Awareness

Robyn’s Experience of Women’s Health In our second blog this Endometriosis Awareness Month, Trustee Robyn Challinor writes a letter to her 14 year old self, giving her some words of advice she has learnt over the last 13 years of living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and suspected Endometriosis.This past year has given everyone time […]

Laura’s Experience of Endometriosis This Endometriosis Awareness Month, RAiISE Trustee Laura Whitty has shared a letter to her younger self. Like many women, Laura has spent years fighting for a diagnosis and treatment. Here she shares her story and the words of advice she would pass on to herself and other young people experiencing endometriosis.I

Isolation Guide Being isolated at home as a result of your condition can be challenging, especially if you’re used to a busy and active lifestyle. Even without the advent of serious viruses in our environment, many people with chronic illnesses still need to isolate in order to protect themselves. However, this doesn’t mean you have

Living with an invisible illness in school RAiISE Founder and CEO, Sophie Ainsworth, teamed up with Fixers in 2018 to make a film showing how it feels to have an illness that people can’t see or don’t understand. Here’s what Sophie said to Fixers: I want to raise awareness about living with an invisible illness

World Lupus Day 2018 Sammy is the mum of RAiISE Founder Sophie. On this World Lupus Day, she shares her experience of being a parent of child with Lupus.Lupus crept into our family so slowly that at first, initially it was hard to notice as small changes trickled into my daughters’ life. At first the

World Mental Health Day 2017 Like most young people, the first thing I did when I woke up this morning was scroll through my social media. Expecting to see the usual holiday snaps, fancy meal pics and #squadgoals which usually dominate my feed, I was instead pleasantly surprised to awaken to a flood of tweets,