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NAT Topic - Money, poverty and support

Money, poverty and support

Money, poverty & support

The issue: 

Most people living with HIV are well enough to work, but many are held back by stigma and discrimination in the job market. Some people living with HIV may be unable to work or have extra costs associated with disability, but the benefits system is complicated and can be intimidating. People living with HIV also don't have the same access to some financial products, such as life insurance, because the industry has not kept pace with the developments in HIV care.

What we do: 

National AIDS Trust campaigns to make the benefits system fairer and work better for people living with HIV and we provide guidance to hele people to access it. We challenge discrimination in the workplace and work to improve employers understanding of HIV, the law and how to support employees living with HIV. We work to increase access to financial products such as insurance by fighting for better regulation and practice.  


Check out our latest resources on this topic below: 

Blog

My name is Robert and I have HIV. That is probably a pretty common opening line for an NAT guest...
This is a guest blog for NAT from Silvia Petretti, joint CEO at Positively UK . Visit the Changing Perceptions...
Chris Hicks
In 2015, an HIV outbreak was detected amongst people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Glasgow. Three years on the outbreak...

Press Releases

An investigation into whether local government is tackling all-time high rates of drug-related deaths has...
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) Guide to Minimum Standards for Critical Illness Cover (CIC),...
NAT (National AIDS Trust) has issued new guidelines to boost efforts to prevent, diagnose and...

Publications

Drug-related deaths in England: local authorities and how they are responding

Real Stories

"They saw the medication and started to make assumptions." I am an African woman in...
"Being able to disclose at work has made a huge difference." I have been very...
"I'd be quite uncomfortable telling people at work." They don't know my status at work...

Teachers' Resources

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