wellbeing Day, you may have taken part in the theatre workshop with Eduardo Arcelus. Eduardo and his colleague Gabriele Uboldi told us that the workshop was ‘transformational’ in the development of their play “I dream of rabbits”. They’re back at Positive East to show how the work has progressed, with excerpts from the play, and a chance for further input.

They will be here on Wednesday 3rd June from 11am to 1pm. You don’t need to have come to the previous workshop to come along to this!

For further details or to let us know you want to come, contact Jack Summerside [email protected]

https://www.positiveeast.org.uk/event/i-dream-of-rabbits-theatre-workshop-with-eduardo-arcelus/

Swipe for everything happening at Positive East in June including - Theatre Workshops, our HIV Long-Term Survivors Day L...
01/06/2026

Swipe for everything happening at Positive East in June including - Theatre Workshops, our HIV Long-Term Survivors Day Lunch, and the start of our Mindfulness Course.

More info here - https://www.positiveeast.org.uk/events/

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is an integral part of social history, remembering a generation of loved ones lost during the...
28/05/2026

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is an integral part of social history, remembering a generation of loved ones lost during the epidemic in the 80s and 90s. Each individual panel commemorates someone who died of AIDS and has been lovingly made by their friends, lovers or family. All 42 panels of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt are archived here at Positive East.

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Partnership, is a coalition of seven UK HIV charities, including Positive East, working together to find a permanent home for the UK Quilt, to conserve it and to ensure it is put on public display as often as possible.

This is panel 1 of 42

The panel commemorates the lives of Kevin, Ian, Peter, Gerald and Chris.

The quilt is a unique historical document that reminds us how far we have come in the fight against HIV but also that there is still so far to go.

Positive East’s Prevention & Testing team works at venues across East London, making it easier than ever for you to get ...
27/05/2026

Positive East’s Prevention & Testing team works at venues across East London, making it easier than ever for you to get tested in person for STI’s and HIV.

If you visit us for a free and confidential HIV test, you'll find out your HIV status during your appointment! We also test for Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia and Hepatitis B & C, and you'll get those results within 10 working days from Barts Health.

To book your next free rapid and confidential HIV or STI test, Chat To Pat on our website and they will find a location which is easy and convenient for you.

We recommend testing often if you are sexually active!

Book your next test here - https://www.positiveeast.org.uk/chattopat/

Positive East were on chatting all things U=U Community Quilt!Listen now at - HIVHour.org.ukWhat is the U=U Community Q...
26/05/2026

Positive East were on chatting all things U=U Community Quilt!

Listen now at - HIVHour.org.uk

What is the U=U Community Quilt?

Positive East collected thousands of photographs submitted from around the world—from London to Sydney, Gaborone to Sacramento—to celebrate the U=U message. These images come from people living proudly with an undetectable viral load, as well as allies who support and champion U=U.

The photographs are printed on fabric and arranged to form the powerful statement: U=U.

The project draws upon a visual medium and language that has deep roots within the HIV Community - quilting. Across nine community stitching sessions, 174 contributors dedicated more than 1,500 hours of stitching to transform 4,000 photographs into three expansive 6’ × 6’ quilt panels.

Each individual stitch reflects the diversity and resilience of our global community. Each individual image amplifies this message thousands of times, creating a collective statement that fully reveals itself only when every individual contribution is viewed together. A single blue square represents all those who are no longer with us.

The U=U Community Quilt has been crafted with the same love and care as the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt. It allows us to re-imagine the AIDS Quilt in the historic era of U=U, while contributing to a growing and diverse archive of visual and artistic responses to HIV.

Find out more and submit your selfie here - https://www.positiveeast.org.uk/uequalsuquilt/

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159 Mile End Road
London
E14AQ

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 8:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 2pm

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