Who are we?
Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK’s leading HIV charity.
We’re proud activists and strongly believe in our values of equity, diversity and inclusion.
Meeting the needs of our service users, supporters and members will always be at the heart of what we do. Every day, we work for a world where people with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and discrimination, and to bring an end to new cases of HIV in the UK by 2030.
We work passionately to:
- End new HIV cases by 2030.
- Support people living with HIV to live well.
- Eradicate HIV-related stigma.
Read about our strategy at: tht.org.uk/strategy
We’re looking for people who will help us achieve our ambitions
Our vision is a future where HIV does not hold anyone back, where all people living with HIV are diagnosed, in treatment, supported, and free from stigma.
We want to end new cases of HIV in the UK by 2030. However, the UK is currently not on track to meet this goal. To get there we need to increase access to HIV tests and HIV prevention pill PrEP and ensure that people living with HIV are in care and on treatment. We need to support people to live well with HIV and ensure that HIV is not forgotten by key decision makers.
Challenging stigma associated with HIV is key. Much of our campaigning and lobbying work is focused on helping to end the discrimination experienced by people living with HIV.
What we’ve achieved in partnership with people
Whether it is changing laws, supporting people to live with the virus, or getting the UK Prime Minister to test for HIV in front of the world’s media, our track record through five decades of the epidemic is second to none.
Our recent achievements include:
- Sir Keir Starmer became the first UK Prime Minister to publicly test for HIV during National HIV Testing Week.
- At the Terrence Higgins Trust’s World AIDS Day reception, £170m was committed to support HIV through the new HIV Action Plan for 2025-2030. This includes £108m to extend opt-out testing in A&Es and £9m to support those disengaged in care.
- The UK became the first country to roll out the gonorrhoea vaccine for gay and bisexual men and trans women.
- We’ve changed the Armed Forces’ outdated policies by campaigning and lobbying to remove the ban on people living with HIV joining and serving fully in our military.
We’re looking for diverse voices to make sure people who use our services are at the heart of what we do.
Our service users are at the core of what we do. They’re a very diverse group including men who have sex with men, women, people of Black African heritage, trans and non-binary people, sex workers and men involved in chemsex.
We listen to the voices of our service users when developing services to meet their needs. Their knowledge and needs drive us.
Applications from people who have lived experience and/or have worked with these communities would be very welcome.
Services delivered digitally will be a key part of achieving our aims, so we’re especially interested in hearing from people who come from digitally aware backgrounds.
