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May Meeting and Recycling

Our next forum meeting is on Tuesday May 29th and we have Tracy and a work colleague talking to us on recycling. We have had a talk on recycling in the past and it became a very interesting meeting so this meeting is one I don’t think should be missed. All you need to do [...] [...]

April meeting with a talk about Physio with Jane

Our March meeting was an exercise of the body and also a very interesting talk from Jane who is a retired Physio. Jane worked on the Rheumatology Ward at Walsgrave for many years and shown us a few light exercises that would help us with our posture and pains in our joints and in our body. [...] [...]

Rethink Mental illness *********

If anyone would like to know more about Rethink Mental Illness I am including a link to them so that you can see in depth what they are doing and how they work.The lady that came to see and speak to us ,Heather was very pationate for there cause. Home | About Us | News [...] [...]

Carer marketplace Care.com launches in UK

Care.com, an online marketplace that connects families with carers, has launched in the UK after six years of operating in the US. The Boston-headquartered online service charges families a subscription fee to view the selection of carers which range from dog sitters and nannies through to special needs carers for those with severe disabilities. As an introductory [...] [...]

Well April’s here and our April Meeting on Physio ******

In  our Forum on Tuesday 25th of April Jane Tooby  a retired Physio is coming along to speak to us.  She will be bringing a lot of advice and showing us light exercises that are doable for disabled. She has a lot of expertise on physio as her job as a physio was working with [...] [...]

More about the meeting all about Dementia ****

The meeting that I attended with another member of our forum was presented by two ladies who were  Jane Muers and  Jill Perry.This is Jane showing us a model of a human brain. She then explained about what part of the brain is damaged to relate to the different strains of Dementia.  She explained that [...] [...]

Learning about Dementia

Today is Tuesday the third of March and I am back to school but I am to learn all about dementia.** It realy opened my eyes to the why’s and wherefores of dementia.  Dementia is an umbrella over a few conditions of dementia these being, Alzhelmer’s Disease ie * Poor memory for recent events, * [...] [...]

Our Chair in the Advertiser

Town’s praise from disabled forum chair.  **** ” Rugby probably has the best facilities for disabled people in the UK”. Mr Foster says Rugby could be the only authority in Europe that has a council officer as a permanent member of the forum. He then goes on to state that ” After years of support [...] [...]