To All Our Supporters:-
Your charity has been funding an Adolescent Transition Co-ordinator at Birmingham Childrens Hospital since February thanks to your generous donations and fund raising activities.
Hemel Hempstead DANCE CENTRE raise £500 Annette and Clive Waters run The Dance Centre in Old Town Hemel Hempstead and on 6th June hosted a dance to raise money for Children with arthritis.
Trisha and John Manners were there to represent CAT and to join in the dancing.
They very generously donated the ticket money to our charity and along with the proceeds of a raffle raised over £500.
Annette said ............ " I have always been aware of the pain and suffering that arthritis brings; I can imagine that for children it must be a terrible disease to have to live with all your life ....this was an opportunity to do something to help some of those young people"
A big thank you to Annette and Clive for their generosity and support.
Thanks also to all those who came along, donated raffle prizes and made the evening such a great success.
Annette is a fantastic dance teacher so if you want to learn Ballroom or Latin American dance you could not find a better school even if - like John - you have two left feet!
Annette Waters presenting cheque for £500 to John Manners;
This is the first such appointment in the UK and it has been a resounding success. Marie McGee has made a huge contribution to the health and wellbeing of youngsters with arthritis treated at the hospital.
The attached newsletter (click the heart link below - The West Midlands Yarn) tells you much more about what Marie has been doing under the guidance of Janet McDonagh the Paediatric Rheumatology Consultant who initiated this project. We are continuing to work closely with Janet and are exploring the possibility of peer group support events to be run in 2010. We are hoping that the success of this new role will encourage the other centres for children with arthritis to look at their transition service.
The trustees wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.
