On Tuesday 1st December from 7.30pm the Cheeky Girls will be coming along to an awards presentation in recognition of World AIDS Day, at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill.
The awards ceremony is for the winners and runners up of the recent Poetry and Short Story Competition called “What HIV Means to Me”
Adrienne Lawler (TV Presenter & Personality), Councillor Jeremy Birch and Amber Rudd (perspective Conservative candidate for Hastings) will be awarding prizes ranging from a 3D web cam to family days out at local attractions.
After the award ceremony The Cheeky Girls will be leading the entertainment.
Competition organiser, Kevin Dillistone, a sexual health specialist with the NHS in East Sussex, says:
"World AIDS Day on 1st December is about remembering those affected by HIV and AIDS, as well as raising awareness about this virus and reminding people how to stay safe.
We wanted this competition to get people really thinking about HIV and AIDS, and to put their thoughts and feelings down on paper in a poem or short story.
It is fantastic that TV presenter Adrienne Lawler (from ITV's 'Everything Must Go') and the Cheeky Girls agreed to come on board and lend their support”.
The charities which will be represented on the evening are; Terrence Higgins Trust, St. Michael’s Hospice and The Quicken Trust.
The three main age categories were:
Under 16s
16-25 year olds
26 year old and over
All entries will be compiled into a book available to all GP waiting rooms and libraries across East Sussex.
