Join In

World AIDS Day is for everyone. Join a global community showing solidarity with people living with HIV today and remembering lives lost.

There are so many ways you can get involved this World AIDS Day.

Wear the Red Ribbon

The iconic red ribbon is an enduring symbol of support for anyone who has been affected by HIV and AIDS. By purchasing a red ribbon from National AIDS Trust, you’ll send a message of solidarity while helping us to reach our goal of ending new HIV transmissions by 2030.

Our World AIDS Day shop also has a range of red ribbon brooches. Visit our shop today.

If you’re planning to fundraise for us, we can send free red ribbons with a collection box. More info here.

You can also pick up a red ribbon from our partners at any branch or counter of MAC Cosmetics for a suggested donation of £1.

Get tested

Getting tested is the only way to find out if you have HIV. If you are living with HIV, starting treatment early means you can live a full, healthy and productive life. Free and confidential HIV tests are available from NHS sexual health clinics (also called GUM clinics), charity testing services, many GP surgeries, pharmacies or online for self-testing at home. Free self-sampling HIV test kits are available to people from certain areas in England here.

Tell others

This World AIDS Day, we’re asking: How will you help end HIV stigma? Everyone has a role in challenging stigma and making the world a better place for people living with HIV.

Download and share our assets below on your social media and let people know how’re you going to help end HIV stigma this World AIDS Day.

Learn more about Layton Williams, John, Maggie, Seb and Winnie John, Winnie, Maggie and Seb, who feature in our World AIDS Day photographs and what they’re doing to help end HIV stigma here.