So what have the Martin Fisher Foundation team been up to recently?

U=U Pride 2019 the Martin Fisher team

Well…. Alan took down his net lace curtains and found some paint sprays. Off to Gill’s for her expertise with a sewing machine and then Julia and Sarah working wonders with brightly coloured tape and bamboo sticks. What have we got – Lace U=U flags for the Martin Fisher Foundation team to wave at the … Read more

Published paper on the evaluation of the Digital Vending Machines

We have published a study in the prestigious BMJ STI journal describing the development and evaluation of an innovative intervention to improve HIV testing using digital vending machines to deliver HIV self-tests. The user collects a sample of blood and get the results in 15 minutes. The study demonstrated that vending machines to distribute HIV … Read more

Run2Music fundraising event 11th May Brighton Maderia Drive

We have about 20 runners at this event fundraising for The Martin Fisher Foundation to help the charity move forward with its goal of ZERO HIV transmission and therefore NO NEW CASES of HIV in Brighton & Hove. Please come along to support us and donate to the charity! Find donation details on our website. … Read more

Charity screening of the powerful film 1985

1985 film screening The Martin Fisher Foundation

This event was organised by Alan Spink and Ash Kotak on behalf of The Martin Fisher Foundation and AIDSMemoryUK on Friday 12th April at the Sallis Benney Theatre in Brighton. It was a very interesting evening with talks from 4 people offering different perspectives on living with HIV in the U.K. in 2019. Diverse groups … Read more

New Fundraising and Communication Manager

The Martin Fisher Foundation is delighted to have on board Sarah Evans as our Fundraising and Communication Manager. Sarah started in March 2019 and has been involved in the international and national charity sector for over 10 years, working in programme development and fundraising. Sarah will be managing several events over the coming months and … Read more

Digital Vending Machine at the B Right On LGBT+ Community Festival

A world first for the B RIGHT ON LGBT+ Community Festival – Brighton & Hove become the first city in the world to have a mobile Digital Vending Machine distributing HIV self-tests. THE machine will be launched by the Martin Fisher Foundation at the third annual B RIGHT ON LGBT+ Community Festival when it opens … Read more

What happened at the Community Stakeholder’s Event December 2018?

The Martin Fisher Foundation Fast Track Cities Joint Working Diagram

Community Engagement Meeting 7th December On 7th December we held a lively Community Engagement event with 35 attendees from a whole variety of organisations. The meeting was particularly exciting as Public Health England had just released their annual HIV data confirming that Brighton & Hove had now reached:   93:99:98 by the end of 2017, … Read more