Terrence Higgins Trust Teesside

14/04/2026

02/04/2026

🙌Great stuff on BBC EastEnders last night.

It's so important for everyone to know that people living with HIV on treatment can't pass the virus on.

Having a major TV show share this message, and make clear it isn't a big deal is really powerful.

17/03/2026

A long-acting injectable form of PrEP has become available in the UK for the first time, and NICE is currently considering whether to approve a second injectable form.

Would you be interested in taking long-acting PrEP?

Tell us about your experience 👇
https://forms.office.com/e/DQK6DCFHtV

28/02/2026

As we end LGBT+ History Month, we're remembering our namesake, Terry Higgins.

In June 1982, Terry collapsed on the Heaven Nightclub dancefloor and was later hospitalised. Less than a month later, on 4 July 1982, Terry became the first named person to die from an AIDS-related illness. He was just 37.

Terry’s death led his then-partner Rupert Whitaker OBE, friend Martyn Butler OBE, and other friends, to set up our charity. They took the heart from the logo of Heaven Nightclub, where Martyn and Terry had become friends, as the symbol of Terrence Higgins Trust.

We have been working in his name and using that symbol ever since.

Donate now to support our work and get a piece of history with your own Terrence Higgins Trust heritage heart badge.

https://tht.org.uk/?form=FUNKQWHACZM

23/02/2026

It is with deep sadness that we announce that our co-founder, patron and friend Martyn Butler OBE has died.

Martyn was born and raised in Newport and moved to London in the 1970s to work in advertising, cinema and entertainment. On the gay scene he met fellow Welshman Terry Higgins. They would go on to work in Heaven nightclub together, Martyn on the lasers and Terry on the decks.

When Terry became the first named-person to die of an AIDS-related illness in the UK, Martyn joined forces with Terry’s boyfriend Rupert Whitaker to found Europe’s first HIV-response organisation. Terrence Higgins Trust was created in 1982 to humanise the epidemic, support people living with AIDS and share the information that would prevent HIV transmission.

Martyn did the first fundraiser, spoke at the first AIDS conference organised by Gay Switchboard and the Gay Medics Association, designed the first Terrence Higgins Trust leaflet and used his home phone number as the first AIDS helpline.

For five decades he has supported Terrence Higgins Trust, people living with HIV, and fought for LGBT rights.

Brave and deeply kind, Martyn will be sorely missed.

https://tht.org.uk/news/it-deep-sadness-terrence-higgins-trust-announces-sudden-death-our-co-founder-patron-and-friend

12/02/2026

National HIV Testing Week 2026 today we're the Community Hub Central in Hartlepool offering information, advice and guidance on all things HIV, Testing options, treatment, Prevention, PrEP and PEP and rapid point of care testing for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis C. You can find us in the foyer from 10:00am till 1:00pm pop down and say hello. Everyone is welcome.
If you'd like to take at home please follow the link below.
https://freetesting.hiv/

11/02/2026

National HIV Testing Week 2026 today we're the Live Well Centre, Middlesbrough offering information, advice and guidance on all things HIV, Testing options, treatment, Prevention, PrEP and PEP and rapid point of care testing for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis C. We're here from 9:30am till 3:00pm pop down and say hello. As you can see everyone is welcome.
If you'd like to take at home please follow the link below.
https://freetesting.hiv/

10/02/2026

National HIV Testing we day 2 at Redcar Library we have a stall with lots of information on HIV testing options, treatment, prevention, PrEP and PEP. Please pop along and see us here from 10:30am till 2:00pm and join in the conversation. We have rapid point of care testing available for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis C. You can order a HIV test https://freetesting.hiv/

09/02/2026

National HIV Testing Week 2026 Day 1 in Stockton, pop along and see us at the Wellbeing Hub for a chat about all things HIV , testing, treatment and prevention. We are here from 9:30am till 15:00.