HIV Charity Crusaid Merges With Terrence Higgins Trust Following Fall In Income

Following a troubled year for Crusaid, the charity offering funding and support to those living with HIV and suffering financial hardship, it has been announced that they will be merging with the Terence Higgins Trust.

Telling the PinkNews that a strategy put in place to improve income that had fallen due to the recession had failed, Jordan Hays, the chief executive said he did not know the future for the staff would be, though the Crusaid name will continue as an operating unit within THT .

Debbie Holmes, the executive director of fundraising at the Terrence Higgins Trust said it would be impossible to say what would happen at this point in the merger but there many be redundancies.

Releasing a press statement about the merger, Sir Nick Partridge, the chief executive of THT said:

“I’m delighted to confirm that Crusaid and Terrence Higgins Trust have merged.

“The merger will preserve the Crusaid Hardship Fund in a very challenging economic climate and help ensure that people with HIV have the ongoing support that they so vitally need.

“We are also looking forward to combining our experience and research for a renewed anti-poverty strategy in support of people living with HIV in the UK.”

via Pink News.