The Everything Project

 

In our final episode we talk to Terrence Higgins Trust UK’s biggest and leading sexual health charity. We speak about their recent campaign ‘Can't Pass it On’, detailing how effective preventative HIV treatment means that even if you are sexually active you cannot pass on the virus. Ian Green CEO and Sue Mason who is living with HIV  oversees the Positive Forces Project who discusses the incredibly impactful moment when she told her teenage daughter about her status whose response was “ You are going to die now Mummy, you are going to leave me”. 

This episode was dedicated to London based charity Positive East. We speak to  peer support worker Phil who also happened to be Mr Gay England, Phil talked passionately about having a healthy and long life whilst living with HIV. Positive East has been at the forefront of HIV service and care for over 26 years. 

 

This episode we speak to Enla Fees– Corporate Partnerships Manager who works for Mothers 2 Mothers whose goal it is to end paediatric aids in sub-saharan Africa. We also hear from Phumeza who is a facility mentor mother based in Cape Town .South Africa, she talks about her own personal experience of living with HIV and how she has turned her life around whilst helping her community. This story is the embodiment of empowerment through adversity. 

 This episode we welcome National Aids Trust – Director of Policy – Kat Smithson and Shamal who is a British, gay, muslim advocate who was diagnosed 5 years ago with HIV. Shamal talks about feeling a sense of isolation and concern with news of his diagnosis of HIV especially amongst his community and dealing with the reaction. 

 

This episode is dedicated to George House Trust, who are based in Manchester. Joshua joins us who is Project – Co-ordinator from Better Together and trains up other people who live with HIV to be peer mentors and provide support for others living with it. This happens at GHT and in the community alongside the sexual health clinics; we are also joined James who uses their services and is living with HIV and was intentionally infected by a sexual partner who unwittingly removed the condom during sex. 

The first episode is from Body & Soul based in Clerkenwell. Holly who works at Body and Soul and Humphrey a service user – who had a brother who sadly died from HIV.  The charity go about helping people understand complex adversities in childhood and recognizing how this impacts life expectancy. Holly discusses the key messaging from the charity that what happens in someone’s past doesn’t define them. 

This weeks The Everything Project is called 'Living with Cancer' episode. We are joined by super-human powerhouses @gammy_tit @curryandcancer who opened up about their personal Cancer journies, diagnoses and how life and treatment continues from that point forward. Saima and Vicky both run their own businesses amongst all that they have been thrown. The show was a perfect melange of education and complete inspiration. 1 in 2 people are affected by Cancer so this was a very important episode to create and broadcast.

Grab protection, pack your lube and get your ears involved for our 'Male Porn/ Adult Entertainer' episode. It is an extremely upfront episode, balls and all. Our two epic guests @antonioblacktriplex and @axelwithouttheaces tell us all there is to know about life working as an adult entertainer. We really do mean all. We cover everything from working with Viagra, sexual health and making the side hustle work as an escort. If you are enjoying The Everything Project we would love you to like, review, love and share via iTunes..... Massive high fives all round. Hosted by Nat aka Style me Sunday and Kelly otherwise known as Book of Mum.

This week Kelly (Book of Mum) and Nat aka Style Me Sunday discuss the very serious subject of Sexual Abuse in Childhood. They are joined by guests Sarah and Nina who bravely account their own experiences. Also joining the show is Gabrielle from NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood), whose mission is to offer a range of services which offer direct support to survivors. They offer a helpline to those who need which is available on (UK) 0808 801 0331.

In this episode I (Nat aka @stylemesunday)  speak to 3 men in a relationship. How it works, the downsides, the realities and the longevity. Is Polyamory become more popular? 

They can be found at @toni_vanburen @iamriccardot @toddlamming They are performance artists who often push the boundaries with their images - beware!