Support
We provide a range of tailored, quality programs and services to build resilience and improve health and wellbeing for people living with and impacted by HIV and AIDS. This includes peer support activities, HIV case management, counselling services and facilitating referrals and collaboration with partner organisations in health and community support.
To find out more or access our HIV services, call us on 02 6257 2855 and ask to speak to our HIV Peer Navigator You can also fill out a contact form.
Case management
Through our case management service, we can support you through a variety of challenges that life presents, such as:
- help accessing healthcare services, including supporting you to attend medical appointments and coordinating between various health and social service providers
- support with housing, finance and government services, including advocating on your behalf in applying for housing and financial support through partner agencies
- individual advocacy services to help you respond to any instances of unfair treatment, including linking you to legal support where appropriate.
Peer support
We provide peer-to-peer, individual and group information sessions about issues relevant to people living with HIV, including latest treatments, legal issues, stigma and discrimination, mental health and wellbeing, sexual health and HIV prevention.
We believe that social inclusion is vital for good physical and mental health and wellbeing. At our peer support activities, people living with HIV can meet, talk to and learn from each other. Our social gatherings are safe places where you can share and discuss issues that only other people with lived experience would understand. .
Find out more about our peer led groups.
Women living with HIV
Unless otherwise stated, Meridian events and activities run for people living with HIV are open to people of all genders.
We also run a peer-led group for women.
You can find useful information on women living with HIV at Women Living Well.
Advocacy
Beyond the individual, we are fierce advocates for our communities. We stand up and raise our voices when we see discrimination and injustice, and we take action to ensure the needs of our communities are being met.
We have a long history in HIV advocacy from the very beginning of the epidemic and the organisation’s inception in 1983.
We undertake activities that seek to respond to the current issues in HIV policy and advocacy, as well as future challenges and opportunities. Our work focuses on a broad range of issues as they impact on both the prevention of HIV, blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and other STIs, as well as care and support for people living with HIVand other BBVs.