NRAS Group Meetings Next Week

[Kim-NRAS]

Dear All

Please find details below of the NRAS Group meetings taking place next week. For more information please visit our website nras.org.uk/groups.

NRAS Group Meetings— Week Commencing 2nd July 2018

Hertfordshire NRAS Group

Quarterly meetings are held at Welwyn Civic Centre, Prospect Place, Welwyn AL6 9ER on a Tuesday from 7:00pm-8:30pm.

3rd July - Guest speaker: Stephen Long, Manager of Hertfordshire area for the Shaw Trust (Area Manager Work and Health Programme Home Counties) will be talking to the group about working with an chronic condition like RA, returning to work, retraining, reasonable adjustments that can be requested from employers etc.

Warwickshire NRAS Group

The Warwickshire NRAS Group hold meetings at Friends Meeting House, 28 Regent Place, Rugby, CV21 2PN (free on-road parking after 6pm) from 7:00pm - 9:00pm on the first Wednesday of every month. Meetings are organised and run by local NRAS volunteers Kate and Fran.

4th July - Guest speaker Cynthia Srikesavan from the University of Oxford will be talking to about a new hand exercise programme to improve hand function and strength in people living with RA.

St Helens NRAS Group

NEW VENUE: The group meets every other month in The Gallery at The United Reformed Church, King Street, St. Helens, WA10 2JZ from 6.30pm to 8pm. There is a free car park next to the church and a disabled lift up to the first floor where The Gallery is located.

5th July - 'The SARAH Hand Exercise Programme' by Yvonne Hough, Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist.

You, your family, friends and healthcare professionals are all very welcome to attend and you don’t have to be a member of NRAS to attend a group meeting!