Based upon the ASG 2009/10 figures already obtained, we suggest a projected forecast and FOI 2010/11 request.
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1) No. of people with HIV/AIDS increases by 7%.
2) The ASG allowance from the Dept. of Health for 2010/2011 is now confirmed at £25.5m, an increase of 18.6% in real cash terms.
3) The allowances are based a 18.6% increase.
4) Costs rise by 5% per annum.
5) Figures used are that which are shown upon 2009/2010 ASG analysis.
6) If the figure of 87,000 people living with HIV/AIDS is used the £per person decreases.
Note for consideration and discussion.
1) A needs assessment and consultation is carried out with the HIV community, aimed to provide the best support and use of funds.
2) A Pan London approach is taken like that of the London Specialist Commissioning Group and the resources are collected, administered and provided by 1 organisation instead of the 33 different local authorities.
3) A request on Local Authorities which underfund to increase monies received to challenge and change the disparity.
4) A minimum spend of £500.00 is achieved, based upon the numbers of 45,000 people living with HIV/AIDS within London, creating a minimun budget for London of £22.5million
5) A suggest 5-7% Management fee would be used to cover the administration, salaries and other liabilities (£1.575m).
6) Suggest that the team be incorporated with one of the existing HIV charities/organisation already established, releasing more fund to be delivered to front lines services and support. (Crusaid, NAT, Positive Women, THT)
7) We know that about 87,000 people live with HIV/AIDS much less than the SOPHID figures suggest.
8) Figures to be revised accordingly, subject to new information and discussion.
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This circular explains arrangements for the continuation in 2010/11 of the AIDS Support Grant. Authorities are also invited to bid for HIV Capital Grant for HIV/AIDS related housing and capital projects.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Lo...
The data for 2010/11 relating to the AIDS/HIV grant is as follows:
ASG Grant - £193,000
Staff = £75,000
Residential Costs = £5,000
Voluntary Costs = £50,190
Direct Payments = £0
Other costs = £62,810
HIV/Aids spend (estimated) 2010/11:
Staffing/care management costs £70k
Contracted services £50k
Other Client related (accommodation & subsistence) £172k
Total estimated costs £292k
Less income HIV/AIDS Grant £292k
I also enquire and ask from the previous FOI (period 2009/2010) and collected responses returned under the AIDS support grant/budget and spend, please could you provide me the same information for the period 2010/2011. I have attached the collected 09/10 analysis for your information in a pdf file.
2010/11 - £12,000 grant has been committed but has not yet been paid.
Adult Social Care Response
ASG for 10/11 was £85,000
Breakdown of grant for the year as follows:
£10,000 accommodation charges
£8,891 Direct payments
£28,620 Salaries
£3,170 Recharges/admin
£600 printing HIV leaflets
£9,000 to external specialist service
£24,000 to be divided between external agencies to support work undertaken for Havering residents affected by HIV/AIDS.
The 2010/11 AIDS Support Grant allocation in 2010/11 is £86,000.
The table below provides a breakdown of the budget for 2010/11.
Table 1
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Expenditure / Income type |
Budget 2010/11 |
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Salaries |
79,700 |
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Transport |
11,400 |
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Office expenses |
7,100 |
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Grants to voluntary organisations |
19,000 |
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Translation / Interpretation services |
1,000 |
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Homecare |
29,000 |
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Direct Payments |
6,500 |
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Gross expenditure |
153,700 |
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Aids Support Grant |
-86,000 |
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Other income |
-5,500 |
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Income |
-91,500 |
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Net expenditure |
62,200 |
In relation to clients with HIV/AIDS, the latest year for which we have the information you have requested is 2009/10. In that year budgeted expenditure relating to clients with HIV/AIDS was £163,800 and actual expenditure was £143,848. £104,000 was funded by grant and the balance from the Council’s net revenue budget. A breakdown of the budgeted and actual expenditure is shown in the table. Please note that this expenditure relates to Adult Services only and there may be other clients with HIV/AIDS who have not been identified as such in which case related costs are not included in the stated figures.
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Expenditure on Clients with HIV/AIDS 2009/10 |
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Budget |
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Actual |
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£ |
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£ |
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Staff Salaries |
65200 |
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55186 |
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Direct Payments |
73600 |
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72487 |
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Domiciliary Care |
5000 |
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702 |
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Grants |
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20000 |
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15473 |
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Total Expenditure |
163800 |
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143848 |
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Grant |
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104000 |
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104000 |
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Net Expenditure |
59800 |
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39848 |
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| Main | Description | Sub | Sub Description | Grant Income |
| 1401 | COMMUNITY DRUGS & ALCOHOL TEAM | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £89,030 |
| 1501 | OT BATTERSEA | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £8,190 |
| 1502 | OT PUTNEY & ROEHAMPTON | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £8,190 |
| 1503 | OT WANDSWORTH SOUTH | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £8,200 |
| 1515 | PUTNEY & ROEHAMPTON | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £24,500 |
| 1518 | WANDSWORTH SOUTH | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £41,140 |
| 1544 | OLDER PEOPLE & SPD ASST DIR | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £21,080 |
| 1600 | SENSORY & PHYSICALLY DISABLED | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £16,820 |
| 1701 | ASSD MISCELLANEOUS COSTS | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £77,550 |
| ADULTS | £294,700 | |||
| 3760 | CIN ST.GEORGES | 8703 | AIDS SUPPORT GRANT | £126,300 |
| CHILDRENS | £126,300 | |||
| TOTAL ASG GRANT | £421,000 |
also enquire and ask from the previous FOI (period 2009/2010) and collected responses returned under the AIDS support grant/budget and spend, please could you provide me the same information for the period 2010/2011.
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HIV / AIDS 2010/11 Analysis of spend |
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Gross Expenditure |
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Staffing |
321,962 |
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Care Costs |
159,788 |
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Payments to Vol. Orgs |
35,665 |
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Total Gross Expenditure |
517,415 |
| Expenditure | 2010-11 |
| Staffing Costs | 165,300.00 |
| Miscellaneous Expenditure | 24.36 |
| Direct Care to Clients ( or through Voluntary Organisations ) | 92,824.45 |
| Total Expenditure | 258,148.81 |
| Number of clients | 234 |
| Grant Funding | 316,000.00 |
Our grant for 2010/11 is £287,000. Our projected spend on HIV/AIDS for 2010/11 is as follows:
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African Outreach Worker |
£0 |
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Complex Needs Team Workers |
£86,287 |
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HIV Specialist Workers |
£46,853 |
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Support Packages in the Community for 15 individuals with HIV/AIDS |
£109,188 |
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Nursing Care for 1 individual with HIV/AIDS |
£45,026 |
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Total |
£287,354 |
HOUSING & ADULT SOCIAL CARE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES 2010/2011
CLIENT GROUP: PHYSICAL & SENSORY DISABILITIES COMMISSIONING COST CENTRE SP132
HASC BASE BUDGET FUNDING 2010/2011
Actual contract values 2010-11
ORGANISATION SCHEME DESCRIPTION FUNDING
Grants to Non-Statutory Organisations
Peer Support Services for HIV and Women 40,044 20,000
Legal Advice and Counselling 12,178 12,145
Advice and Advocacy Service 123,806 120,489
to be allocated 2,151
TOTAL HASC BASE BUDGET FUNDING 178,180
Development Fund
HIV Support Services 28,100 27,720
To be allocated 18,920
47,020
TOTAL PSD COMMISSIONING BUDGET 225,200
| 2010/11 Aids Support Grant (ASG) spend - forecast to 31.03.11 | |
| £ | |
| Staffing | 103,213 |
| Residential Placements | 42,272 |
| Direct Payments | 30,741 |
| 176,226 | |
| LBE allocation | 299,000 |
| Currently Unallocated | 122,774 |
The internal HIV/ AIDS grant allocation to Adult Services totals to £271k. In 2009/10, expenditure on staffing was £200k, expenditure on care packages was £533k with £6k of service user income. The grant is only a contribution to costs and funded 37% of
actual expenditure.
The HIV / Aids Support Grant for the financial year 2010/11 is not ring fenced.
The lifting of the ring fence in 2010/11 means in practice that the grant freedoms that used to apply solely to higher performing authorities, will continue to apply to all authorities as they did in 2009/10. This enables greater freedom for LAs to allocate resources to the priorities of
the residents of its borough It should be noted that the Grant Allocation of £716k, is deemed only a contribution to the overall costs of HIV/Aids Support to LAs. The actual costs greatly exceed the grant allocation, with the additional costs being met by the LA base Budget.
The Grant allocations for Newham 2010/11 , between CYPS and Adults are as follows:
A17905005000 (120,600) Adults Social Work
A53906000000 (150,400) Adults Placement/Package Costs (271,000)
B22906007800 (270,300) Children's Care Packages
B92906000000 (41,700) Commissioning and Contracts
B97906001100 (133,000) Children's Social Work Staffing (445,000)
Allocation (716,000)
Please note that the accounts for 2010/11 have not yet been fully accounted for and will be available once the accounts are closed.
| Aids Support Grant - Budget Monitoring 10/11 | Period | July | |||||||||
| Provisional Notification 10/11 - £596,000 | |||||||||||
| Final Notification 10/11 - £601,000 - Additional 5,000 to be allocated | |||||||||||
| Adults Social Care | |||||||||||
| Account Combination | Cost Centre | Sub Centre | Account | Grant Income Budget 10/11 | Expenditure Budget | Actual | Remaining in Budget | Projected Spend | Variation to Expenditure Budget | Comments | |
| L G KMAD XJBV 5503 9999 | HIV Team | HIV Grant | Health Authorities (PCT) | £82,000 | £83,560 | £20,800 | £62,760 | £83,200 | -£360 | ||
| L G KAAC XJBV 5101, 5131 etc | Younger Adults Team | HIV Grant | Employees | £128,500 | £131,100 | £14,940 | £116,160 | £44,800 | -£86,300 | One member of staff currently employed - M Chihoto | |
| L G KDHD XJBV 5514 9999 | YA Domiciliary Care Care | Default | Domicil Care (Ext Contractors) (THPP) | £50,600 | £50,600 | £4,053 | £46,547 | £17,100 | -£33,500 | Projection based on Current Average spend of £1,300 per month | |
| L G KDPD XJBV 5519 9999 | YA Direct Payments | Default | Domicil Care (Ext Contractors) (THPP) | £16,500 | £16,500 | £0 | £16,500 | £0 | -£16,500 | No spend coded to grant to date | |
| L G KDRD XJBV 5511 9999 | YA Residential | HIV Grant | Resid Homes (Ext Contractors) (THPP) | £5,500 | £5,500 | £0 | £5,500 | £0 | -£5,500 | No spend coded to grant to date | |
| L G KDND XJBV 5512 9999 | YA Nursing Homes | HIV Grant | Nursing Homes (Ext Contractors) (THPP) | £68,900 | £68,900 | £0 | £68,900 | £0 | -£68,900 | No spend coded to grant to date | |
| Total Adults | £352,000 | £356,160 | £39,792 | £316,368 | £145,100 | -£211,060 | |||||
| CYP | |||||||||||
| Account Combination | Cost Centre | Sub Centre | Account | Grant 09/10 | Expenditure Budget | Actual | Remaining in Budget | Projected Spend | Variation to Expenditure Budget | Comments | |
| L G DCBG XJBV 5101, 5131 etc | HIV Team | HIV Grant | Employees | £204,000 | £204,000 | £46,904 | £157,096 | £204,000 | £0 | Employees expected to come within budget as per previous years | |
| L G DCAA XJBV 5454 9999 | HIV Team | HIV Grant | Grants to External Orgs (SUPL) | £40,000 | £40,000 | £19,800 | £20,200 | £39,600 | -£400 | ||
| Total CYP | £244,000 | £244,000 | £66,704 | £177,296 | £243,600 | -£400 | |||||
| Grand Total | £596,000 | £600,160 | £106,496 | £493,664 | £388,700 | -£211,460 | |||||
London Borough of Hounslow, AIDS Support Grant (ASG), Department of Health
Body & Soul £ 5,202.00
River House £ 6,700.00
ZWM £ 12,245.00
THT Surrey £ 3,100.00
Hounslow African Health Project £ 31,212.00
Total £ 58,459.00
Disability Team social work £ 80,900.00
Care packages £ 39,000.00
Total £ 119,900.00
Other
Adult Services
Children & Families £ 34,600.00
Welfare Benefits & Money Advice £ 7,924.00
CSDP Phone Rentals £ 2,000.00
Equipment £ 300.00
Engagement Activities £ 25,000.00
Total £ 69,824.00
TOTAL allocated £ 248,183.00
Allocation 2010/11 £ 273,000.00
Carry Forward from 2009/10 £ 27,806.00
Unallocated Grant £ 52,623.00
HIV Grant
With regards to the Aids Support Grant element of your request, the following information provides a summary of the spend for 2010/2011. Original budget 2010/11
(£000) Projected Outturn 2010/11
(£000)
AIDS Support Grant
Salaries £167,269 £188,453
Social Workers
Admin Support
Other Employee Expenses £5,586 £169
Transport £2,176 £1,350
Supplies and Services - costs of running the team, stationary, promotions etc £13,533 £2,747
Care Packages £30,776 £0
Capital £48 £48
Grant - DOH Aids/HIV -£237,000 -£237,000
Grant - DOH Carers
Income - Other - Access to work income for support for a member of staff -£12,920 -£10,000
SUB TOTAL -£30,532 -£54,233
Quasi Asylum Seekers
Agency Services - Care Purchasing - Rent, council tax, utilities £93,240 £25,000
SUB TOTAL £93,240 £25,000
HIV/AIDS Care Purchasing
Voluntary Organisations block contracts - LEAN Befriending service £33,048 £25,513
Home Care - Care Purchasing £59,063 £29,956
Income - Home Care Packages -£15,000 £7,331
SUB TOTAL £77,111 £62,800
Carers AIDS/HIV Homecare
Home Care - Care Purchasing £4,450 £3,279
SUB TOTAL £4,450 £3,279
Direct payments HIV
Direct payments care packages to 2 service users £9,040 £8,636
SUB TOTAL £9,040 £8,636
TOTALS £153,309 £45,482
Click here for LB of Westminister FOI response.
For AIDS Support Grant
Southwark Council received a grant of £879,000 in 2010/2011 and provides a wide range of services for people living with HIV. Much of the Aids Support Grant is put into the South London HIV Partnership, which provides a range of services including emotional and counselling support, information, advice and guidance. Southwark's social services, both for children and adults, work with a large number of adults and children both living with, and affected by HIV, and a substantial part of the grant is used to support these functions. We also partner with Lambeth and Lewisham on the provision of HIV Children's Community Nursing. There are plans this year to provide grants to the voluntary and community sector for capacity development, and to commission research on the HIV-related training needs of Southwark's workforce.
The AIDS support grant/budget is made up as follows:
- Staffing £210,982
- Care Packages £238,786
- SW London Consortium £87,366
- Local Commissioning £39,492
- Misc Expenses £4,610
- Total expenditure £581,236
- 2010/11 allocation of grant £497,000
| AIDS Support Grant 10/11 | ||||||||||
| No. of People | Grant Allocation | Other Income | Total | Budget Unused | Costs | Staff Costs | Resident Costs | Voluntary Costs | Direct Payments | Other Costs |
| 240,000 | 0 | 240,000 | 0 | 240,000 | 85,000 | 75,460 | 0 | 43,305 | 36,235 | |
FOI - AIDS Support Grant (ASG) 2010/11
Islington's Dept of Health ASG Allocation 10/11 £466,000
Expenditure Budget 10/11 (£)
Social Work Staff 304,200
Voluntary Organisations 24,200
Care Services - AIDS/HIV 137,600
Expenditure Total 466,000
Income
AIDS Support Grant (466,000)
Income Total (466,000)
Net Total 0
LBI islington FOI response:
| FOI - AIDS HIV 2011/12 | ||
| Islington's Dept of Health ASG Allocation 10/11 | £466,000 | |
| Islington's Dept of Health ASG Allocation 11/12 (FSS) | £510,000 | |
| ASG after Central Government cuts to Council's FSS (11.3%) | 452,370 | |
| Additional funding from HASS to return grant to 10/11 allocation | 13,630 | |
| Revised 2011/12 AIDS/HIV Funding (protected at 10/11 level) | £466,000 | |
| Expenditure Area | 11/12 Budget (£) | 11/12 Outturn (£) |
| Social Work Staff | 241,000 | 241,020 |
| Care Services - AIDS/HIV | 235,600 | 236,258 |
| Expenditure Total | 476,600 | 477,278 |
| Income | 11/12 Budget (£) | 11/12 Outturn (£) |
| Proportion of FSS related to ASG | (466,000) | (466,000) |
| Client Income - Care Charges | (10,600) | (7,521) |
| Income Total | (476,600) | (473,521) |
| Net Total | 0 | 3,757 |
| Notes: | ||
| 1) ASG is the abbreviation used for 'AIDS Support Grant' | ||
| 1) FSS is the abbreviation used for 'Formula Spending Share' | ||
| 2) The 'FSS' is the method the Government uses to distribute funding to Local Authorities | ||
| 3) The 'ASG' is now delivered to Local Authorities via the 'FSS' and is therefore no longer 'ring-fenced' | ||
| 4) In 11/12 Islington's FSS grant allocation was subject to 11.3% Central Government spending cuts | ||
| 5) Islington Housing & Adult Social Services Dept made the decision to maintain former 'ASG' Funding at the same level as the 2010/11 allocation | ||
Also relevant, refer NAT Social Care Report 2012, http://www.nat.org.uk/media/Files/Policy/2012/HIVSocialCareReport2012for... and http://benefits.tcell.org.uk/forums-keywords/benefits/social-care-rights...
| Aids Support Grant Income allocation and spending for 2010/11 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010/11 | No of People | ASG 10/11 allocation | Other Income | Total ASG income | Budget Unused | Costs | Staff Costs | Residential Costs | Voluntary Costs | Direct Payments | Other Costs | Spent PP | ASG PP | % +/- |
| *** | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| ACS | 2712 | 591,048 | 0 | 591,048 | 0 | 591,048 | 190,770 | 195,179 | 156,950 | 0 | 48,149 | |||
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CYPS | 377,490 | 0 | 377,490 | 0 | 377,490 | 124,813 | 200,000 | 52,677 | 0 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| HRE | 31,462 | 0 | 31,462 | 0 | 31,462 | 31,462 | 0 | |||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 2712 | 1,000,000 | 0 | 1,000,000 | 0 | 1,000,000 | 347,045 | 395,179 | 209,627 | 0 | 48,149 | 368.73 | 368.73 | 0 |
| *** This represent the number of people registered as suffereing from HIV/Aids within London Borough of Lambeth | ||||||||||||||
The total budget for HIV in 2010/2011 remains at £403,500 which is spent in two areas: £259,900 through commissioned services and £143,600 in care management posts. The Council has received in 2010/2011 £324,000 through the Aids Support Grant.
Forecast expenditure in 2010/2011 for HIV is £345,982, this is made up as follows:
Care Management Posts £143,600
Homecare £39,768
Direct Payments £14,918
Block Purchases (Advice Services and Accommodation) £87,800
seems to me that a lot of people are making good wages all the while I try to put food on the table,these figures disgust me,I thought Hiv charities were bad this is just downright scandalous .
I read on here about an end to ringfencing these grants. Why should I care as an Hiv pos man who continually struggles to survive, none of the money was getting to me anyway.............
Yes the AIDS support grant, along with many other grants are no longer ring-fenced.
Whereas you may not use local or national HIV services, many do and rely on them. Some for welfare advice, some provide social groups to provide peer-to-peer support, some work with specific populations and there specific issues others provide meals.
Without this funding that smaller, local, HIV support organisations rely on all these services will go and many will be let more isolated than before.
Some organisations perform advocacy and campaign for HIV+ people and those living with AIDS. They will also go and make it more difficult for our issues to be 'voiced'.
There are many voluntary groups who don't recieve any funding and undertake good work. However there is only so much that can be done without some funding. Maintaining a website or putting a stamp on an envelope still costs. Employing experts, commissioning reports and undertaking research costs.
From Pinknews.co.uk
"http://www.ukcab.net/forum/index.php?topic=902.0 As per this story on the UKCAB network the APPG HIV/AIDS noted this problem on the 5th May 2010.