RA aware week

elnafinn
elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
edited 26. Jun 2013, 16:49 in Living with Arthritis archive
:lol: Great minds think alike! Just seen it advertised on FB. Rather short notice though. Perhaps it has been well advertised but as I do not suffer with RA I have not noticed.

Elna x
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  • applerose
    applerose Member Posts: 3,621
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Only found out about it this morning. I've tweeted about it and signed up for the Thunderclap which will post on everyone's facebook page at the same time on Monday. I think we should have found out about this at least a couple of weeks ago. They say some people are holding awareness days at their local health centre. Too late to organise anything like that now. There is a poster to download to put up though so I'm taking that to the GP surgery.
    Christine
  • Mat48
    Mat48 Member Posts: 1,075
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I hope you have more luck than I do with GP surgery re posters! I took one down a month ago and they never put it up although there are loads of others that could have been taken down and the whole thing refreshed. I hadn't the heart to push though but it did make me fume a bit. NRAS have been publicising this RA Awareness week for many months now. However as they have very little presence in Scotland it's hard to get people interested up here I find.
    If you get lemons, make lemonade
  • trepolpen
    trepolpen Member Posts: 504
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hope they manage to get the message out , put it on my facebook

    seen this , a young girl called Ellie Cormack trying to promote Juvenile arthritis awareness with this video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ucxWRTypM
  • Mat48
    Mat48 Member Posts: 1,075
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    http://nras.org.uk/campaign/ra_awareness_week/campaigning.aspx

    You could all write to your MPs through this link?
    If you get lemons, make lemonade
  • Starburst
    Starburst Member Posts: 2,546
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I was going to ask my university if I could put up a poster. I was also going to ask at work, we are a disability organisation, so I think work would allow it.
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Added it to my Twitter!! Getting the message out there!!
  • applerose
    applerose Member Posts: 3,621
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    There was an article on our local tv news channel about RA. It didn't say a great deal, just that it isn't an old person's condition and that young children can get it. It also mentioned how debilitating it can be. There was a short interview with a 36 year old man who has had it since he was 16 and they also mentioned that Newcastle University are working on learning more about it.
    Christine

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