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Women 4 Women

Positive East’s W4W is an asset-based community engagement approach which skills up black women of African and Caribbean descent to become community champions to raise awareness of PrEP and good sexual health.

Why Women 4 Women?

Did you know that in 2023 the number of women in the UK diagnosed with HIV increased by 30%, and this was disproportionately among people of Black African ethnicity. Both of these groups were under-represented in trials for PrEP in the UK.

We want to address this, with a particular focus on HIV prevention for Black women who are under informed and under protected, and being under prescribed PrEP for HIV prevention.

We are addressing this by:

  • Training women champions from Black African and Caribbean descent to take information and learning back to their community
  • Conducting community research that continues to gather insight from the community around barriers to accessing PrEP and HIV testing
  • Engaging the community to raise awareness of PrEP and sexual health
  • Running workshops on PrEP and sexual health with community groups and organisations
  • Training professionals about PrEP and HIV, particular those in health and care roles.
  • Advocating for women and their access to PrEP and better sexual health

Women 4 Women Champion Training

The Women Champions will use their knowledge to bridge gaps in knowledge within their networks, neighbourhood, community groups, places of worship and employment, amongst many others. Champions will also gain insight into the barriers and facilitators to accessing PrEP

Within the role, the women will attend community events on behalf of the project and Positive East, gaining skills in community outreach.

The Women4Women training is accredited by CPD and each participant will receive a certificate upon completion

If you are interested in becoming a Women4Women Champion please email w4w@positiveeast.org.uk

Get involved

Are you an organisation or community group based in East London?

Look at what we can offer you and your organisation.

The project works across Newham, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. 

Professionals Training

We have offered PrEP and HIV awareness training to a range of professionals and organisations including health and social care workers.

If you are interested in booking training for your staff or volunteer teams, contact w4w@positiveeast.org.uk

We run workshops for community groups and service users on a range of sexual health topics, including PrEP and HIV, STIs and consent. These workshops can be tailored to the needs of your community and can cover a range of topics.

Get in touch with us to book at w4w@positiveeast.org.uk

Would you like us to be a part of your event? We can come along with an interactive and informative information stall helping to raise awareness of HIV, PrEP and sexual health.

If you want Women4Women to be a part of your event, email us at w4w@positiveeast.org.uk

We can offer free, rapid and confidential HIV testing and sexual heath screens within your service or community space. By bringing testing to you, we can ensure that people are comfortable in the setting, and make the process of testing much more convenient!

This can work really well alongside a workshop or training session

We can tailor interventions to your communities needs, so get in touch and have a chat to book this in at w4w@positiveeast.org.uk