True Colours

TO RELIEVE THE NEED AND DISTRESS OF PEOPLE INFECTED WITH, OR AFFECTED BY, HIV; AND PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY HIV, ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE AFRICAN, BAME AND LGBT COMMUNITIES; BY ASSISTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO OVERCOME THE SOCIAL EXCLUSION THEY EXPERIENCE DUE NOT ONLY TO HIV, BUT ALSO ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, SEXUALITY, AS WELL AS OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, DISADVANTAGE AND DEPRIVATION; AND TO IMPROVE SOCIAL COHESION BY FOSTERING COLLABORATION, COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES; THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, TRAINING, ADVOCACY, WORKSHOPS, SUPPORT SESSIONS AND DISCUSSION; AND THE UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS REGARDING THE ORIGINS, MECHANISMS AND EFFECTS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION, AND HOW IT MIGHT BE OVERCOME.