Jump to content

User:Aurora2698/sandbox: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
adding more stuff
m acronym looks better
Line 94: Line 94:
}}
}}


'''Bobby Goldsmith Foundation''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] [[HIV/AIDS]] charity based in [[Sydney]], New South Wales. It aims to provide practical and financial assistance to people living with HIV and currently operates in [[New South Wales]] and [[Adelaide]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = About Us| accessdate = 2020-06-22| url = https://www.bgf.org.au/about-us/bgf}}</ref> It was formed in July 1984 from a trust fund organised after the death of [[Bobby Goldsmith]], who was the first person in New South Wales to be publicly recognised as having died of AIDS-related illness.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University| last = Whitaker| first = Anne-Maree| title = Australian Dictionary of Biography| chapter = Goldsmith, Robert Bernard (Bobby) (1946–1984)| location = Canberra| accessdate = 2020-06-22| chapterurl = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/goldsmith-robert-bernard-bobby-12550}}</ref> It is Australia's oldest HIV/AIDS charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bgf.org.au/static/uploads/files/bgf-2018-2019-annual-report-wfpxjfphdbpy.pdf |title=Annual Report 2018-2019 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=bgf.org.au |publisher=Bobby Goldsmith Foundation |access-date=2020-06-22 |quote=}}</ref>
'''Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF)''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] [[HIV/AIDS]] charity based in [[Sydney]], New South Wales. It aims to provide practical and financial assistance to people living with HIV and currently operates in [[New South Wales]] and [[Adelaide]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = About Us| accessdate = 2020-06-22| url = https://www.bgf.org.au/about-us/bgf}}</ref> It was formed in July 1984 from a trust fund organised after the death of [[Bobby Goldsmith]], who was the first person in New South Wales to be publicly recognised as having died of AIDS-related illness.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University| last = Whitaker| first = Anne-Maree| title = Australian Dictionary of Biography| chapter = Goldsmith, Robert Bernard (Bobby) (1946–1984)| location = Canberra| accessdate = 2020-06-22| chapterurl = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/goldsmith-robert-bernard-bobby-12550}}</ref> It is Australia's oldest HIV/AIDS charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bgf.org.au/static/uploads/files/bgf-2018-2019-annual-report-wfpxjfphdbpy.pdf |title=Annual Report 2018-2019 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=bgf.org.au |publisher=Bobby Goldsmith Foundation |access-date=2020-06-22 |quote=}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Shortly after its formation, Bobby Goldsmith Foundation became a founding member of the New South Wales AIDS Action Committee.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Troubador Publishing Ltd| isbn = 9781788036740| last = Clews| first = Colin| title = Gay in the 80s: From Fighting our Rights to Fighting for our Lives| date = 2017-02-03}}</ref>. In 1985, Bobby Goldsmith Foundation assisted in funding the AIDS Council of New South Wales's 'Rubba Me' safe sex campaign after the NSW Government withdrew its support.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = UNSW Press| isbn = 9780868407180| last = Sendziuk| first = Paul| title = Learning to Trust: Australian Responses to AIDS| date = 2003}}</ref>
Shortly after its formation, BGF became a founding member of the New South Wales AIDS Action Committee.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Troubador Publishing Ltd| isbn = 9781788036740| last = Clews| first = Colin| title = Gay in the 80s: From Fighting our Rights to Fighting for our Lives| date = 2017-02-03}}</ref>. In 1985, BGF assisted in funding the AIDS Council of New South Wales's 'Rubba Me' safe sex campaign after the NSW Government withdrew its support.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = UNSW Press| isbn = 9780868407180| last = Sendziuk| first = Paul| title = Learning to Trust: Australian Responses to AIDS| date = 2003}}</ref>


As of 2018, Bobby Goldsmith Foundation offered one of two HIV self-management programs in Australia.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1186/s12879-018-3518-6| volume = 18| issue = 1| pages = 615| last1 = Millard| first1 = Tanya| last2 = Dodson| first2 = Sarity| last3 = McDonald| first3 = Karalyn| last4 = Klassen| first4 = Karen M.| last5 = Osborne| first5 = Richard H.| last6 = Battersby| first6 = Malcolm W.| last7 = Fairley| first7 = Christopher K.| last8 = Elliott| first8 = Julian H.| title = The systematic development of a complex intervention: HealthMap, an online self-management support program for people with HIV.| journal = BMC infectious diseases| accessdate = 2020-08-19| date = 2018| url = https://search.proquest.com/docview/2149855901?rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo}}</ref>
As of 2018, BGF offered one of two HIV self-management programs in Australia.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1186/s12879-018-3518-6| volume = 18| issue = 1| pages = 615| last1 = Millard| first1 = Tanya| last2 = Dodson| first2 = Sarity| last3 = McDonald| first3 = Karalyn| last4 = Klassen| first4 = Karen M.| last5 = Osborne| first5 = Richard H.| last6 = Battersby| first6 = Malcolm W.| last7 = Fairley| first7 = Christopher K.| last8 = Elliott| first8 = Julian H.| title = The systematic development of a complex intervention: HealthMap, an online self-management support program for people with HIV.| journal = BMC infectious diseases| accessdate = 2020-08-19| date = 2018| url = https://search.proquest.com/docview/2149855901?rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo}}</ref>


In 2020, former bobsledder and rugby union player [[Simon Dunn]] was announced as an ambassador for Bobby Goldsmith Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web| title = By Simon Dunn| work = By Simon Dunn| accessdate = 2020-08-19| url = https://www.bysimondunn.com/about}}</ref>
In 2020, former bobsledder and rugby union player [[Simon Dunn]] was announced as an ambassador for BGF.<ref>{{Cite web| title = By Simon Dunn| work = By Simon Dunn| accessdate = 2020-08-19| url = https://www.bysimondunn.com/about}}</ref>


Bobby Goldsmith Foundation is currently an affiliate member of the [[Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Members| work = Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations| accessdate = 2020-08-19| url = https://www.afao.org.au/about-afao/members/}}</ref>
BGF is currently an affiliate member of the [[Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Members| work = Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations| accessdate = 2020-08-19| url = https://www.afao.org.au/about-afao/members/}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 14:22, 19 August 2020

Bobby Goldsmith Foundation
Named afterBobby Goldsmith
Formation1984
Legal statusCharity
Location
  • Level 3, 111-117 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Region
New South Wales, South Australia
President
Justin Cudmore
CEO
Nick Lawson
Websitebgf.org.au

Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) is an Australian HIV/AIDS charity based in Sydney, New South Wales. It aims to provide practical and financial assistance to people living with HIV and currently operates in New South Wales and Adelaide.[1] It was formed in July 1984 from a trust fund organised after the death of Bobby Goldsmith, who was the first person in New South Wales to be publicly recognised as having died of AIDS-related illness.[2] It is Australia's oldest HIV/AIDS charity.[3]

History

Shortly after its formation, BGF became a founding member of the New South Wales AIDS Action Committee.[4]. In 1985, BGF assisted in funding the AIDS Council of New South Wales's 'Rubba Me' safe sex campaign after the NSW Government withdrew its support.[5]

As of 2018, BGF offered one of two HIV self-management programs in Australia.[6]

In 2020, former bobsledder and rugby union player Simon Dunn was announced as an ambassador for BGF.[7]

BGF is currently an affiliate member of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. ^ Whitaker, Anne-Maree. "Goldsmith, Robert Bernard (Bobby) (1946–1984)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Annual Report 2018-2019" (PDF). bgf.org.au. Bobby Goldsmith Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. ^ Clews, Colin (2017-02-03). Gay in the 80s: From Fighting our Rights to Fighting for our Lives. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781788036740.
  5. ^ Sendziuk, Paul (2003). Learning to Trust: Australian Responses to AIDS. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868407180.
  6. ^ Millard, Tanya; Dodson, Sarity; McDonald, Karalyn; Klassen, Karen M.; Osborne, Richard H.; Battersby, Malcolm W.; Fairley, Christopher K.; Elliott, Julian H. (2018). "The systematic development of a complex intervention: HealthMap, an online self-management support program for people with HIV". BMC infectious diseases. 18 (1): 615. doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3518-6. Retrieved 2020-08-19.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  7. ^ "By Simon Dunn". By Simon Dunn. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  8. ^ "Members". Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Aurora2698/sandbox&oldid=973838050"