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'''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>
'''Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF)''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] [[HIV]] charity based in [[Sydney]], New South Wales. It aims to provide practical, emotional and financial assistance to people living with HIV and currently operates in [[New South Wales]] and [[Adelaide]].<ref name="AboutUs">{{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 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, 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>
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, 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>
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 BGF.<ref>{{Cite web| title = By Simon Dunn| work = By Simon Dunn| accessdate = 2020-08-19| url = https://www.bysimondunn.com/about}}</ref>
Former High Court Justice [[Michael Kirby]] has been BGF's patron since 2002<ref name="AboutUs"/> and journalist [[Ita Buttrose]] is a life member.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Charity auction night raises $52,000 for Bobby Goldsmith Foundation| work = Alex Greenwich| accessdate = 2020-09-14| url = https://www.alexgreenwich.com/charity_auction_night_raises_52_000_for_bobby_goldsmith_foundation}}</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>


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>
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>, the [[National Association of People With HIV Australia]]<ref>{{Cite web| title = Members| work = NAPWHA| accessdate = 2020-09-14| url = https://napwha.org.au/members/}}</ref> and the [[Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Organisational Sustaining Membership ASHM| accessdate = 2020-09-14| url = https://www.ashm.org.au/about/membership/organisational-sustaining/}}</ref>


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

Revision as of 05:52, 14 September 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 charity based in Sydney, New South Wales. It aims to provide practical, emotional 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 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]

Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby has been BGF's patron since 2002[1] and journalist Ita Buttrose is a life member.[7] In 2020, former bobsledder and rugby union player Simon Dunn was announced as an ambassador for BGF.[8]

BGF is currently an affiliate member of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations,[9], the National Association of People With HIV Australia[10] and the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Charity auction night raises $52,000 for Bobby Goldsmith Foundation". Alex Greenwich. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  8. ^ "By Simon Dunn". By Simon Dunn. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  9. ^ "Members". Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  10. ^ "Members". NAPWHA. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  11. ^ "Organisational Sustaining Membership ASHM". Retrieved 2020-09-14.

External links

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