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Toolkit for Positive People

Welcome to the Toolkit for Positive People. If you are living with HIV you will find loads of useful information on employment issues.

photograph of Chris Smith former Minister of Culture

"I'm HIV positive - so what?"
Chris Smith, former Minister of Culture.

Read his story on the Positive Nation website.

Ensuring Positive Futures is here to support you. We can offer advice on a range of employment related issues. If you are out of work we can offer you careers guidance, and advice on training. We can also support you if you are in employment.

How to use this Toolkit

For most people, the workplace is where you spend the majority of your time. If you are living with HIV, there also comes the challenge of achieving a good balance between your health and your work.

This toolkit provides you with information on how to achieve that balance. But we must stress that this information is not intended as a replacement for professional advice.

Since December 2005, HIV has been covered under the Disability Discrimination Act from the point of diagnosis. This toolkit will help you find out about your rights under the law.

When you are living with HIV its hard to know whether you should discuss you status with your employer. It is also hard to know whether you should mention your HIV status on application forms, or medical questionnaires. So we have provided an information guide on disclosure.

And if you are out of work we have developed a section on getting back into work.

The EPF partnership offers services in London, Cambridge, Manchester and the North West, Sheffield and South Yorkshire, Southampton and in the South West of England.

Contact us for more information.