Unseen Hands is a partnership between the CVR and the Terrence Higgins Trust Peer Support Scotland Group (THT) which aims to explore the many different experiences of living with a blood-borne virus (BBV).

Through bringing fundamental virologists together with people living with a BBV we aim to encourage engagement, participation and sharing individual lived experience to connect with and inform research practice.

In doing so, we hope to break down barriers and encourage communication to address and reduce stigma and discrimination. We brought together people living with & affected by BBVs from across Scotland, as well as supporting charities, researchers and funding bodies. Together we developed an action-led manifesto for the future of BBV research & support which puts lived experience at its heart.

Read more about the project here: https://cvr-engagement.co.uk/unseen-hands