Peer Engagement Volunteer My Community Forum
Terrence Higgins Trust
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
Forum. You will support Terrence Higgins Trust staff and other volunteers to deliver a smooth online experience for
forum members by providing peer support, responding to posts, hosting live chats, adding relevant content for forum
members and generally communicating within our online community.If you have specialist skills or knowledge to contribute, or are looking to attain specialist experience, please join us. Our
specialist engagement volunteers help us respond to varying degrees of need on a one-to-one or group basis online.
You may be a personal trainer, nutritionist or HIV treatment expert, for example. Help us to help our members develop new
skills through online peer support.Online Engagement Volunteers provide emotional and social support based on lived experience. Our new Engagement
Volunteers should be people living with HIV so that they can give advice on how to manage HIV as a long-term
condition. Ideally, we would like someone to dedicate two hours per week, but this is flexible and will be discussed and
agreed with your volunteer manager.As this is a peer support role, supporting people living with HIV, these roles are only suitable for individuals with lived experience of HIVLocationLondonOffice base439 Caledonian Road, London, N7 9BGDBS/PVGRequiredDesired number of days per weekFlexibleClosing Date30/04/2024Job Reference1612Documents(PDF, 395.5kb)The organisationTerrence Higgins Trust was set up in 1982 following the death of its namesake, Terry Higgins, who was one of the very first people to die of an AIDS-related illness in the UK. As an organisation we are always aiming to ensure we are always meeting the needs of people affected by HIV and poor sexual health.A courageous organisationWe were formed in 1982 following the death of Terry Higgins, one of the very first to die from an AIDS-related illness in the UK. Since then, we’ve acted boldly and passionately to meet the challenges of this ever-changing epidemic. Now as the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, we are looking to take new, innovative steps to drive forward our ambition.An ambitious organisationWe are working to end HIV transmission in the UK by 2030, help people to live with HIV and improve the nation’s sexual health. It’s a critical moment - for the first time our goals are within reach. We are working together with our beneficiaries and partners to make the end of HIV transmission a reality.A people organisationTerrence Higgins Trust is its people- our service users are central to our organisation and the services we provide, at the core of our organisation, driving how we work, where we work and what we do. Our talented staff create innovative and engaging programmes, many of whom are also living with HIV. We know that equity, diversity and inclusion are critical to the work we do. We are striving to be an anti-racist, anti-sexist organisation and are committed to having a workforce with people from different backgrounds.