By Mark Reid
In the past couple of months, two new men have been employed for two very different positions at the WA AIDS Council.
After a review of the roles undertaken within the Diverse Sexuality Health Promotion Team (DSHPS) it was decided to create a position that looked specifically at outreach and the services associated with that and the second position to have a specific focus on young gay and sexually diverse young men between 18 and 25.
The successful applicants were David Bright (Outreach)and Aaron Agnew (Youth). These talented men both bring with them a wealth of different background experience to the DSHPS team and to the WA AIDS Council.
David comes with a strong background in marketing and events and also brings with him a Diploma of Business that will be invaluable in his work within the team. He has an artistic drive that has already evolved to reinvigorate the Outreach position. His focus and vision for the position will see some great new projects evolve in the next few months that will engage further with the community on a range of different levels and more information about this will be released in the coming months. It will also involve some exciting new partnerships with other organisations and businesses here in Perth. He has a strong desire to work closely within our community that has already seen him join the board of GLCS.
Aaron as the Youth Officer has been with WAAC since February and is in the final year of completing a nursing degree. He has a drive and passion for health promotion and specifically sexual health with a special focus on young men as he fits right into this population himself.
He is currently developing some exciting age-appropriate workshops and programs aimed at 18 to 25 year olds in our community. He is also working hard at promoting the services (such as the M Clinic and the Freedom Centre) among the younger age demographic and looking at ways to get them to engage in these services because he recognises the real need for sexual health testing amongst the young members of the community and the importance of this in terms of long term health and well being.
They both agree that the working environment within the DHSPS team at WAAC is quite UNIQUE and unlike any other work environment that they have encountered but are both loving the challenges and are looking forward to a bright future with WAAC.
Image: of Aaron and David
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This articles was published on May 6, 2011
