welcome to river house
River House evolved from a pilot project called 'The Meeting Place' which was established in Hammersmith & Fulham in the mid 80's. River House, in its present form, opened in February 1988 as a result of a unique co-operation between St. Paul's Church, Hammersmith, and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham's Social Services Department. River House aimed to harness the resources needed to offer an integrated range of services for people living with HIV. We continue to fulfill this vision. River House functions as a community hub which provides nutritional, practical, therapeutic and medical services within a welcoming and supportive environment.
Positively Ageing Forum (HIV)
We are a newly constituted independent Forum and a member of Age UK’s “Speaking Up For Our Age” national grassroots network of Forums for older people.
Our Forum is about ENGAGEMENT
Many of our members have survived infection by HIV since the early years of the AIDS epidemic and have been very deeply affected by the disease for a long time. We also have members who have been more recently diagnosed and who are still coming to terms with how HIV is going to affect the rest of their lives.
We want to
- Head off loneliness and isolation by engaging socially as a group who share particular needs and experiences.
- Examine new initiatives that might greatly improve our day to day lives and also reduce health, housing and social sector costs in the longer term.
- Become valuable active consumers of services and benefits, rather than simply being passive recipients.
- Learn to help each other to take care of ourselves in so far as we are able by organising social, educational and therapeutic activities.
We meet every six weeks at River House, Hammersmith. For our next meeting date please email our Secretary: vintagehiv@gmail.com
