World Hepatitis Day is at the end of this month! 28th July provides the perfect chance for us to celebrate the amazing work done and come together as we push towards eliminating hepatitis C.
News on our plans for the day will be coming soon!
🌟 We’re Hiring: Eastern ODN Peer Support Lead🌟
In this role, you’ll be in the community every day - meeting people and breaking down barriers. If you have passion and energy, and can use your lived or learned experience to engage people, get in touch!
https://t.co/sYdsMv3QY4
In April, our colleague Shabana left The Hepatitis C Trust after 17 years of outstanding service. We are incredibly grateful to her for her brilliant work in raising awareness of hepatitis C amongst South Asian communities.
Shabana, we wish you all the best on your next journey!
🌟 We’re Hiring: Surrey Peer Programme Manager🌟
We're looking for a skilled manager with experience of working with disadvantaged groups to oversee a staff team and an expanding network of peer programmes across Surrey.
https://t.co/e5SSZ3mDNS
🌟 We’re Hiring: Harm Reduction Outreach Worker (Birmingham)🌟
This role will join our mobile outreach service in Birmingham. Working alongside peer workers and healthcare professionals, you will help those at risk of drug-related harm access support.
https://t.co/odvsJXgtHU
🌟 We’re Hiring: Peer Support Lead (Black Country - Birmingham/West Midlands)🌟
Want to be part of a global effort to eliminate hepatitis C? We're keen to hear from applicants with a passion for delivering services to underrepresented communities.
https://t.co/lOaSCj0z7B
Earlier this month was Volunteers’ Week, an annual UK-wide campaign celebrating volunteers!
Our peer volunteers, many of whom have faced barriers to volunteering and employment, as well as exclusion from healthcare, play a vital role in the successful delivery of our services.
Tomorrow, a debate will take place in the House of Commons on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.
We joined the APPG on Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood's drop-in to brief MPs and their staff on our concerns on compensation. It was great to see the event so well attended.
🌟 We’re Hiring: Peer Support Lead (North Cumbria)🌟
Would you like to be part of a global effort to eliminate hepatitis C? We're keen to hear from enthusiastic applicants with a passion for delivering services to underrepresented communities.
https://t.co/9y2VC34o6U
🌟 We’re Hiring: Oxford & Thames Valley Van Peer Coordinator🌟
Supporting our peer project in the Oxford & Thames Valley area, this role involves driving a van across the region and working with people affected by substance use and hepatitis C.
https://t.co/DEzRxaIICl
Your support has meant so much to the infected blood community and we know how committed you are to the fight for justice. Thank you for all you've done and continue to do.
Our staff member Darren attended @EASLnews Congress 2026 with Sam from @nottmhospitals, presenting how reviewing electronic patient record flags can identify inaccuracies and allow teams to re-engage patients lost to follow-up!
Read their research⬇️ https://t.co/B0XM1HDQ8R
🌟 We’re Hiring: Sussex Peer Support Lead🌟
We are looking for passionate, skilled and self-motivated individuals who have a desire to make a difference in promoting hepatitis C and liver health awareness, and access to care.
https://t.co/z3Vx4INvzC
The memorial service may be over, but the long road to justice and peace is not for so many. We will continue to fight for the justice that all members of the infected blood community deserve.
To mark today’s memorial service for the victims of the infected blood scandal, Nicola Leahey, member of the Infected Blood Memorial Committee, has written this poem, titled ‘Us Lot’.
Ahead of today’s memorial service for the victims of the infected blood scandal at St Paul’s Cathedral, we and @HaemoSocUK are calling on the Government to speed up compensation payments.
Read our full press release here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/ZavDPIrfcB
Today is the national service of remembrance for the infected blood community at St Paul’s Cathedral.
You can see arrivals information and how to watch the service online here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/ESO5eGGXl9
Tomorrow, a national memorial service for the victims of the infected blood scandal will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral – marking two years since the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s Report.
Two years on from that triumphant day, we are still yet to see justice.
At the beginning of May, Professor Ashley Brown, Clinical Lead, NHS England HCV Elimination Programme, provided a brilliant training session for our Southern Community Team on Hepatitis B.
Huge thanks to Ashley for a very helpful and insightful session!