The HIV Support Centre

 

Street Collection

 

A street Collection was organised for 5^th December 2007 from 10:00am – 9:00pm to coincide with Christmas shopping and the Continental Markets. Volunteers and staff collected throughout Belfast City Centre giving out red ribbons and specially designed bookmarks.  This event raised a total of £702.  The street collection is still a very effective way of raising money directly from the general public and is also serves to raise the profile of the organisation as well as to highlight the issue of HIV in Northern Ireland.  We believe it is important for everyone in Northern Ireland to know about HIV and we rely on public events like this to help raise awareness as well as vital funds.  In addition to the above Collections are an excellent way of attracting new volunteers and we were pleased to have several new volunteers joining us to collect on this occasion.