The current proposal focusses on the priority areas of prevention, testing, living well with HIV and tackling HIV -related stigma. As such this project sits well with research in health psychology led by Prof Val Morrison, including the study of illness perceptions and behaviour change, and of living with a long-term conditions. The innovation offered by this proposal is the use of quilting to engage the North Wales community in awareness raising around HIV infection, increase testing uptake and reduce stigma to enable those affected to ‘live well’ with a diagnosis. In Wales we have a wonderful history of quilting and a strong sense of community grown around ‘quilters’, with family stories, memories and traditions commemorated and celebrated in each square.

Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £8,636