Clint Walters, founder of HIFY-UK, one of the few projects for HIV-positive young people, said negotiations with primary care trusts to set up the clinic were ongoing and that existing funding for HIFY-UK is running out.
"I don't know of any other charity that does HIV testing for young people," said Walters. "In England, there is so little mention of HIV in general but so much demand. A lot of clinics are just not accessible to young people."
So far HIFY-UK has received 20,000 from Crusaid towards the testing clinic, which is expected to cost about 70,000.
Last week, the Government said it would make an additional 300m available for sexual health work after figures for the year ending June 2004 showed that 53,000 adults are HIV positive, up 6,606 on the previous year.
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