Peer Support
If you are looking to access Peer Support Groups? Well The Eddystone Trust just might have the right group for you.
All our groups are available to HIV+ people living in the Southwest and are currently held via Zoom due to the Coronavirus pandemic but offer you safe spaces to meet with other people to share experiences of living with HIV.
Peer Support with The Eddystone Trust
All Eddystone peer support groups:
- Are held online
- Are available to people living with HIV in the Southwest
- Provide a safe space for a check in
- Provide the opportunity to meet with other people to share experiences of living well with HIV
- Are facilitated by Eddystone staff members
If you haven’t been to a peer group before why not give it a try? It is a great space to enjoy a couple of hours and support each other through our individual journeys and shared experiences, everybody is welcome even if it’s just to listen to others.
To find out more about joining our groups please email connections@eddystone.org.uk
Current Peer Support Sessions
Positive Connections for All
Our mixed gender group is held on the second Tuesday of every month, 18:45 – 20:45.
We welcome all people living with HIV in the Southwest and offer a ‘Real Peer Support experience’ where you can discuss all things Living Well with HIV.
Positive Connections for Positive Men
Our group for men is held fortnightly on a Thursday from 19.00 – 20.30.
We welcome all men (including trans men) that are living with HIV in the Southwest and provide a safe friendly space where Men can talk ALL things men!
Positive Connections for Positive Women
Our group for women is held on the last Tuesday of the month from 18.45 – 20.45.
We welcome all women (including trans women) that are living with HIV in the Southwest and provide a safe friendly space where women can talk ALL things women!
Rotating Peer Support Sessions
Positive Connections for Newly Diagnosed People
September to November 2025
This group will be held fortnightly and welcome people that have been diagnosed with HIV in the past 2 years.
Come along to meet other recently diagnosed people, share your experiences, and support each other. We will discuss topics such as understanding your CD4 count, understanding viral load, understanding undetectable = untransmittable, sharing your HIV status with family, potential partners, and loved ones; and much more.
Ageing well with HIV
January to March 2026
This group will be held fortnightly and welcome all people living with HIV in the Southwest that would like to discuss aging well with HIV.
Come along to discuss anything that may affect us as we are aging such as supported living, survivors guilt, and much more.
Positive Connections for Young People Under 35
April to June 2026
This group will be held fortnightly and welcome all people living with HIV in the Southwest that are under the age of 35.
Come along to discuss daily living, relationships, sharing your HIV status with family, potential partners, and loved ones; and much more.
Positive Connections for People New to the UK
July to September 2026
This group will be held fortnightly and welcome all people living with HIV in the Southwest that have moved the UK within the past 2 years.
Come along to discuss treatment in the UK, support in the UK, immigration and asylum, daily living, and much more.
To find out more about joining our groups please email connections@eddystone.org.uk