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IN THIS ISSUE…

Welcome 2

WALK IT

Coast 2 Cast Challenge

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Guest Speaker 3

Black Tie Ball 3

Laura & Ann

Join our Team (Treasurer wanted)

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June 2018

Issue 90

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Durham and Wearside Network

For more information, visit: www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk

Next Meeting;

Saturday 23rd June,

At; Chester le Street Cricket Club,

Ropery Lane, DH3 3PF.

From; 2pm till 4pm.

Confirmed…

Saturday 22nd September

Guest Speaker- Dr. John Mansfield

Crohn’s and Colitis UK Durham and Wearside Network Newsletter Newsletter

Once again, this newsletter is

also being shared with

members of the Hadrian

Network. If you’re a member of

the Hadrian Network and

would like to become part of

the new organising team,

please get in touch with us!

Our next meeting on Saturday

23rd June, 2pm at the usual place

of Chester le Street Cricket Club.

Further directions can be found

on the front of this newsletter.

You don’t have to be a member

of the Netork to come along,

we welcome everyone who

would like to know more about

what we do as a local Network

and Crohn's and Colitis UK.

WALK IT Event Details…

Don’t forget to come and join

us for the second WALK IT

event within the North East, the

charitable WALK IT event will

take place within Leazes Park,

Newcastle, NE2 4BJ on

Saturday 30th June. Last year

the Newcastle event proved

really popular raising vital

funds for Crohn's and Colitis UK, who have chosen to return

to Newcastle.

Crohn's and Colitis UK are

looking for volunteers to

help on the day

and for walkers to walk a fun

route around Newcastle,

raising vital funds. You can

choose to challenge yourself

on a 5km or 10km course,

whichever you choose the

aim is to have fun and enjoy

the route.

Registration and sponsor

forms can be found on online.

www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk

WELCOME

Coast 2 Coast We are delighted to announce

that we have been

approached by a fellow

patient of IBD who is going to

take part in the coast to coast

challenge and raise money

for the Crohns and Colitis UK.

He will be taking part in the

challenge later in the year

and we will be supporting

him and the team.


videoing Mum as she

complained about the uphill bits

and we look back at those

videos with great affection.

We both want to do it all again!”

Guest Speaker

We are delighted to be joined at

our next meeting by the

talented Dr John Mansfield.

He has been to a few of our

meetings in the past and always

provides an interesting and

informative speech on the latest

research topics and trends

related to Crohns and Colitis.

Dr Mansfield leads research

topics working with Newcastle

medical school. His research

focuses around inflammatory

bowel disease (IBD). He has a

large IBD clinic with a patient

centered approach where

different members of the team

contribute to various aspects of

patient care.

Black Tie Ball

Please come and join us for what we hope

will be another fantastic

BLACK TIE BALL

on

Saturday 22nd September 2018

at

The County Hotel, Newcastle,

NE1 5DF.

Starting at

19:00 for a WELCOME DRINK

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“Crohns and Colitis UK Durham and Wearside”

For more information, purchase tickets and

receive the food menu, please emil;

[email protected]

Laura & Ann

You will have read the article

about Ann and Laura who were

walking the Camino De

Santiago over Easter and

raising money for Crohn's and Colitis UK. Well, they made it!

The two girls raised a total of

£1,400.70.

It wasn’t an easy road though as

it rained persistently (bit like the

UK!)

In Ann’s words, “The path

onwards was often a morass

and it was simply a matter of

putting one foot in front of the

other with mule-like

persistence. The rain was by no

means a shower, but

downpours of driving rain. It

was a real test of endurance.

It took us 9 days to walk it,

averaging about 15 km a day.

We spent 3 luxurious days in the

Parador (Spain’s 5 star hotels)

and then moved on to

Finisterre, the most western

point of land in Europe and a

spot that used to be thought of

as the end of the world before

the early explorers found the

Americas”

Laura said, “The Camino has

taught me not to give up, but

also not to give in . It was very

hard at times but we supported

each other and we did manage

to laugh a lot. I spent time


CONTACT US

Durham and Wearside NETWORK Lead Volunteer: John Rodgerson Helpline: 0300 222 5700* Website: www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/dw Email: [email protected]

Durham and Wearside Network Crohn’s and Colitis UK 45 Grosvenor Road, St Albans AL1 3AW

[email protected] www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk

Charity registered in England Number 1117148 Charity registered in Scotland Number SC038632 A company limited by guarantee in England: company number 5973370

HELPLINE Our helpline is a confidential service providing information

and support to anyone affected by Crohn’s Disease,

Ulcerative Colitis and other forms of Inflammatory Bowel

Disease (IBD).

Our team can: • help you understand more about IBD, diagnosis and

treatment options• provide information to help you to live well with your

condition• help you understand and access disability benefits• be there to listen if you need someone to talk to• put you in touch with a trained support volunteer who has

a personal experience of IBD

CONTACT US BY:

Telephone: 0300 222 5700* Mon, Tue, Wed and Fri – 9 am to 5 pm

Thu – 9 am to 1 pm

Email: [email protected]

Web Chat (Live Online): see our website for details

*Calls to this number are charged at a standard landline rate or

may be free if you have an inclusive minutes’ package. Calls may

be recorded for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

Durham and Wearside Network has made every reasonable effort to ensure the content of this newsletter is accurate, but accepts no responsibility for any errors or omission. The views of the

contributors do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Crohn’s and Colitis UK and no reference in this newsletter to any product or service is intended as a recommendation.

If you have received this newsletter by post and would be happy to receive future editions by email please provide your name, membership number and email address to [email protected].

This will save the network valuable funds which can be used to benefit all those affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

NETWORK MEETING II 23rd June; 2pm – 4pm Chester le Street Cricket Club We hope to have a guest speaker for this event. More details will follow in the newsletter preceding this meeting

NETWORK MEETING III 29th September; 2pm – 4pm Chester le Street Cricket Club Another great guest speaker planned for this event and an update on the charity nationally.

NETWORK MEETING IV 1st December; 2pm – 4pm Chester le Street Cricket Club Our Christmas meeting including a festive quiz, raffle and a light buffet

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ORGANISING TEAM MEMBERS

We are still looking for organising team members to join our Durham and

Wearside team or become part of the Hadrians Network. We are a friendly

team meeting roughly 4 weeks before each Network meeting, four times per

year.

Most needed- TREASURER

We are actively seeking to recruit the role of a treasurer to our organizing

team. If you would like to join the team or know someone who may be

interested, please let us know and we will be in touch to explain the role

further. Thank you.

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