Blind Spots & New Perspectives
19 FEBRUARY 2025

Join us at the Blind Spots workshop to:

• Take a closer look at the psychology and science of blind spots.

• Explore the notion of blind-spots and how coaching can support awareness and ultimately give us a different perspective.

• Take away coaching techniques of self-reflection and practical tips on how to view things from different viewpoints. 

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help LGBT Londoners become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All Connect Well LGBT workshops take place over Zoom and are free to adults from London’s LGBT Community.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

Re-Connect: a webinar to help you establish new relationships
22 JANUARY 2025

Learn about and understand the social, health and cultural aspects of feeling disconnected.

Join us at the Re-Connect workshop to:

• Explore cultural and social aspects, and research around health issues related to loneliness.

• Focus on coaching techniques and self-reflection for well-being improvement.

• Try out coaching tools to improve confidence, resilience and to make new connections.

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help LGBT Londoners become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All Connect Well LGBT workshops take place over Zoom and are free to adults from London’s LGBT Community.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

Mindfulness – the DOs and DON’Ts of a new revolution
18 DECEMBER 2024

Is mindfulness changing the (your) world or it is a new way of avoiding social and political awareness?

Join us at the Midfulness workshop to:

• Learn about mindfulness and how it has become a global movement.

• Discuss the myths and narrative about mindfulness and critique its cure-all claims.

• Exploit the full potential of mindfulness with a range of exercises for self and collective change.

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help LGBT Londoners become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All Connect Well LGBT workshops take place over Zoom and are free to adults from London’s LGBT Community.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

Self-Compassion
20 NOVEMBER 2024

Join us at the Self-Compassion workshop to:

• Learn about self-compassion and how to be kinder to yourself instead of judgmental.

• Discover how to choose common humanity instead of isolation, and mindfulness instead of over-identification.

• Test your self-compassion and discuss the results and ways to feel compassion for yourself. .

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help LGBT Londoners become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All Connect Well LGBT workshops take place over Zoom and are free to adults from London’s LGBT Community.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

Meaning & Purpose
16 OCTOBER 2024

Join us at the Meaning & Purpose workshop to:

• Explore the notions of meaning and purpose

• Review and appraise your own values in reference to your identity

• Refocus your personal and professional life to engage more attentively with the world.

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help LGBT Londoners become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All Connect Well LGBT workshops take place over Zoom and are free to adults from London’s LGBT Community.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

The 3 Brains (head, heart and gut)
18 SEPTEMBER 2024

Learn how by using the 3 Brains we can create long-term change and balance our decision-making process.

Join us at the The 3 Brains workshop to:

• Find out the science and nature of the 3 brains

• Discover how our conscious and unconscious minds work together

• Test which brain you are currently operating on and practice decision making using the 3 brains

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help LGBT Londoners become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All Connect Well LGBT workshops take place over Zoom and are free to adults from London’s LGBT Community.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

Emotional Intelligence
21 AUGUST 2024

Emotional Intelligence is a type of intelligence that involves the ability to process emotional information and use it in reasoning and other cognitive activities.

Join us at the Emotional Intelligence (EI) workshop to:

• Explore the four abilities of the EI model

• Discover how EI helps us manage and regulate our own emotions and allow us to notice and understand how others are feeling

• Learn about Positive and Negative Emotional Attractors (PEAs and NEAs respectively) as a way of self-regulating our own emotions and influencing others

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help LGBT Londoners become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All Connect Well LGBT workshops take place over Zoom and are free to adults from London’s LGBT Community.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE
3 JULY 2024

Do you want to learn how to improve self-belief and boost confidence? 

You are invited to join us at a free interactive workshop exploring how you can improve your self-confidence.

Join us at the BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE workshop to:

• Learn how to better manage negative thoughts and behaviour.

• Learn how to boost confidence and reduce anxiety.

• Explore what is holding you back.

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help people living with HIV in London become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All our workshops take place over Zoom and are free to everyone living with HIV in London who is over 18 years old.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

MENTAL FITNESS
5 JUNE 2024

We often talk about our physical health but how can we look after and improve our mental fitness? 

You are invited to join us at a free interactive workshop exploring how you can feel more confident about improving your mental fitness and develop practical strategies to support positive mental health.

Join us at the MENTAL FITNESS workshop to:

• Learn how to exercise your mind.

• Learn how to boost your mental fitness.

• Discover practical tools to support positive mental health.

Facilitated by experienced therapists and based on the key principles of positive behaviour change, our fun online workshops help people living with HIV in London become more confident, motivated and resilient.

All our workshops take place over Zoom and are free to everyone living with HIV in London who is over 18 years old.

Places on each workshop are allocated on a first come basis – with a maximum of 30 participants per group.

Join the Mental Fitness workshop led by Ana Paula Nacif, an experienced wellbeing coach.

Ana's coaching style is insightful, challenging, intuitive, encouraging, direct and energetic. By creating an atmosphere of trust, she is able to challenge comfort zones and tap into the resourcefulness of her clients with clarity.

Earlier in 2022, the Bloomsbury Clinic invited its patients to feedback on the service we provided during the pandemic and to tell us what model of care should be adopted going forward.

Dr Stuart Flanagan, Consultant Physician HIV & BBV Medicine will update patients on the findings of our Patient Survey and future changes to the service suggested by you. Dr Flanagan led the team that created the survey and analysed its data.

This will be an opportunity to hear the feedback and ask questions.

Please join us:

Date: 14th March 2023

Time: 18:30 – 20:00

Zoom Link

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84466375802?pwd=WUhKTGRBMjhUZ0ZpdG5Ea1VqWEpldz09

Passcode: 353374

*Important Zoom Privacy Statement*

Please be aware that this is a Zoom meeting to allow you to communicate with us through sound and video, if you wish to. By joining the meeting, you will be responsible for your anonymity and confidentiality. You can change your name and switch off your camera before you join.

Want support to build your work skills and confidence?

Sign-up for our FREE face-to-face Work and Skills Workshop for everyone living with HIV in Camden and Islington.

The workshop is facilitated by Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) for people living with HIV who are unemployed, in unsuitable employment, are looking for a career change or thinking about volunteering. It will be an interactive, face to face workshop, designed to build work skills and confidence.

The workshop can support you with:
• Setting and achieving goals
• Understanding and demonstrating your skills
• CV writing and managing gaps in employment
• Successful application form writing
• Interview preparation

After completing the workshop you will be able to access an additional online Work and Skills programme which offers webinars to build confidence and increase motivation. You will also have access to one of THT’s volunteer Employment Mentors for six months and a wide range of e-learning modules.

Numbers are limited and places will be allocated in advance on a first come, first served basis. So please contact us today to register and avoid disappointment.

For more information or to find out how to register please complete the SIGN UP NOW form, email: coordinators@livingwellcic.com or call: 020 3137 3373

Want support to build your work skills and confidence?

Sign-up for our FREE face-to-face Work and Skills Workshop for everyone living with HIV in Camden and Islington.

The workshop is facilitated by Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) for people living with HIV who are unemployed, in unsuitable employment, are looking for a career change or thinking about volunteering. It will be an interactive, face to face workshop, designed to build work skills and confidence.

The workshop can support you with:
• Setting and achieving goals
• Understanding and demonstrating your skills
• CV writing and managing gaps in employment
• Successful application form writing
• Interview preparation

After completing the workshop you will be able to access an additional online Work and Skills programme which offers webinars to build confidence and increase motivation. You will also have access to one of THT’s volunteer Employment Mentors for six months and a wide range of e-learning modules.

Numbers are limited and places will be allocated in advance on a first come, first served basis. So please contact us today to register and avoid disappointment.

For more information or to find out how to register please complete the SIGN UP NOW form, or contact Joanne, candiNETWORK Coordinator, at: jo@livingwellcic.com or: 07979 694 377

Reducing Your Risk of Diabetes

Eating Positively is a FREE series of practical face-to-face Nutrition and Cookery classes facilitated by The Food Chain.

Sessions are free and open to everyone living with HIV in Camden and Islington and each class is led by a qualified Dietitian and a volunteer Chef.

The course aims to provide participants with a greater understanding of nutrition and how to eat a balanced varied diet, as well as practical demonstrations in preparing meals.

Eating Positively sessions aim to:

• Help people better manage their own health.

• Reduce people’s risk of developing further health complications.

• Improve people’s overall quality of life.

• Increase people’s confidence in the kitchen… and teach practical cooking skills.

Classes are suitable for everyone, whether you can already cook or have never learnt the basics. Each class includes nutritional theory, a cooking demonstration and a supervised cooking exercise, after which participants sit down to eat the food they cooked together. All participants go home with class information and recipe handouts.

Each class has a maximum of twelve participants so places must be booked and confirmed in advance. So please contact us today to register and avoid disappointment.

For more information or to find out how to register please complete the SIGN UP NOW form, or contact Joanne, candiNETWORK Coordinator, at: jo@livingwellcic.com or: 07979 694 377

Keeping Your Heart Healthy

Eating Positively is a FREE series of practical face-to-face Nutrition and Cookery classes facilitated by The Food Chain.

Sessions are free and open to everyone living with HIV in Camden and Islington and each class is led by a qualified Dietitian and a volunteer Chef.

The course aims to provide participants with a greater understanding of nutrition and how to eat a balanced varied diet, as well as practical demonstrations in preparing meals.

Eating Positively sessions aim to:

• Help people better manage their own health.

• Reduce people’s risk of developing further health complications.

• Improve people’s overall quality of life.

• Increase people’s confidence in the kitchen… and teach practical cooking skills.

Classes are suitable for everyone, whether you can already cook or have never learnt the basics. Each class includes nutritional theory, a cooking demonstration and a supervised cooking exercise, after which participants sit down to eat the food they cooked together. All participants go home with class information and recipe handouts.

Each class has a maximum of twelve participants so places must be booked and confirmed in advance. So please contact us today to register and avoid disappointment.

For more information or to find out how to register please complete the SIGN UP NOW form, or contact Joanne, candiNETWORK Coordinator, at: jo@livingwellcic.com or: 07979 694 377

Forgotten History of HIV - with Chris Sandford

This live event provides an introduction to the history of HIV through Chris’s personal experience.

Understanding the past helps us understand the future. It will take you on a journey from the early days when HIV was a death sentence to the opening of the first specialist ward by Princess Diana; from the advent of effective medication in the 90s to the present day—when HIV is considered a manageable condition.

• Why is there still so much stigma around HIV?

• What is the psychological impact of an HIV diagnosis?

• The future is full of hope. What next?

There will be a Q & A at the end of the presentation.

 Chris Sandford has been living with HIV for over 40 years. He is a Governor of Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust, teaches in colleges and universities, is a Trustee of two HIV charities, and is Education Director of the National HIV Story Trust.

The National HIV Story Trust is dedicated to filming the stories of people who survived the HIV pandemic of the 80s and 90s—and their doctors, nurses, families, and political allies.

These interviews will be a voice for those who didn’t survive, a chance to honour those who did, and an education for those who are alive today because of this generational struggle. 

 The interviews are available at the London Metropolitan Archives.

• Event date: October 18, 2022

• Event time: 18:30 – 20:00

• Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/88984616512

For more information about future Bloomsbury Network events sign-up for their Newsletter at: bloomsburynetwork.co.uk

Eating Well on a Budget

Eating Positively is a FREE series of practical face-to-face Nutrition and Cookery classes facilitated by The Food Chain.

Sessions are free and open to everyone living with HIV in Camden and Islington and each class is led by a qualified Dietitian and a volunteer Chef.

The course aims to provide participants with a greater understanding of nutrition and how to eat a balanced varied diet, as well as practical demonstrations in preparing meals.

Eating Positively sessions aim to:

• Help people better manage their own health.

• Reduce people’s risk of developing further health complications.

• Improve people’s overall quality of life.

• Increase people’s confidence in the kitchen… and teach practical cooking skills.

Classes are suitable for everyone, whether you can already cook or have never learnt the basics. Each class includes nutritional theory, a cooking demonstration and a supervised cooking exercise, after which participants sit down to eat the food they cooked together. All participants go home with class information and recipe handouts.

Each class has a maximum of twelve participants so places must be booked and confirmed in advance by completing the Registration form at: eatingpositivelyoct22.eventbrite.co.uk

If you have any questions or would like to discuss or any of our services further they please email Joanne, the candiNETWORK Coordinator at: jo@livingwellcic.com

Want support to build your work skills and confidence?

Sign-up for our FREE face-to-face Work and Skills Workshop for everyone living with HIV in Camden and Islington.

The workshop is facilitated by Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) for people living with HIV who are unemployed, in unsuitable employment, are looking for a career change or thinking about volunteering. It will be an interactive, face to face workshop, designed to build work skills and confidence.

The workshop can support you with:
• Setting and achieving goals
• Understanding and demonstrating your skills
• CV writing and managing gaps in employment
• Successful application form writing
• Interview preparation

After completing the workshop you will be able to access an additional online Work and Skills programme which offers webinars to build confidence and increase motivation. You will also have access to one of THT’s volunteer Employment Mentors for six months and a wide range of e-learning modules.

Numbers are limited and places will be allocated in advance on a first come, first served basis. So please Register now to avoid disappointment: workandskills.eventbrite.co.uk

If you have any questions or would like to discuss or any of our services further they please email Joanne, the candiNETWORK Coordinator at: jo@livingwellcic.com

Sex, Drugs and HIV - with special guest Dr Indrajit Ghosh

The Bloomsbury Clinic Peer Support Team in collaboration with Nick Adams and Hendrik de Vries, volunteers from the Club Drug Clinic, have devised a series of events exploring the journeys of people living with HIV and struggling with addiction, focusing on Chemsex and recovery.

Over a cuppa, Nick and Hendrik will chat with their guests about their personal journeys of recovery and the work they do supporting others struggling with addiction.  They would like to showcase the support available and get up close and personal to some of the health professionals who inspired and continue to inspire Nick and Hendrik in their on-going journeys of recovery.

Sex, Drugs and HIV will kick off their series with first guest Dr Indrajit Ghosh, a Specialty Doctor in GUM/HIV/Hepatitis at Central and North West London Foundation Trust, working at the Bloomsbury Clinic, Mortimer Market Centre and providing outreach healthcare to Camden’s homeless community. Dr Ghosh will talk about his personal and professional experience supporting people struggling with addiction, social and health inequalities.

Nick Adams arrived in London at the age of 17 after a childhood of bullying and sexual abuse. These deep-seated traumas, along with a lack of formal education, left him with few options. He soon discovered the dark underworld of drugs, sex and prostitution which offered him, for the first time in his life, a sense of belonging and community. What followed was 30 years of drug abuse, from ecstasy and acid in the 90’s to Crystal meth and G in the 2000’s. Nick is now over 2 years clean and sober, lives a healthy lifestyle and volunteers for HIV and substance abuse charities and the NHS, namely CNWL’s Club Drug Clinic.

Hendrik de Vries has been living with HIV since 2006. Following an emotionally abusive relationship he slipped into drug use to try to find “intimacy”.  His diagnosis increased his recreational drug use during sex, which enabled him to avoid thinking about HIV. His drug use escalated after he started taking treatment. He believes that he was self-medicating to mitigate the side effects of medication, but acknowledges that his drug use spiralled out of control. 

• Event title: Sex, Drugs and HIV

• Event date: 29 September 2022

• Event time: 18:30 – 20:00

• Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/82312864983?pwd=OE4wc21KYmQrdmduTkdwRmExekRSdz09

For more information about future Bloomsbury Network events sign-up for their Newsletter at: bloomsburynetwork.co.uk

Women’s Health Fertility

Considering fertility treatment? Or worried that your medication and HIV might affect your fertility?

To put your mind to rest, we invited Professor Yvonne Gilleece, a Honorary Clinical Professor and Consultant in HIV Medicine & Sexual Health at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust to talk to us about HIV and fertility.

Professor Yvonne Gilleece trained in Dublin and London and is Honorary Clinical Professor and Consultant in HIV Medicine & Sexual Health at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust. She is a national and international leader on HIV in Women and is mediate past Chair of the BHIVA Pregnancy Guidelines, Chair of WAVE, Chair of SWIFT, promoting research in women living with HIV. She is currently the Honorary Secretary of BHIVA. She also specialises in HIV and Bone and HIV and Hepatitis Co-infection & Liver Dysfunction.

•  Event date: Sep 22, 2022

• Event time: 18:30 – 20:00

• Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87535109000?pwd=UWliWEpNaU1iTElZZkZCcUZGcG5Jdz09

• Passcode: 997099

For more information about future Bloomsbury Network events sign-up for their Newsletter at: bloomsburynetwork.co.uk

Bloomsbury Summer Picnic

The Bloomsbury Network Team invite members and friends to join us for our late Summer picnic.

Some food and drink will be provided though please feel free to bring your own favourite nibbles and drinks! Members of the BN Committee and the MM Clinic and Peer Support workers will make an appearance.

The picnic will take place on 10th Sept 13:30 - 17:00

Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens, The Regent's Park, Chester Road, London, NW1 4NR .

• Event date: Sept 10, 2022

• Event time: 13:30 – 17:00

• Location: Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens, The Regent's Park, Chester Road, London, NW1 4NR .

For more information about future Bloomsbury Network events sign-up for their Newsletter at: bloomsburynetwork.co.uk

Introduction to Nutrition

Eating Positively is a FREE series of practical face-to-face Nutrition and Cookery classes facilitated by The Food Chain.

Sessions are free and open to everyone living with HIV in Camden and Islington and each class is led by a qualified Dietitian and a volunteer Chef.

The course aims to provide participants with a greater understanding of nutrition and how to eat a balanced varied diet, as well as practical demonstrations in preparing meals.

Eating Positively sessions aim to:

• Help people better manage their own health.

• Reduce people’s risk of developing further health complications.

• Improve people’s overall quality of life.

• Increase people’s confidence in the kitchen… and teach practical cooking skills.

Classes are suitable for everyone, whether you can already cook or have never learnt the basics. Each class includes nutritional theory, a cooking demonstration and a supervised cooking exercise, after which participants sit down to eat the food they cooked together. All participants go home with class information and recipe handouts.

Each class has a maximum of twelve participants so places must be booked and confirmed in advance by completing the Registration form at:

If you have any questions or would like to discuss or any of our services further they please email Joanne, the candiNETWORK Coordinator at: jo@livingwellcic.com

Want support to build your work skills and confidence?

Terrence Higgins Trust’s in-person Work and Skills Workshop is free for everyone living with HIV in Camden and Islington.

The workshop can support you with:
• Setting and achieving goals
• Understanding and demonstrating your skills
• CV writing and managing gaps in employment
• Successful application form writing
• Interview preparation

To discuss further and book a place on the next workshop contact the candiNETWORK Coordinator at: jo@livingwellcic.com

Struggling with intimacy? Unable to relax and enjoy sex because of your diagnosis?

Join the Bloomsbury Network and the Mortimer Market Clinic Peer Support Team for WOMEN’S WISDOM TO WELLBEING - Understanding and exploring sexual wellbeing. An online Webinar on 18 Aug 2022 at 18:30 - 20.00.

Session 4 will focus on understanding and exploring sexual well-being through personal and wider societal perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards sex and developing self-empowered approaches towards sexual wellbeing.

The aim of the Women’s Wisdom and Wellbeing workshops is to understand and promote mental well-being and identify, explore and develop self-help approaches towards holistic wellbeing.

Life Coach and Trainer Mina Kakaiya is a South Asian woman living with HIV, an activist, speaker, author, and volunteer peer mentor. Amongst other qualifications, she holds a degree in Neuroscience and a Masters in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). Mina has been involved in a number of HIV campaigns and teaches Emotional Resilience, Mindfulness, Peer Support, and Sexual Wellbeing workshops.

Only those who identify as women and live with HIV can participate in these workshops. In order to receive a link for the workshop, please contact the Peer Support Team on 020 3317 5177 or cnwl.MMC-HIV-PeerSupport@nhs.net

* Important Zoom Privacy Statement *

This event will be conducted as a regular Zoom meeting in order for you to interact with the facilitator(s) and the other participants. The Zoom link will be emailed to you individually. Therefore, you need to register with us. Once you receive the Zoom link, please don’t share it with others in order to maintain everyone’s confidentiality. 

*Event date: Aug 18, 2022

*Event time: 18:30 – 20:00

*Zoom link:* Please email to register cnwl.MMC-HIV-PeerSupport@nhs.net

The Bloomsbury Network’s Beyond Diagnosis Course (BDC) is a three-day closed course for anyone living with HIV that wants to come to better terms with their condition, whether they were diagnosed many years ago or just last month. The Course is led by volunteers who are themselves living with HIV and areas covered include: disclosure; medication, side effects, drug interactions/resistance and managing adherence.

The Course will be held in-person at a central London venue across three Saturdays.  Sessions will start at 10:30 and finish at 15.30 each day. Participants need to attend all three sessions.

Across three Saturday sessions, participants explore:

• Dealing with your diagnosis

• Learning about undetectability

• Medication Q&A

• Handling stigma, disclosure and relationships

• Equality and the law

• Advice on wellbeing

The BDC is a closed group - meaning that only registered Bloomsbury Network Members living with HIV can attend.

For further information please contact the candiNETWORK Coordinator at: jo@livingwellcic.com

Join the Bloomsbury Network and Mortimer Market Peer Support Team for the launch of our new Camden and Islington HIV Network (candiNETWORK) on 7th July  2022 at 18:30 online.

Everyone living in Camden and Islington now has access to a new Network offering a wide range of mental health, emotional wellbeing, peer support, nutrition, work and benefits, physical activity and educational support services.

candiNETWORK is funded by Camden and Islington councils and delivered in collaboration by Living Well, Positively UK, the Bloomsbury Network, Central YMCA, The Food Chain and Terrence Higgins Trust.

candiNETWORK services include: Counselling, Life Coaching, Positive Health, Outdoor Activities, Wellbeing Workshops, Art Therapy, Benefits and Welfare Support, Work and Skills Training, Community Events, Beyond Diagnosis Course, Educational Forums, Participatory Workshops, Eating Positively, Peer Support and Peer Mentor Training.

Services are available face to face and at venues across Camden and Islington, and many can also be accessed online or over the telephone.

This online event is open to all Bloomsbury Network Members.

To gain access to this and future Bloomsbury Network events sign-up for their Network Newsletter at: bloomsburynetwork.co.uk

We’re hosting a community event, and we’d love to see you there. Join service users and professionals for the launch of our new Camden and Islington HIV Network (candiNETWORK) on 30 June 2022, 17:45 - 19:30. Register now: candinetwork.eventbrite.co.uk

Everyone living in Camden and Islington now has access to a new Network offering a wide range of mental health, emotional wellbeing, peer support, nutrition, work and benefits, physical activity and educational support services.

candiNETWORK is funded by Camden and Islington councils and delivered in collaboration by Living Well, Positively UK, the Bloomsbury Network, Central YMCA, The Food Chain and Terrence Higgins Trust.

candiNETWORK services include: Counselling, Life Coaching, Positive Health, Outdoor Activities, Wellbeing Workshops, Art Therapy, Benefits and Welfare Support, Work and Skills Training, Community Events, Beyond Diagnosis Course, Educational Forums, Participatory Workshops, Eating Positively, Peer Support and Peer Mentor Training.

Services are available face to face at venues across Camden and Islington, and many can also be accessed online or over the telephone.

We invite you to join us at our network Launch Event on 30 June from 17.45 – 19.30 at Terrence Higgins Trust, Caledonian Road to find out more about the new Network and hear how past participants have benefited from the services available.

Drinks and food will be available and we'll also be announcing the creation of a new Network Co-Production Group which will give you the opportunity to play a more active role in the future evaluation and development of services in Camden and Islington.

Spaces at the Launch Event are limited so please register now if you wish to attend at: candinetwork.eventbrite.co.uk

We hope you’re able to join us!

The Bloomsbury Network and Mortimer Market Peer Support Team invite you to their online Participatory Forum on Monkeypox.

Laura Waters is a Consultant Physician at the Mortimer Market Clinic, HIV Lead for Central and North West London NHS Trust, and Chair of the British HIV Association.

Laura will be providing updates on:

• What is monkeypox?

• What are the symptoms of monkeypox?

• Am I at greater risk if I’m HIV positive?

• What should I do if I think I have monkeypox?

There will also be an opportunity to ask Laura questions.

This online event is open for all Bloomsbury Network Members, regardless of HIV status or gender identity.

To gain access to this and future Bloomsbury Network events sign-up for their Network Newsletter at: bloomsburynetwork.co.uk