Family weekend

REACH usually organise meetings throughout the year which are available to all children and their families across the UK and Ireland. They are invaluable for our children with an upper limb difference and their families as an opportunity for the children to mix with others who share the same differences and for their parents to seek support, advice and understanding of this complex subject. The activities for this spring/summer will have to be cancelled. We would like to hold a national Family Weekend at the end of October, hoping to bring together over 300 members. This would give our members hope and an opportunity to focus on a positive event. We will do a programme of events to include talks from academic speakers and research institute scientists, prosthetic companies to showcase their latest products, young adult REACH members, celebrities (Briony May from Bake Off) and Paralympians (Lauren Steadman, Claire Cashmore) to share experiences and inspire our young members. We would also like to set up workshops and trips to Manchester's highlights for the families. And then a disco run by some of our members to end the night.