Waverley Care

Step Up and Be a Get To Zero Hero! 🦸🏽✨🏅 There's still time to make a difference! Join us for the Edinburgh Kiltwalk and support Waverley Care. Choose your distance, sign up, and use these exclusive codes to claim your FREE entry: -Mighty Stride: WAVEMS100 -Big Stroll: WAVEBIG100 -Wee Wander (Adult): WAVEWEE100 Sign up here 👉 https://lnkd.in/edtnkEQB Become a #GetToZeroHero and help us reach our goal of zero new transmissions by 2030.

Our women's group at Waverley Care had an unforgettable pampering and makeover day, all thanks to the incredible talents of our long-term supporters, MAC Cosmetics. The fabulous MAC makeup artists volunteered their time and skills, creating stunning makeovers that left our women glowing inside and out. It was a day filled with self-care, empowerment and positivity, reminding us how powerful taking time for yourself can be for your mental well-being. 💄 💕

We are delighted to have received a generous grant from the Morrisons Foundation to refurbish the residents' bedrooms at our Milestone Intermediate Care Unit in Edinburgh. This grant will go towards purchasing new bedroom furniture and fitting new flooring and carpets in two bedrooms so our residents can enjoy better living standards and recover well. Thank you so much Morrisons for supporting Waverley Care 🫂

More than 4,000 people took part in this year’s Dundee Kiltwalk which began in St Andrew’s. Team Waverley Care would like to say thank you and congratulations to our Kiltwalk Heroes, Fiona (centre), the Chair of our Board, and her friend Ian (right), who both walked the 20 miles to raise awareness and funds for HIV and Hepatitis C services across Scotland 💜 Also pictured is Fiona’s friend, Miffy, who finished alongside them. Extra well done for smashing their fundraising targets! You still have time to sign up to our Edinburgh Kilt walk here 👉 https://buff.ly/3SW1FI7, choose your distance and claim your FREE entry using these codes: -Mighty Stride: WAVEMS100 -Big Stroll: WAVEBIG100 -Wee Wander (Adult): WAVEWEE100 Become a #GetToZeroHero and help Waverley Care achieve our goal of zero new transmission by 2030!

Thank you to our friends Saltire Thistle for bucket shaking at the Fringe for Waverley Care 💜

Waverley Care is honoured to receive a generous award from the British HIV Association (BHIVA) Laura Waters Community Award. This annual community award was created by British HIV Association (BHIVA) is to support projects with the goal of supporting people living with HIV in the UK. BHIVA recognises the important role that community organisations play in providing support, education, and HIV care, and has generously selected Waverley Care as the recipient of this 🫂 This grant will be instrumental in ensuring that everyone in Scotland, regardless of their HIV status, will have access to trustworthy information and advice about HIV and hepatitis C, and will directly fund the development of digital resources and videos aimed at helping people age and live well with HIV, without stigma or discrimination. Thank you to The BHIVA Laura Waters Community Award for their generous support. #HIVSupport #CommunityCare #BHIVA

We are incredibly grateful to our friends at MAC Cosmetics who have donated generously to Waverley Care from their VIVA Glam fund 🎉 This grant will directly support our Minority Ethnic Health Project, aiming to improve HIV knowledge and reduce stigma within minority ethnic communities in Scotland. Thanks to this project, we’ve already established a peer education program, developed new resources, and engaged new peer mentors. MAC’s generous grant will help us expand this work by funding new services like a community involvement database, health café events, and increased collaboration with other minority ethnic health services at Waverley Care. We deeply cherish our long-standing relationship with MAC, and their support will positively impact many lives within minority ethnic communities across Scotland. Thank you, MAC Viva Glam! 🌟 #Grateful #MACVivaGlam #CommunityHealth #WaverleyCare #MinorityEthnicHealth

This #WorldHepatitisDay, we're calling for a holistic approach to hepatitis diagnosis. Eleanor Parris, our Health Improvement Coordinator, emphasises, “Understanding that a hepatitis diagnosis does not exist in isolation is crucial in supporting individuals to access treatment and reduce the risk of reinfection.” Dive into our full blog to learn more 👉 https://buff.ly/3WnVT2U #WorldHepatitisDay2024 #TimeForAction

Join Waverley Care at the Edinburgh Fringe this year! Volunteer as a bucket-shaker to fundraise and help Scotland end HIV transmission by 2030. Waverley Care is looking for workplace teams (of up to 8) to join our Big Corporate Shake Up, Edinburgh’s best workplace challenge during the Fringe, sign up here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eyQU_uSb If you have 4 hours to spare between📆 2-26 August, please join Waverley Care at The Pleasance. You’ll get a free T-shirt, a Pleasance pass to shows, and all training is provided. The Big Corporate Shake up is an exciting opportunity for workplace teams to go head-to-head, competing to win the coveted Shake Up trophy and a whole lot of glory! Help us #GetToZero! “Seeing the generosity of strangers and knowing that every penny we collect makes an impact on Waverley Care’s mission is super rewarding to me.” - Octa Thanks to all the companies that took part last year: abrdn, Baillie Gifford, The HEINEKEN Company, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley, NatWest Group, Scottish Widows, TSB Bank and Wood Mackenzie ✨

Thank you so much to the amazing team at Morgan Stanley in Glasgow who recently gave up their valuable time to volunteer for Waverley Care - Pablo del Fraile & Lucy Richards 💜 In one afternoon, they managed to make over 1,000 tartan ribbons that we’ll hand out to our supporters in return for donations during the Edinburgh Fringe this year! The tartan ribbon has a long history and by wearing it, you can show your support for Waverley Care’s goal to be there for anyone living with, or affected by, HIV and Hepatitis C in Scotland. You can read more about that history here: https://lnkd.in/ei58zwWq If you or your company would like to volunteer for Waverley Care, either by helping us to make more tartan ribbons or by joining us to bucket shake at the Pleasance Courtyard in Edinburgh this August, please contact fundraising@waverleycare.org or take a look at our website for details on how to get involved with our Big Corporate Shake Up: https://lnkd.in/eyQU_uSb Thank you so much again Morgan Stanley.