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Photograph taken during the planting of the memorial tree to commemorate all those who have died of AIDS in Wales, 1 December 1994. Shows Mike Phillips (co-founder of Cardiff Body Positive) on the right and the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress releasing white balloons. A balloon was released for each person who had died of AIDS in Wales.
The tree is in the Gorsedd Gardens, Cardiff, and was planted by Mike Phillips and Martin Nowaczek (co-founders of Cardiff Body Positive), along with the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Cardiff. It has become the focus for World AIDS Day commemorations, with people attaching red ribbons to the tree.
Mike recalls that “I was around 25 when we planted the Red Ribbon Tree. We’d opened the Cardiff Body Positive drop-in-centre the previous day and Martin, already ill, was feeling tired. He died less than 6 months later”.