- Canopius Insurance has choosen Breathtakers as their charity for the J P Morgan Corporate Challenge fun run in London. July 8th 2010. See fundraising calendar or sponsor at
http://www.justgiving.com/Canopius-Team  - Just had the amazing news that Rachel Wakefield had her lung transplant yesterday. All our thoughts are with her and the donor family. You can follow her progress on
- http://lungs-for-life.blogspot.com/.
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 Mike Spencer and Darren Nason are cycling from John O Groats to Lands End on 15th May for Breathtakers. Laylun Nason age 4 has OB Darren is his Dad and Mike his Uncle Please sponsor them on
http://www.justgiving.com/mike-spencer69 - Please join the organ donor register- its so easy to say YES
 www.organdonation.nhs.uk - ST Mary's Fit4Fun in Southampton was great fun and all the children who came had a good time climbing the wall and chatting with the other kids. Thanks to everyone who came and made the day a sucess.
- Our Ambassador Kiri Thompson has been on Andover Sound radio this week talking about Breathtakers, her role and raising awareness. Well done Kiri.
- Contact a Family want to find out how families are coping financially in 2010 raising a disabled child. If you would like to take part in their online survey go to:
- http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T2S2ZZF
Breathtakers welcomes Rachel, Joanne and Emma. They will be offering local support in their designated areas so please feel free to contact them or let them know of any activities or opportunities for us to raise awareness of OB in your area. You can see Kiri switching on the Xmas lights on you tube www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfLhONXu7Z4
- We are delighted to have recieved support from the Lottery funding which enables us to improve our technology and website. We hope to launch our new site in April.
A new podcast from Contact a Family has been produced to help explain the meaning of Special Educational Needs (SEN). The podcast also has more information about what to do if you are concerned your child has SEN, what schools and the local authority can do to help, how to request a 'statutory assessment' and the 'statementing' process.
To listen to the podcast visit Web: http://www.cafamily.org.uk/SEN_England.mp3 .
- If you want to chat with other families who are affected by OB why not use the forum at www.BPOLD.co.uk. For further details of this great resource go to the emotional support page on this site.
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