National AIDS Trust
The National AIDS Trust is a United Kingdom charity with a purpose to stand alongside and defend the rights of everyone living with, affected by or at risk of HIV. Its expertise, research and advocacy secure lasting change to the lives of people living with and at risk of HIV. The charity's key strategic goals are: Activities. National AIDS Trust was founded October 1987 as a non-government organisation (NGO) by the Department of Health, in order to deal with the escalating concern with HIV and AIDS nationally. Today National AIDS Trust's funding comes from  public donations, corporate supporters, grant-making trusts and foundations and its own fundraising work – it doesn't receive funding from the UK Government. National AIDS Trust is a policy and campaigning charity, working to improve the national response to HIV through policy development, expertise and the provision of practical resources rather than through offering direct support services to people living with HIV. Some recent National AIDS Trust successes include: Diana, Princess of Wales made a significant contribution to National AIDS Trust in her role as patron from 1991 to 1997. National AIDS Trust was one of only six charities that  she formally supported at the time of her death. National AIDS Trust is a small charity with one office found in Highgate in London, and maintains a permanent staff of fewer than 20 people, and a pool of volunteers. The current chief executive is Deborah Gold. An important recurring role of NAT is the annual hosting of the World AIDS Day website. National AIDS Trust develops resources each year to enable other HIV organisations to maximise the impact of World AIDS Day in the UK, which is 1 December. National AIDS Trust is an independent charity with a Board of  Trustees, who are responsible for the governance and direction which the charity takes. The chair of the Board is currently Professor Jane Anderson CBE.