Last night, the Terrence Higgins Trust recognised NAM with an award for HIV Information in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
The purpose of THT’s 20th anniversary awards was to say ‘thank you’ to individuals and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the HIV epidemic over the last 20 years. More information can be found on the THT website.
Caspar Thomson, NAM’s director, said:
“NAM is delighted to accept this award. All of our information resources are firmly rooted in the experiences of those most affected by HIV and this award is a tribute to all those who have, in their many and different ways, contributed to our work.”
“Terrence Higgins Trust has played such a central and inspiring role in the UK’s response to HIV and it is also a considerable honour for our work to be recognised on such a prestigious occasion by our colleagues and peers.”
This is the third award for NAM in a month. Earlier in November it won two BMA Patient Information Awards for Resistance, one of NAM’s celebrated information series for positive people booklets and for www.aidsmap.com, NAM’s website that is visited nearly a million times a year.
In the ceremony at St James's Palace, awards were also given for Social care (Positively Women); Leadership in Childcare (Catherine Peckham ) HIV prevention (CHAPS); Health Promotion (Positive Nation); Biomedical research (Robin Weiss); Social research (National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles); Creative influence (Geoff Posner); Writer/Media award (Eastenders); Visual presentation (Positive Lives); Professional clinical leadership (Brian Gazzard); Volunteer fundraiser (John Wynne-Williams); Campaigner (Tony Whitehead; Jonathan Grimshaw); Community Leadership (Winnie Sseruna; Rev Andrew Henderson); International leadership award (International Community of Women Living with HIV); Leadership in public health (Sir Donald Acheson); Complementary therapeutic support (Complementary Health Trust, formerly Immune Development Trust); Corporate contribution (Marks and Spencer); Trust contribution (Monument); Volunteer (Paul Meadows and Peter Tudor); Outstanding service to Terrence Higgins Trust (Stephen Fry).
The judging panel were: Dr Jane Anderson, Babs Evans, Dr. Ade Fakoya, Jonathan Grimshaw, Kate Thompson, Prof. Ian Weller, Tony Whitehead.