Scope and Contents Records relating to the Lothian HIV/AIDS Forum, including minutes from forum meetings and correspondence. Topics covered include: regional HIV/AIDS strategy; updates and minutes from meetings of the HIV/AIDS Functional Group on Accommodation; HIV and AIDS education and training; and funding and budget updates including the financial allocations for specific HIV and drug problem services.Contains a copy of a “policy statement concerning the issue of the deliberate transmission of...

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A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

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Topics discussed include: arrangements for visit to Strathclyde Switchboard and Glasgow Women's Health Centre; phone call and befriending update which covers repeat caller and artificial insemination and safer sex; feedback on Social Group; recruitment; and a Sexual Health Issues for Lesbians workshop.

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Topics discussed include: phone calls and befriending; update on the Social Group; membership resignation; training sessions and a delay to the new training programme; and a statistical update showing an increase in the number and duration of calls during 1995.

Also included is a summary about the Lothian Lesbian Line Workshop, 'Exploring Issues of Sexual Health for Lesbians'.

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Topics discussed include: Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM) moving premises; setting up a parent support group; Dr Sandy MacMillan (GU [genitourinary] medicine Consultant in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh); Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) annual report and financial report; and rules for entering the telephone room.

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Topics discussed include: call cards; befriending issues; reports from the Treasurer; Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS) and Lesbian Line; publicity including the Safe Sex leaflet and bus advertisements; annual report; World AIDS Day; the appointment of a Gay Liaison Officer from the Serious Crime Squad (Police Scotland Headquarters at Fettes Avenue); trustees; more phone lines installed; and a training report.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed in Lesbian Line meeting include: update on Social Group; the timing of Lesbian Line meetings; a new style of log sheet; discos; training; the Annual Conference; and Pride Scotland.Topics discussed in the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard Trust's Joint Team Meeting: call cards with particular focus on concerns about a repeat caller and the suggestion of a safety awareness campaign; concerns of confidentiality in minutes; changing the name of the Trust; the Co-Ordinator's...

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Topics discussed include: a Lesbian Line update which covers sexual health training, the Social Group, membership, statistics, and the role of Lesbian Line within Switchboard; a report from the Treasurer which provided an update on the budget; training update; statistics; the development plan; advertising including buses, radio and the Borders; World AIDS Day; a potential resource for callers with mental health issues; and a discussion of cards.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: social events; Norton Park and moving premises; the Edinburgh Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Forum; proposal for a new computer and automated call logging; membership matters including a resignation and concerns about that; request for training from Forth Friend; Lesbian Line report including in-service training on women's sexual health, the Social Group, and recruitment; a report from the Treasurer is provided which discusses the budget, the distribution of information...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed in Lesbian Line's meeting include: low number of phone calls and publicity; befriending update; how to develop or adapt the Social Group; discos; correspondence from Save the Children requesting information for a resource pack; reports from the Treasurer and the Training Officer; moving room within premises; training from Rape Crisis; and statistics. Topics discussed in the LGLS Team Meeting include: a report from the Co-ordinator which discussed Norton Park...