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The Lighthouse Gala Auction 2012 supported by 1 PRU02_04 T_Higgins_Trust A4 Advert_210x267 20/01/2011 15:09 Page 1 Prudential PRU02_04 T_Higgins_Trustis p A4 Advert_210x267lea 20/01/2011se 15:09d Page 1 to support PTerurrdeenncteia l THE iHsi pggleinas eTdr ust LIGHTHOUSE GALA to support AUCTION Terrence 2012 Higgins Trust Raising funds for Terrence Higgins Trust the UK’s largest HIV and sexual health charity 18:30 Cocktail reception | 20:00 Auction | 23:00 Carriages Contents 02 Thank you 03 Welcome from Sir Nick Partridge, Chief Executive 04 Our work 06 Box of Delights 09 Welcome from Fameed Khalique, Committee Chair 10 The lots 44 Other ways to support us 45 Events Calendar 48 Sale conditions For more information please contact Kimberley Mitchell on 020 7812 1676 or email [email protected] www.tht.org.uk | www.facebook.com/terrencehigginstrust | Follow us on Twitter @THTorguk Terrence Higgins Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales (reg. no. 288527) and in Scotland (SC039986). 1 PRU02 04 Advert 210 x 267mm Terrence Higgins Trust PRU02 04 Advert 210 x 267mm Terrence Higgins Trust THANK YOU WELCOME FROM SIR Terrence Higgins Trust would like to thank The Lighthouse Gala Auction NICK PARTRIDGE, Committee for their support – without them tonight would not be possible. We CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF are also incredibly grateful to our event TERRENCE HIGGINS supporters and lot donors who have generously contributed to the success of TRUST The Lighthouse Gala Auction 2012. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 16th annual volunteer-led today. It’s the only service of its kind in the UK Lighthouse Gala Auction and a heartfelt ‘thank you’ for your and we need to secure its daily running costs of £1258 to keep support for Terrence Higgins Trust this evening. this vital lifeline running for the future. This spring, for the first time, there will be over 100,000 people Terrence Higgins Trust’s underlying philosophy has always been living with HIV in the UK. This year alone, around 7,000 people to empower people with HIV to live active, healthy and full THE LIGHTHOUSE GALA AUCTION COMMITTEE: EVENT SUPPORTERS: will be sat down and given the news they least wanted – that lives. Our services help people to help themselves and, along Chair: Fameed Khalique Belvedere Vodka (www.belvederevodka.com) they have HIV. The number of people living with HIV has with THT Direct, you will see some great examples of this over Adnan Abbasi Matt Nicholson Edelman UK (www.edelman.co.uk) tripled since the year 2000 and so has our work in response, the next few pages in both our newly operational ‘Back to Mitchell Chandler Lisa Orban HELLO! Magazine (www.hellomagazine.com) protecting those at risk, and helping those living with and Work’ scheme and our continued work with young people and Roja Dove Phillip Plesner Mark Weeks Photography (www.markweeks.com) affected by HIV and sexual health issues. This work has been sexual health. Susan Eastoe Jussi Pylkkänen Paul A Young Fine Chocolates (www.paulayoung.co.uk) made all the more challenging with the recent drastic cuts to Janette Green Paul Robinson Prudential Plc (www.prudential.co.uk) Our mission is for a world where people with HIV live healthy our statutory funding – a £2 million drop in the last year. Chris Harris Patrick Saich Tateossian (www.tateossian.com) lives, free from prejudice and discrimination, and good sexual Jeff Holland Michael Salter The Brit Boys (www.thebritgirls.com) The 7,000 people who will be diagnosed this year should be health is a right and reality for all. By being here tonight, you’re Renée Jamieson Billy Sammeth The Independent (www.independent.co.uk) able to live healthy lives despite the virus. But it’s likely that helping to make this happen. We just need a little extra support Ian Johnson James Sorton they’ll think twice before telling family and friends that they’ve from people like you to ensure we can continue to help the Jessica Kilpatrick Charlotte Stockting EVENT SUPPLIERS been diagnosed with HIV. Stigma still plays far too large a part people who need it most. Doug Loewe Robert Tateossian in the lives of people with HIV, and that’s a disgrace. It’s also On behalf of everyone at Terrence Higgins Trust, I’d like to Howard Malin John Twomey Christie’s (www.christies.com) why our helpline, THT Direct, is often the first place people turn David Rilke Design (www.davidrilke.com) thank you for your support and hope you have a wonderful John McCaffrey Daniel Winterfeldt for help and advice. evening. James McEwan Joanie Young Laurent Perrier (www.laurent-perrier.fr) William Norris and Company (www.williamnorris.com) This year, more than 22,000 people will call THT Direct for information and support, and yet its funding is only partially secure for the first six months of next year. We opened it in 1984 with a dedicated team of volunteers, and it’s still 86% Sir Nick Partridge 2 3 BACK TO BASICS TO PROTECT relationships, contraception and safer sex. At the same time, VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE we also explore their attitudes and values around sex. OUR WORK Terrence Higgins Trust is well known for supporting people Angela Costetsos, who leads the outreach team, says: ‘Sex and living with HIV but many don’t realise that we also work with relationship education in schools focuses on biology rather young people, providing crucial support with sexual health. The than relationships, self esteem and confidence. Young people UK has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe are exposed to all sorts of sexualising influences and this can HELPING PEOPLE WITH HIV and sexually transmitted infections are steadily rising, so be very confusing for them.’ GET BACK TO WORK educating young people to make the right choices about their Mark was referred to Angela by the Youth Offending Service. sexual health really is vital. He was initially reluctant to take part but Angela was able to Around 25% of people living with HIV in the UK today are gain his confidence through one-to-one contact. She gave him unemployed. Thanks to advances in medication, many people The programme’s outreach staff work with marginalised young vital information about safer sex, contraception and sexually find they can, in theory, go back to work. However, due to people who find themselves in difficulty, either at home or transmitted infections (STIs). Mark declined the opportunity illnesses related to their positive status, this can lead to a school, or who lack basic knowledge about safer sex. Many to take part in ongoing appointments but the team were necessity for extended breaks. of the young people we work with have had difficult starts to life and may have been victims of sexual abuse, excluded delighted when a few weeks later he asked to see Angela again. Unfortunately after a long period of ill health there can be real from school or teenage parents. They often find it hard to trust This time he brought his new girlfriend, Aysha, along. Having difficulties in getting back to work. Many people living with adults so our outreach workers often have to find different been made aware of the importance of looking after his own HIV find they no longer have the skills or confidence they need ways to engage with them. and his partners’ sexual health, he and Aysha had taken the to find a job in an increasingly competitive market. This is why positive decision to be screened for STIs - along with 100,000 here at Terrence Higgins Trust we have recently launched the Terrence Higgins Trust works in partnership with various others that Terrence Higgins Trust screens annually. Supported groundbreaking Back to Work scheme. referral services, including hostels and the Youth Offending Service, talking to vulnerable young people about their sexual by Angela, Aysha has since started using the contraceptive The scheme offers a safe and supported environment for implant, taking contraception into her own hands. people with HIV to undertake a six-month work placement, to develop skills and gain experience that will make it easier for them to return to work. John has been working at our head office since August 2011 ‘It’s very rewarding when a as part of the scheme. Having previously worked in the entertainment industry, John felt ‘invisible’ after being left young person changes their unable to work for 15 years. ‘I wanted to return to work but didn’t trust my health,’ he Your support of The Lighthouse attitude or behaviour,’ Angela says. ‘I needed to test my limits. I had never even worked in an office before.’ Gala Auction helps us to run says. ’They never cease to As part of scheme, John received IT training, CV and interview pioneering programmes such as amaze me. I wouldn’t want to tuition and help from a line manager, Life Coach and mentor. He is now building a vital database for us and interviewing the Back to Work scheme, to help be doing anything else.’ other Terrence Higgins Trust service users. ‘Previously anything to do with the future just terrified me – to people like John take control of me it was just poverty or illness. The scheme has given me a their lives and look forward to a huge confidence boost and a passion for work. My fears about the future are just dissolving.’ more confident future. 4 5 STAR PRIZES THE BOX OF DELIGHTS EVERY SINGLE ONE IS A WINNER! WEEKEND FOR TWO TWO ANNUAL We’re thrilled to offer guests at The Lighthouse Gala Auction AT LE GRAY, BEIRUT MEMBERSHIPS OF SOHO the opportunity to take part in tonight’s luxury raffle, the ‘Box Part of Gordon Campbell Gray’s hotel of Delights’.
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