Heather Alcock presenting certificates to volunteers at the LASS AGM 6th October 2011
Heather Alcock, policy advisor for the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV & AIDS has agreed to join the LASS Board of Trustees as a co-opted Trustee.
This is great news for us and will give us a good profile nationally as well as influence with local MPs.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS is a backbench cross-Party group of MPs and Peers in the UK Parliament at Westminster.
MPs and Peers who have joined the Group have done so because they are concerned about both the devastation that HIV and AIDS are causing in developing countries and about their impact here in the UK including in our constituencies.
They believe that as parliamentarians they should play their part in addressing the HIV epidemic. In particular they say they have an important role in ensuring that laws and policies are respectful of human rights and promote public health.
On their website, you can read reports published by the Group, see examples of where we have raised issues about HIV and AIDS in Parliament and find out how to stay in touch with their work.
They say;
We value very highly the advice, guidance and support that we get from people living with HIV, NGOs and professionals outside Parliament. We hope that this website not only increases the information people can obtain about the Group, it also increases the dialogue between politicians and the people who are coping with the reality of life with HIV.
Please join us in welcoming Heather Alcock to our Board of Trustees.
- Lords Warn About “Woefully Inadequate Government Policies On HIV/AIDS (lass.org.uk)
- New partnership for HIV Prevention in England launched (lass.org.uk)
- Commonwealth Publication Raises Concerns Over Rights of HIV and AIDS Carers (lass.org.uk)
- Annual General Meeting 2011 (lass.org.uk)
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