In its first fifteen years the charity focused on producing educational publications and funding HIV - related educational , social and medical research .
Avert was founded in 1986 , by Peter Kanabus and his wife Annabel , daughter of former Sainsbury 's chairman Robert Sainsbury .
In Avert 's first fifteen years the charity focused on producing educational publications and funding HIV - related educational , social and medical research .
Avert was founded in 1986 , by Peter Kanabus and his wife Annabel , daughter of former Sainsbury 's chairman Robert Sainsbury .