Clare has been on the phone a lot this week with four conference calls under her belt before heading off to London for the BFS/RCOG Meeting from Wednesday to Friday. She is speaking on Thursday, giving a talk on Patient Support Groups, we hope she breaks a leg - not literally of course!
Sheena has been collating information ready to share with the new Business Development Manager, a part time position that can be home based - could it be you??? Do read about this and our other vacancies here
You'll see we have both paid and voluntary positions currently available. All employed vacancies cover all three parts of the charity; working with people experiencing infertility, involuntary childlessness and parenting following infertility.
Gwenda has an admin week this week, it's been a busy time in Scotland with ongoing funding projects and working on fundraising applications as well as working with local members and groups. Do get in touch if you're keen to attend a group, interested in setting one up or just to speak to your branch co-ordinator.
Kate was at the RCOG Meeting (wo)manning our stand on Monday, she had great feedback about the charity and thought she'd like to share...
"Our work was described by one person as "fantastic", a doctor from the Middle East was amazed by what we did and kept saying what a wonderful source of support we must be, two people said how useful our leaflets had been in their clinics and finally a consultant came up and announced that the work we do is "highly honourable"!" It's great getting feedback, both from patients and professionals. Please do send in your comments, we're keen to get it right for you! Suggestions for improvement are always appreciated as well as comments letting us know we're getting it right.
We are pleased to have Helene back at work, she's been in London today, (wo)manning the stand at the BFS/RCOG Meeting, it does provide a great opportunity for individual members of the team to meet clinic staff and raise awareness of the support services available in addition to the website.
Susan is having a fabulous time on her holiday, she's skiiing and I'm now regretting mentioning 'break a leg' earlier in the post - come back safe Susan :)
Sharon is having an ACeBabes focussed week; she's off to Belfast Hospital tomorrow, delivering a presentation to Midwives and then on Thursday is meeting with an adoption charity. Fiona and Sharon are both also working with the regional MTL group and finalising the report on the Think Positive series of workshops delivered as part of the Infertility Network UK support services offered to regional patients.
The past week has seen IVF funding in the news - do keep an eye on the the news feed for regular updates.
Individual PCTs and Health Boards each have their own page on the Funding For Fertility Interactive Map. This allows you to see what funding is available in your region and includes news items, contact information and access to funding criteria. Do let us know if you're aware of any changes, we'd love to hear from you.
Exciting times are ahead, with that in mind I've just remembered another new addition to the website, details for this years Moonlight Colouthon...
A real 'fun'draising opportunity for a great night out!
Hoping everyone has a positive week.
Do get in touch - we're here to help!
