“When young people are genuinely engaged, not just consulted, they become essential partners in building equitable health systems.” — Gabriela Romero, Y+Global
The Vibrant Young Voices Consortium is already putting this into practice. Read more here: lnkd.in/eeAjYweN
#CommunitiesFirst #YouthLed
📣 RCF is seeking an independent consultant or team to lead a Fund Management Agent evaluation, a key step in shaping our future governance and partnerships.
Learn more: robertcarrfund.org/news/fund-ma...
Deadline: 23 Feb 2026
Email: secretariat@robertcarrfund.org
2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for drug policy reform. This piece from @idpc.net lays out what’s ahead, from key global moments to the growing pressure on rights-based approaches, and why sustained advocacy still matters, even in difficult times.
Take a look here: idpc.net/blog/2026/01...
New year, same purpose: standing with community-led networks to strengthen participation in the HIV response. #CommunitiesFirst
A year of uncertainty, and still, moments of hope. Thank you to our grantees, partners, and the #RCFfamily for showing up, advocating, and collaborating through it all. #RCFWrapped2025 #CommunitiesFirst
RCF is a proud supporter of @gateorg.bsky.social. We are passionate about supporting trans communities around the world.Support today using this link gate.ngo/invest-in-di.... There is no better time to ensure trans activists gain the funding they need to make lasting change. #GiveToGate
The Robert Carr Fund is a critical partner to communities most inadequately served by the health system and most impacted by the funding cuts and political shifts.
In this moment, if you could speak directly to donors and policy makers what would you say?
Comment below 👇 👇 👇
Funding cuts are forcing community-led organisations to scale back or shut down, putting the HIV response at risk.
Core, flexible support keeps communities going.
Read our 2022–2024 Grant Cycle Report: robertcarrfund.org/rcf-grant-cy... how core funding helps communities. #WorldAIDSDay2025
It is what keeps services open, staff supported, and communities safe. Without it, critical lifelines disappear.
#WorldAIDSDay2025 #CommunitiesFirst
Community-led advocacy ensures that the most inadequately served communities get the services they deserve and need. Enabling ALL communities to access the services that are needed. Core, flexible funding is not optional.
In this global landscape, this support ensures communities can lead, advocate, and shape the HIV response, instead of disappearing from the spaces where they are needed most. #WorldAIDSDay #Communities
We are honoured to introduce our new RCF Vice Chair, Kate Thomson, who brings an urgent reminder: core, flexible funding is what keeps community voices alive, especially those long undeserved and pushed aside.
This World AIDS Day, we are proud to introduce our new RCF Chair, Sushena Reza Paul who reminds us that community-led decision making, trust, and solidarity are not just values, they are what save lives. These principles have shaped RCF for over ten years, and they matter even more today.
On #SupportDontPunish Day, @robertcarrfund.bsky.social
stands in solidarity with community-led networks fighting against criminalisation, calling for evidence-based, health-centered drug policy.
Harm reduction saves lives.
Decriminalisation restores rights.
Support. Don’t Punish. Always.
At the 56th UNAIDS Board meeting this week our ED @edwinjbernard.bsky.social called for renewed global leadership on HIV criminalisation, urging Member States to decriminalise to save lives & money & invest in @robertcarrfund.bsky.social Read the full statement: www.hivjustice.net/news/hjns-ex...
It's #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay!
Today we are honoring the courage and resilience of sex workers worldwide!
@robertcarrfund.bsky.social stands for dignity, safety, and rights for all sex workers in their diversity!
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#SWAD #SexWorkersDay
#EndStigma #HumanRights
#CommunitiesFirst
We are heartbroken by the passing of Naomi Burke-Shyne, former ED of @harmreductionintl.bsky.social, fearless harm reduction leader and advocate for human rights.
Naomi not only a visionary strategist, but a warm soul whose compassion touched every heart.
Deep condolences to her loved ones.
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Opportunity Grants open 19th May
🙌 Get ready for Monday! Applications will open for our next Opportunity Grant funding round. Read through all our eligibility criteria and what we're looking for, as well as access our library of resources on our website: https://f.mtr.cool/vsdeplwfla
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🌈On #IDAHOBIT2025, @robertcarrfund.bsky.social stands in solidarity with LGBTQ+ communities and the power of community-led action to dismantle homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.
Join us in standing up, speaking out and funding the change we all deserve!
#CommunitiesFirst
@robertcarrfund.bsky.social announces Call for Nominations for the Vice Chair of the International Steering Committee, who will together with Chair guide Fund's decision-making process and engage with partners to promote RCF and its values.
Read more and submit nomination: bit.ly/44FW6nX
*NEW* Please take 10 minutes to share your community's experience and satisfaction in engaging with the #GlobalFund GC7 window 4-7 grant-making. Survey ends 15 June forms.office.com/r/r8CXx1N9s1 @gfanafrica.bsky.social @frontlineaids.bsky.social @friendseurope.bsky.social @robertcarrfund.bsky.social
Will you be at #WHA78?
Join us for our side event co-organised with @coalitionplus.bsky.social, @unaids.org & @who.int:
📢 Communities at the heart of global health 📢
Register in advance:
In-person ➡️ bit.ly/3Rhq5L9
Virtual ➡️ bit.ly/4cFXjhc
#OneWorldForHealth #EndAIDS
Excited to share the powerful reading by our Co-eds
#SboNkosiZA and #floriako, as we have just concluded the PLHIV Leadership Summit in Nairobi last week.
oralseastafrica.news/gnp-the-hiv-...
#PLHIVLeadersNow #AliveandThrive @iasociety.bsky.social @unaids.org @robertcarrfund.bsky.social
Funders Concerned About AIDS launches the 22nd edition of our resource tracking report, titled Philanthropy's Response to HIV and AIDS, today’s most comprehensive analysis of annual HIV-related grant funding.
$722 million. That’s a record-breaking year for #HIV #philanthropy. But drastic funding cuts & rising stigma now threaten decades of work. It’s time to act.
Read FCAA’s Philanthropy’s Response to HIV and AIDS: 2023 Grantmaking and drive funding where it’s needed most:
resourcetracking.fcaaids.org
How @robertcarrfund.bsky.social centers Intersectional Feminist MEL Principles?
By documenting our work via feminist intersectional lens and using gender-responsive MEL tools.
Read more on SAGE Substack: bit.ly/42kWnd2
CIRW Learning Resource: bit.ly/4imrVWU
#CommunitiesFirst
#SAGE 🌿
📷by Arty Guava
When communities are resourced and connected — they don’t just survive. They thrive.
Receiving core, flexible funding from RCF in 2022-2024, THRIVE Consortium is successfully strengthening alliances and amplifying trans voices in global advocacy spaces.
More about THRIVE: bit.ly/42mygLc
#RCFgrantee
@robertcarrfund.bsky.social developed the Partnership Prompt Cards as part of its collective learning approach. Grounded in lived experiences of RCF grantees, cards are designed to support community-led networks in building effective partnerships.
Explore the Cards: bit.ly/4icjGfb
#CommunitiesFirst
On this #WorldHealthDay ‘Healthy beginnings and hopeful futures’ this should be the reality for every woman. Yet today, women living with HIV (#WLHIV) still face discrimination, are indirectly sidelined in care &encounter systemic barriers that endanger their pregnancies & lives.
@robertcarrfund.bsky.social's Collective Impact Reflection Workshop 2024 serves a reminder of the power of collective learning as resistance and movement-building at times of crisis.
Dive into details of the RCF's CIRW 2024 Learning Resource: bit.ly/4imrVWU
#CommunitiesFirst
@t-lk.bsky.social
Introducing Decriminalization Ladder: Stepping Stones for Policy Change - a practical tool co-developed by
@robertcarrfund.bsky.social's grantees to support community-led advocacy.
Dive into details of the RCF's CIRW 2024 Learning Resource: bit.ly/4imrVWU
#CommunitiesFirst
#HarmReduction
