Welcome to our brand new official website! I’m so excited that we now have this platform to share our content, resources and updates as production of our information pack for schools continues to be in development. I wanted the first blog I wrote for our site launch to be filled with positivity and excitement regarding … Continue reading Website Launch
Category: RAiISE
Content Development, Promotion and Awards!
Sophie Ainsworth, Founder and CEO of RAiISE, shares her latest update. It’s been a while since my last blog post but that certainly doesn’t mean that we haven’t been busy with all things RAiISE! It has been an incredibly exciting few months as I have been promoting and sharing the project as we become closer to finishing … Continue reading Content Development, Promotion and Awards!
Summer 2016 Conferences and Meetings
As ever, it’s been a busy few months! Despite being less than a year old, RAiISE has been generating a lot of interest, which has grown even more so since my last blog post, so here’s a quick update on everything that’s been going on for RAiISE in the last couple of months. At the end … Continue reading Summer 2016 Conferences and Meetings
First Workshop Day and More!
It’s been 7 months since my initial planning meeting with former Chair of Lupus UK, Jane Dunnage, and Dr Eve Smith when I pitched an idea I’d had about raising awareness of invisible illnesses in schools, following my negative experience. Sat in a small meeting room in the old Alder Hey building, I never imagined … Continue reading First Workshop Day and More!
Development of RAiISE
Back in January, I wrote a blog post about my experiences with having an invisible illness and how much it can affect my day-to-day life. I also introduced a project I am working on with the NIHR Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and Alder Hey NHS Children’s Foundation Trust to raise awareness of invisible illnesses within … Continue reading Development of RAiISE
Where it all began…
As so many of us know, when you are ill, it is vital that you receive support from those who you usually trust. Your doctors, family and friends are all extremely important in helping you to cope with your illness and to help you feel as healthy as you can. Young people spend so much … Continue reading Where it all began…