Terrence Higgins Trust

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Cahir Connolly

Cahir Connolly

My Story

I am running the TCS London Marathon in April and supporting the work of Terrence Higgins Trust.

“I was diagnosed as HIV+ in 2014. Upon receiving my diagnosis, I thought I was going to die. 

My knowledge of living with HIV was minimal, and I had no idea that I could live a long and healthy life, just like my HIV-negative peers. 

The support I received through Terrence Higgins Trust’s peer mentoring and therapy helped me to find my voice and begin opening up to others about my HIV status. 

The charity’s Undetectable = Untransmittable' (U=U) campaign in 2016 gave me a further confidence boost: knowing that because I was on effective medication, my viral load was undetectable and I couldn’t pass the virus on. With this knowledge, I felt better prepared to share my HIV story. In 2016, to give something back to the charity, I ran the London Marathon for Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and I have been involved with the charity and their vital work ever since. 

I’m now proud to be a Positive Voices speaker for THT. Through the Positive Voices programme, I received training to share my personal HIV story and general information about the virus. I regularly give talks to large groups in schools, universities, companies, prisons and other organisations. I have now also become a Peer Mentor myself, and I work in the NHS, helping others coming to terms with their HIV diagnosis, and connecting them with useful resources.

Next year, I will be running the London Marathon again for Terrence Higgins Trust. I am looking forward to raising money for the charity that has helped me over the years, and continues to do such important work around HIV awareness, educating others, smashing stigma and ending new cases of HIV in the UK by 2030.

Terrence Higgins Trust

Raising for:

Terrence Higgins Trust
1%

Funded

  • Target
    £2,030
  • Raised so far
    £15
  • Number of donors
    1

My Story

I am running the TCS London Marathon in April and supporting the work of Terrence Higgins Trust.

“I was diagnosed as HIV+ in 2014. Upon receiving my diagnosis, I thought I was going to die. 

My knowledge of living with HIV was minimal, and I had no idea that I could live a long and healthy life, just like my HIV-negative peers. 

The support I received through Terrence Higgins Trust’s peer mentoring and therapy helped me to find my voice and begin opening up to others about my HIV status. 

The charity’s Undetectable = Untransmittable' (U=U) campaign in 2016 gave me a further confidence boost: knowing that because I was on effective medication, my viral load was undetectable and I couldn’t pass the virus on. With this knowledge, I felt better prepared to share my HIV story. In 2016, to give something back to the charity, I ran the London Marathon for Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and I have been involved with the charity and their vital work ever since. 

I’m now proud to be a Positive Voices speaker for THT. Through the Positive Voices programme, I received training to share my personal HIV story and general information about the virus. I regularly give talks to large groups in schools, universities, companies, prisons and other organisations. I have now also become a Peer Mentor myself, and I work in the NHS, helping others coming to terms with their HIV diagnosis, and connecting them with useful resources.

Next year, I will be running the London Marathon again for Terrence Higgins Trust. I am looking forward to raising money for the charity that has helped me over the years, and continues to do such important work around HIV awareness, educating others, smashing stigma and ending new cases of HIV in the UK by 2030.