Never Say Never

Fiona MacFarlane is raising money for Waverley Care
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Dundee Kiltwalk 2024 · 11 August 2024 ·

Waverley Care is Scotland’s leading HIV and hepatitis C charity. Everything we do is guided by the experiences of the people we work with, from shaping the services we deliver to influencing national policy around sexual health and blood borne viruses.

Story

In 2019 - back in the days when walking wasn't the only thing we were allowed to do, I set myself the challenge of all 4 Kiltwalks. I achieved that target - and said "never again!"

But things change and when I decided I needed a target to build it up to where I was pre-COVID, returning to the Kiltwalk seemed a great solution.

Waverley Care is Scotland’s leading HIV charity, and I am proud to Chair it's board of trustees.

We’re close to making new HIV diagnoses a thing of the past. But misinformation and stigma are holding us back. With your help, Scotland can #GetToZero new HIV transmission by 2030.

DID YOU KNOW:

Scotland was the first country in the UK to make Pre-Exposure Prophalaxis (PrEP) available for free on the NHS? PrEP is highly effective at preventing HIV transmission.

Only a third of people in Scotland would kiss a person living with HIV, despite it being known since the 1980s that HIV cannot be passed on through saliva?

And while many believe that HIV is a "gay issue", for the first time ever in Scotland, the rates of new HIV diagnoses are now higher among heterosexual people than among gay and bisexual men.

Donation summary

Total
£649.40
+ £112.36 Gift Aid
Online
£489.40
Offline
£160.00

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