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Butterflies Are Free

Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe - Charity Performance 13 September 2018 at the Abbey Theatre 7.30pm Tickets £15

A charity performance in aid of the Crescent will be held on 13 September 2018 from 7.30 at the Abbey Theatre of Butterflies are Free, a play by Leonard Gershe

"Don Baker, hero of his mother's children's book series "Donnie Dark" has been blind from birth. He moves to Manhattan to pursue his ambitions of being a songwriter, and he finds himself living next door to an extrovert actress, Jill - but when his mother comes to visit, she cannot help interfering, with hilarious and touching results"

Tickets are available from the Crescent at £15, (no booking or card fees) you can order by emailing info@thecrescent.org.uk or calling 01727 842532. You can also order and pay for tickets in person at our office, 19 Russell Avenue AL3 5ES during opening hours.

Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

The Crescent is thrilled that Her Majesty has bestowed the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service upon the Crescent. This is the highest award a voluntary organisation can receive in the UK and is the equivalent to an MBE for us.

We are thrilled that Her Majesty has recognised the hard work of our volunteers and staff in the community, we are one of only three organisations to receive this award in Hertfordshire. There were 193 charities and community groups who received the award this year. The Crescent is very proud to be one of those, more details on the award can be found here >>>Press Release QAVS

Instant result HIV and Home Sampling HIV Testing 

We are now offering an HIV home sampling kit for those who wish to test in their own home with results delivered by the Crescent once analysed. This in addition to our instant result HIV testing service available by appointment as before. ** NB due to funding restrictions we can currently only offer postal HIV testing at present**

The testing kits is available by post and in person from the Crescent. Simply follow the kit instructions then post your sample back to the laboratory in the freepost envelope, your results will be provided by the Crescent after analysis. It is a completely free and confidential service.

If you wish you may take the test at our premises with support before and after testing as appropriate. In the event of a reactive or positive result we will fast track you to the Watford Sexual Health Centre for a second, confirmatory test, with appropriate support thoughout the process.

This is in addition to our instant result HIV testing service

Please do feel free to call us in complete confidence on 01727 842532 to discuss any aspect of the testing services, email us at testing@thecrescent.org.uk Alternatively click Appointments to request a kit, make an appointment, or to get more information.

The Crescent needs your help ! Please make a donation if you can !

As some of you will be aware, The Crescent has been without regular funding since June 2011 – we are still fighting the decision to withdraw funding by Hertfordshire County Council so please feel free to write to your MP & County Councillor to complain.

We are entirely reliant on public donations to continue our work – hundreds of people rely on us for support! Please visit our Donate page to help us continue helping those most in need. We are seeing a huge rise in referrals this year – we really need your help now more than ever.

For updates please visit our Blog (www.savethecrescent.wordpress.com) which contains the full story, ways you can lend your help and support, and a list of people who you can write to in support of us and our cause.

You can also see the latest news articles published by the local newspapers there too –search these online at www.hertsad.co.uk.

Thank You!