Outreach services for gay men
To help put you in touch with services available in London, 'outreach', brings information and support to gay men in the places where they go to socialise or meet for sex.
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- Health Trainers - for HIV
- Health Support - for men living with HIV
- Netreach - discuss HIV and sexual health online
Health Trainers
Health Trainers will often be the first point of contact for men who have sex with men on issues related to HIV prevention. Health Trainers will be based in commercial venues (bars, clubs, PSVs), community agencies and clinical settings.
Those men who come into contact with Health Trainers will, where appropriate, be offered a ‘life check’. This is intended to assist men identify their support needs, their current levels of knowledge, and discuss possible STI and HIV risk behaviour. They will also provide the person with a tailored action plan based on the results of the health check.
Where contact details are provided a Health Trainer will be able to contact the person to see if the information provided was of use and also to help support the individual in any choices he might make based on the information provided. The follow up might also allow the Health Trainer to refer the person concerned into an appropriate support service.
For further information on Health Trainers or to make contact please call 020 8305 5002, email info@gmipartnership.org.uk or visit the website at www.gmipartnership.org.uk.
The GMI Partnership comprises Positive East, the Metro Centre Ltd and West London
Gay Men’s Project (London Borough of Hounslow). Between them, the partners employ
over 50 staff, have roles for over 125 volunteers and have as well over 50 years
experience in working with men who have sex with men.
Health Support Service
Sometimes making decisions about your health and life with HIV can be confusing, and it can be difficult to know where to begin. HIV Health Support is a new service which can help you to make sense of the bigger picture, and make changes to help you lead a healthier life.
Visit www.tht.org.uk/askthetrainer to ask us anything about living with HIV - from questions about your immune system, to what your test results mean and starting treatment, to safer sex and telling other people about your status. One of our Health Trainers will pick up your question and reply to you within two working days. If you'd like us to call you, please just let us know, and we will.
'Netreach'
Traditionally outreach has been delivered to gay men in bars, clubs, saunas and parks, but outreach for gay men in London is now available on the Internet, in a special chat room set up by THT on the website www.gaydar.co.uk.
The name of the outreach or 'netreach' chat room on Gaydar is 'THT Health Info' and the times when you should be able to visit the room and chat to an outreach worker are as follows:
| Monday | 18.00 to 21.00 |
|---|---|
| Wednesday | 15.00 to 18.00 |
| Thursday | 19.00 to 22.00 |
| Saturday | 13.00 to 16.00 |
| Sunday | 17.00 to 20.00 |
In the meantime if you would like information and support on sexual health matters you can:
- Call THT Direct on 0845 12 21 200, email info@tht.org.uk or visit THT's website: www.tht.org.uk
- Or speak to at a health advisor at one of the GUM clinics listed on this website.
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