News

09 Apr 2021

Seeking Faces for new Breast Screening Campaign

Alongside BreastScreen Victoria, Thorne Harbour Health is working on a new campaign and needs your help in finding volunteers to take part.

03 Mar 2021

Legends Honoured in Grove of Gratitude

As part of ChillOut 2021, the Grove of Gratitude is a new initiative honouring various individuals from across our diverse collection of communities. With the inaugural trees planted on Wednesday 3 March 2021, Thorne Harbour Health was given the opportunity to dedicate three trees this year - honouring Prof. Jim Hyde, Deborah Gilles, and Trevor Williams.In an organisation with our history, it's always a challenge to only acknowledge a few people from the many who have contributed to our work, but we look forward to honouring more people in the years ahead.

18 Feb 2021

Introducing: Virtual Meeting Rooms

This week Thorne Harbour is introducing its Virtual Meeting Rooms to help our LGBTI and PLHIV communities stay connected. Volunteer Coordinator Daniel Bryen tells us a little bit about this new resource available to community groups.

16 Feb 2021

Wherever Sex Happens in South Australia

After a successful run in Victoria, one health promotion campaign has undergone a reboot to feature South Australia locations and remind people to look after their sexual health - Wherever Sex Happens.SAMESH Team Manager Skye Bartlett talks a little bit about the experiencing of updating and photographing the campaign for a South Australian audience.

10 Feb 2021

Charlie’s Story: Recovery & the NDIS

Charlie’s road to recovery has been a journey of building capacity and learning new skills, but sometimes it’s just about getting through the day.

21 Jan 2021

5 Questions with Nevena Spirovska

Community advocate and proud member of our bisexual community Nevena Spirovska answers five questions about why she's on the Board of Thorne Harbour and some the challenges we face for 2021...

21 Jan 2021

5 Questions with Cassius Adam Armitage

Self proclaimed 'Dr. Dolittle' Cassius Adam Armitage takes a break from running a handful of small businesses in regional Victoria to answer 5 Questions about how he came to join the Board of Thorne Harbour Health...

20 Jan 2021

5 Questions with Bruce Weston

As we put 2020 behind us, we ask Bruce Weston five questions to learn about how the Rainbow Connection volunteer went on to join the Board of Thorne Harbour Health...

12 Jan 2021

Remembering Joan Golding

This week our community is mourning the death of Joan Golding OAM – life member, fierce ally, and longstanding advocate in the community response to HIV and AIDS.

18 Dec 2020

CEO Update: 2020 Holiday Season

As we approach the end of 2020 and head into the holiday season, Thorne Harbour Health CEO Simon Ruth shares one last message with our LGBTI and PLHIV communities.

15 Dec 2020

5 Questions with Peggy Kerdo

After making her Thorne Harbour Health debut in the recent annual report A Year Like No Other, Paghona "Peggy" Kerdo answers 5 Questions...

08 Dec 2020

5 Questions with Bronwyn Lawman

After having recently joined the Board of Thorne Harbour Health, we chatted to Bronwyn Lawman about her longstanding career in mental health, why she's keen to play an influential role at the organisation, and her love of Abba.