About us

Our Vision

We want Scotland to be a country where everyone has equal opportunities to healthy choices and relationships, and that achieves zero new HIV transmissions by 2030.

Our Mission

Our mission is to forge a positive path to overcome sexual and drug related barriers to healthy lives in Scotland for people living with HIV, PrEP users and people at risk of HIV.

Our Values

INVOLVEMENT - We engage people in a meaningful way because we believe the best outcomes are achieved by working together.

EQUALITY - We foster and promote diversity – everyone has the right to be free from discrimination, to have their choices respected and be valued.

CREATIVITY - We are a group of creative people and we apply our creativity to problem solving every day in our work to get the best solutions.

AGILITY - We are action orientated – we proactively find opportunities, assess the evidence and can move quickly on new ideas.

ACCOUNTABILITY - We use resources wisely; ensure accuracy in our work; make sound decisions and take accountability for our actions.

Meet The Team

Meet The Board

Latest

Join us for Sex, Drugs & Scotland's Health Virtual Conference, 19-21 October!

HIV Scotland’s ambassador, Lorraine Kelly, has just launched the ticket registration for this year’s Sex, Drugs & Scotland's Health Virtual Conference which is set to take place on Tuesday 19th through till Thursday 21st October.
Iain Walker

Iain is a senior finance professional who specialises in providing tax advisory services to a broad spectrum of organisations. Iain is an advocate for equality and the LGBTQ+ community. Iain’s commitment to HIV Scotland is to ensure that it is able to support its strategic aims by bringing his professional experience to support the financial governance of the organisation.
Dr. Karen Thomson

Karen is a social scientist with a background in psychology. In additional to her substantive post as a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, Karen has been the the Head of Learning and Teaching for the School of Life Sciences; the Associate Dean, Learning Teaching and Quality, for the School of Health and Life Sciences; and is now undertaking a strategic international role for the School, Associate Dean International.
Hosanna Bankhead

Hosanna has obtained an MSc.in Social Development and Health from Queen Margaret University, launching her into the health sector. In 2008, Hosanna was employed by Terrence Higgins Trust as a Health Trainer for people living with HIV before becoming a Development manager for HIV Scotland. Recognising a huge gap in Africans accessing culturally sensitive organisations, Hosanna founded and led the Hwupenyu Health and Wellbeing Project until her retirement in 2019.