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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.

External links

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