The Martin Fisher Foundation would like to thank everyone for coming to the bus launch and the media coverage. Read more about the bus here. The first HIV themed bus in Brighton & Hove and the UK.
On Saturday 5th October we launched the Martin Fisher Foundation Bus at Hove Lawns, Brighton and Hove. This is the first ever HIV themed public information bus in the UK and possibly worldwide. Over 67 million people travel on the buses in a year in Brighton and Hove and they will get to read up … Read more
For this year’s Brighton and Hove Pride Festival we choose for our charity the theme of tackling HIV stigma and the message that U=U. This means that someone with an undetectable HIV viral load (meaning they are on effective treatment that has completely suppressed the virus) cannot transmit the virus to their partner. Undetectable = Untransmittable! … Read more
Well, what an amazing event organised by Aiden Bex! We raised over £2300 for the Martin Fisher Foundation through raffles sales and charity buckets. We sold over £1000 in raffle tickets and the wonderful Glencairn Consulting Ltd matched that amount. Wow! It is incredible. We can’t thank Aiden enough and his amazing talented contributors for … Read more
We are delighted that the Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company will be naming one of their buses after Professor Martin Fisher, an outstanding leader in the field of HIV Medicine who built a world class service here in Brighton. Everyone is invited to join the Martin Fisher Foundation for the celebration of the … Read more
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
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
Over 20 runners raised money for The Martin Fisher Foundation on Saturday 11th May 2019 at the Brighton Run2Music event. Well done and thank you to our runners and supporters. Our runners braved the wind, the rain and sunshine to complete the 5K run at Maderia Drive on Saturday. Our runners got into the spirit … Read more
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
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
