Why Fundraising Matters - And Why Your Support Matters Now

Across the South West, The Eddystone Trust delivers commissioned sexual health and HIV prevention services that make a real difference to people’s lives every day.

We are proud to work in partnership with local authorities, public health teams and health providers. Commissioned funding enables us to provide accountable, high-quality services across our region.

Alongside this essential work, fundraising plays a crucial and complementary role.

It allows us to go further.

Commissioned Work Is Vital — Fundraising Adds Reach

Commissioned services are designed to meet clear public health priorities. They ensure structure, measurable outcomes and impact at scale.

But people’s lives are complex.

Rural isolation. Financial hardship. Stigma. Transport barriers. Digital exclusion. Sudden changes in circumstances.

Fundraising gives us the flexibility to respond when someone’s needs fall just outside the core specification — or when we want to pilot something new, extend outreach, or ring-fence support for a specific community.

It strengthens our resilience at a time when wider HIV funding landscapes are increasingly volatile.

Fundraising doesn’t replace commissioned work.
It enhances it.

What Your Donation Can Do

Your support turns directly into prevention, testing and outreach:

• £3 – Provides condoms for up to 25 people who can’t afford to buy them.

• £5 – Provides condoms for up to 50 people who can’t afford to buy them.

• £10 – Supports outreach activity, helping us reach people who may not access mainstream health services.

• £15 – Helps provide HIV prevention resources to people who are rurally isolated and face barriers to access.

• £20 – Contributes to volunteer training, travel and support, extending our reach across the South West.

• £50 – Enables us to provide five people with HIV tests in community settings, helping prevent late diagnoses and onward transmission.

These are practical, measurable outcomes.

And they start with you.

Make a One-Off Donation Today

A single gift can make an immediate difference.

Whether it’s £5 or £50, your donation today could:

• Put prevention tools directly into someone’s hands

• Fund community HIV testing

• Support outreach in areas where access is limited

Make a one-off donation via our website today and help us reach someone who might otherwise miss out.

Become a Mostly Giving Supporter

Regular monthly support gives us stability and confidence to plan ahead.

Even a small monthly donation allows us to:

• Sustain outreach programmes

• Maintain volunteer support

• Respond quickly when new needs emerge

Sign up for Mostly Giving and become part of a community sustaining sexual health support across the South West.

Leave a Gift in Your Will

Legacy gifts have made a profound difference to us in the past — helping us grow, innovate and strengthen our long-term future.

A gift in your will is a powerful way to ensure that future generations can access HIV prevention, testing and support when they need it.

Consider leaving a gift in your will and create a lasting impact beyond your lifetime.

If you’d like a confidential conversation about this, we would be happy to speak with you.

Support Us Through Easyfundraising

You can also raise money for us at no extra cost simply by shopping online.

Through Easyfundraising:

• You shop as normal

• Retailers donate to us

• It costs you nothing

Sign up to Easyfundraising and start raising funds for us every time you shop.

A Collective Effort

Commissioned funding and community fundraising work hand in hand.

Together, they allow us to deliver high-quality services while extending support to those facing additional barriers.

If you believe that no one should miss out on sexual health support because of cost, geography or stigma —

👉 Donate today.
👉 Give monthly.
👉 Leave a legacy.
👉 Raise funds while you shop.

Your support helps us go further.

And right now, that matters more than ever.