To mark World AIDS Day on Tuesday the 1st of December, increase awareness of HIV and raise vital funds to provide support to people living with HIV.

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World AIDS Day is an International Day of Awareness-raising, remembrance and action held on 1st December each year. We need volunteers to sell candles to raise funds, and steward for the annual Candlelit Vigil in Sackville Gardens and surroundings on the evening of Monday 1st December.

Activities include:

  • Selling candles at the World AIDS Day Candlelit Vigil
  • Raising awareness of HIV and the significance of World AIDS Day to the people
  • Talking to the public to share key messages on ending the stigma of HIV and HIV prevention (U=U, PrEP, PEP, condoms)
  • Sharing resources and introducing George House Trust to the public

Volunteer briefing starting at 4.30pm (please arrive from 4pm), volunteering until and during the Vigil from 6pm to 7.15pm.

There is an additional opportunity to volunteer in the Village after the Vigil, until around 11pm - we will need around 6 volunteers to do this.

Volunteering in Sackville Gardens (Whitworth Street & Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3WA) and surrounding area - The Village


•             Excellent level of spoken English

•             Keen to work as part of a team

•             Engage with members of the public in a professional and polite manner

•             Able to give information clearly and accurately

•             Punctual and reliable

•             Communicate information about HIV, routes of transmission and prevention, and World AIDS Day.

  • Previous fundraising experience is a bonus but is not essential

  •  Volunteer briefing at 4.30pm on Tuesday 1st December.

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Contact details will be provided for a supervisor on the day.

For further information, or to get involved email rachel@ght.org.uk.

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