IA Greater London West

Regent's Park

Our next Mini-meet will be a in Regents Park on 1 July from 6.00-7.00pm.

The venue will be the Garden Cafe in the Inner Circle. The nearest tube is Baker Street and there is a location map on http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/regents_park/

with more info on
http://www.companyofcooks.com/index.php?id=9&detail=6

All are welcome. Please feel free to drop in and look for the IA logo. But if you are definitely planning on attending, you can email Mithu Chellaram <mithuchellaram@yahoo.co.uk>

Click on the icon below to read. (if you can’t read it, then you may need to install Abobe PDF reader).

You can now renew and pay you annual IA membership fees online on the main IA association site:

http://www.iasupport.org/join_renew.aspx

This should make it more convenient for those with internet access. Members can still post their subs as usual.

If you have any questions regarding the status of your membership, please contact Mithu Chelleram via email on mithuchellaram@yahoo.co.uk

but if you are able to provide a link from our website with a bif announcement  then a notice could go in the Newsletter next week..

Please read the poster below (click on the image)

Our friends at the Colostomy association and the Royal Society of Medicine are hosting what promises to be an interesting day of presentations and discussions:

Medicine and Me: Living with colostomy

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE, England

organised by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with Colostomy Association

Participating Sections:
Medicine & Me : Public Engagement

‘Medicine and Me’ conferences, initiated and developed by the Royal Society of Medicine, are specifically designed for patients. These meetings bring together patients, their families, carers, advocates, patient support groups, clinicians and researchers to discuss care and research issues in a particular condition.

‘Medicine and Me: Living with colostomy’ is jointly organised by the Royal Society of Medicine and the Colostomy Association.

‘Medicine and me’ meetings aim to provide a forum in which patients’ concerns about their illness are given top priority. The meetings provide an opportunity for patients and their families to share their experiences, to hear about the latest research and to question the experts.

For more information and registration, visit  http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/mmcolostomy.php

Saturday 6th March 2010
If you have an Internal Pouch, or are thinking about having one, this is a chance to meet others with similar
experiences and get the answers to all those questions!

A day of interactive workshops and presentations on all aspects of living with an internal pouch
Hear the latest information and developments in pouch surgery from specialist nurses and surgeons and take the opportunity to meet up with others who have taken this journey.

Join us at:

York Science Park,
Innovation Way,Heslington,
York YO10 5DD

Booking is essential!

Booking fee of £5. Package includes lunch.

Online booking facility is now available at http://www.iasupport.org/pouch_infoday.aspx. Alternatively you can download a booking form from http://www.iasupport.org/pdfs/pouchinfodaybookingform2010.pdf and after completing return to National Office with your booking fee.

For all the details visit www.iasupport.org, or contact the Internal Pouch Coordinator internal.pouch@iasupport.org

Flyer below :.

You are all cordially invited to a MiniMeet in Victoria, Central London!

Venue:

Grosvenor Hotel
Hotel Lounge
101, Buckingham Palace Road (map)
London SW1W 0SJ

Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
Time : 6.00- 7.00 pm

RSVP: If you wish to attend or would like further information contact the convener –

Mr Mithu Chellaram (mithuchellaram@yahoo.co.uk)
81 Torbay Road, London

Or just come along on the day and look out for the IA logo.

FUTURE MEETINGS
May 2010      6.00- 7.00 pm   {exact date to be confirmed}
Stable Arts Centre/Walled Garden, Gladstone Park, Neasden

June/July 2010      6.00- 7.00 pm   {exact date to be confirmed}
Regents Park (Baker Street)

Do you have a pouch or are thinking about having a pouch?  Come along to the pouch social for a nice evening and some friendly support.

The next Pouch Evening will be on Saturday 5th December 7.30pm.

Burgers(and other food) at Maxwells in Covent Garden.

Maxwells

8-9 James St
London, WC2E 8BH

MAP

Hope to see you there. Let us know if you can make it.

Please contact Rachel Hayward on 07906 862664 or email
rachel.hayward@iasupport.org to book your place or more info.

You are invited to

IAGWL AGM AND MEMBERS MEETING

University College Hospital, Euston

Saturday 14 November 2009 : 2.00 – 4.00 pm

Seminar Room PO2 {The P02 Seminar Room is located on the second floor of the Podium (the lower side of the building)}.

The AGM will be held between  (2.00 – 2.45pm) and this will be quickly followed by a members meeting and a few talks. ALL are welcome to both sessions, but it would be really good if you can make it for the member’s meeting.

• Members Meeting – Q & A session with Mr Austin O’Bichere and Elaine Cronin (stoma care nurse)
• Presentation – ‘Our Website’ (Twm Davies)
• Vote of Thanks (Richard Bowden/Eirwen Smith)
• Meeting Closed (4.00)

Aside from being our group’s president, Mr O’Bichere is a consultant colorectal surgeon (which basically means that bowel operations, ostomies and pouches are among his expertise). So this a perfect time for you to ask some of the questions related to surgery and management. We are also pleased to have Elaine Cronin from St Mary’s to help answer you questions about stomas, appliances and diet.

Refreshements will be provided, please let Charu know if you are intending to come so that we can plan, but there is no need to book, please just turn up on the day.

charu39_patel@hotmail.com