“Gaia”
This iconic costume is one of the key items for a project funded by Wandsworth Oasis with Spectra to educate & inform MSM and Young People in Wandsworth, about HIV & STI prevention, plus increased Sexual Health Awareness. To continue the decline in HIV infection rates – PHE recommends prevention message and reduction of high risk […]
TRANS/NON-BINARY PEER MENTORING PROGRAMME
OVERVIEW The trans-peer mentoring programme is designed to support individuals who would like holistic support around any issues that are important to you. These might include gender identity, sexual orientation, self-esteem, relationships (personal and with professionals) and well-being issues, and we offer a safe, non-judgmental, supportive, and empowering environment in which to explore these. Many […]
FASHION ROCKS…… FOR HIV
WHeN? jUNe 13, 2019wHERE? ThE tOOtInG hUB, bEEcHcROfT rD, tOOtINg SW17 7BUWHAt? FaSHiOn-HIV-eDucaTIoN-aWArENEssTiME: 6:30pM 4 7PmENtry: freE June 13, 2019 sees a fashion extravaganza taking place in Wandsworth! At the Tooting Hub to be precise. The culmination of a project supported by Wandsworth Oasis, will see a number of outfits styled by young people from […]
Mindfulness Based Chemsex Recovery (MBCR) Programme
Mindfulness Based Chemsex Recovery (MBCR) is a new programme we are launching in May in Soho. Spectra’s mental health lead Ben Hoff, and outreach worker Bex Freeman who are developing and co-facilitating the programme, were interviewed by Boyz Magazine, to give more background to our new service… Hi Ben & Bex, so what’s Mindfulness Based […]
Merton Sexual Health Strategy Consultation
Sexual Health Strategy Consultation The London Borough of Merton (LBM) and Merton Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS, CCG), working alongside NHS England, are responsible for commissioning sexual health services across Merton. To inform the planning and development of these services the CCG, in partnership with the council are developing a joint 5 year sexual health strategy […]
National Lottery Community Fund Grant Awarded to Spectra
Empowerment and Support – for people of trans experience. Acceptance and validation are extremely important in any individual’s life. This can be particularly relevant for people of trans experience who have made or are often making life-changing decisions within a society which barely understands or accepts trans people or the problems they face. Spectra’s new […]
#LGBT HISTORY MONTH 2019
February 2019 is LGBT History Month, and some of the team at Spectra have shared here, some of their personal memories in history. From events, to people and iconic places in between. First up is our Operations Manager John, and his memory of the AIDS: Don’t Die of Ignorance Campaign from the mid-1980s. A teenager […]
Ways to Donate and Support SPECTRA
There are many ways you can donate to Spectra, and some of those methods, won’t cost you anything as well, as you can do it while you shops and the big high street retailers donate a % of the price of your items purchased. Here are details on the ways you can help: AMAZON SMILE […]