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'''Positive Lives''' was an HIV charity set up by [[David Bridle]] and [[Kelvin Solis]], owners of [[Chronos Publishing]], in 1996.
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'''Positive Lives''' was an [[HIV]] charity set up by [[David Bridle]] and [[Kelvin Sollis]], owners of [[Chronos Publishing]], in 1996.
  
In May 2000, <cite>[[Outcast]]</cite> ran a story claiming that Positive Lives had "done no charitable work whatever". The story was investigated by the Charity Commision, who found that the report was correct, and ordered Positive Lives to close down.
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In May 2000, <cite>[[Outcast]]</cite> magazine ran a story claiming that Positive Lives had "done no charitable work whatever". The story was investigated by the Charity Commission.<ref>http://www.posh-uk.org.uk/cc/positive_lives.html Charity Commission Report into Positive Lives (quoted in Wikipedia; apparently no longer online)</ref>
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The Charity Commission's website shows the charity (Number 1057995) as having ceased to exist in 2003.<ref>http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/RemovedCharityMain.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1057995&SubsidiaryNumber=0</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:HIV and AIDS]]
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[[Category:Charities]]
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 20 December 2013

Positive Lives was an HIV charity set up by David Bridle and Kelvin Sollis, owners of Chronos Publishing, in 1996.

In May 2000, Outcast magazine ran a story claiming that Positive Lives had "done no charitable work whatever". The story was investigated by the Charity Commission.[1]

The Charity Commission's website shows the charity (Number 1057995) as having ceased to exist in 2003.[2]

References

  1. http://www.posh-uk.org.uk/cc/positive_lives.html Charity Commission Report into Positive Lives (quoted in Wikipedia; apparently no longer online)
  2. http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/RemovedCharityMain.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1057995&SubsidiaryNumber=0