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19 January, 2021 / Findacure News, Home Page
Our first RareChat of 2021 is here!
Join us on Wednesday, 27th January, from 2pm - 3:30pm to discuss inclusion and engagement within your community. Claim your free ticket now to share your struggles and insights with your fellow patient group leaders and come away with new ideas on how to make your group more inclusive!
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15 January, 2021 / Home Page, Rare Disease World
Find out what the new UK Rare Disease Framework means for you
If you haven’t had a chance to read the new UK Rare Disease Framework in full, we’ve summarised its contents for you in a simple, easy-to-read blog. Learn what the UK Rare Disease Framework means for you and let us know your thoughts in the comments or by tagging us on social media!
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14 January, 2021 / Findacure News
Our CEO, Dr. Rick Thompson, welcomes a new baby girl!
Our CEO, Dr. Richard Thompson, has just welcomed a new baby girl! We'd like to introduce you all to little miss Sylvie!
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14 January, 2021 / Findacure News, Rare Disease World
The new UK Rare Disease Framework is here!
If you haven’t had a chance to read the new UK Rare Disease Framework in full, we’ve summarised its contents for you. Learn the new UK Rare Disease Framework's four key priorities and five underpinning themes now!
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4 January, 2021 / Findacure News
Our first webinar of 2021 is on natural history studies for rare diseases with Healx!
Findacure has partnered with AI-company Healx, to bring you an informative webinar on natural history studies in rare diseases. Join us on 20th January at 3:00pm GMT to learn how to overcome challenges when designing meaningful natural history studies and more!
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15 December, 2020 / Findacure News
Next Online workshop| Representing your community: engaging with ethnic minority communities
Findacure is delighted to announce its next online workshop, which will guide patient groups through improving engagement with ethnic minority groups to better represent and serve their respective rare disease communities.
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1 December, 2020 / Findacure News
We are growing our team!
Findacure is recruiting a Projects Administrator to help us deliver our expanding programme of events and projects. Apply by the 15th December for your chance to join our team!
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27 November, 2020 / Findacure News
New RareChat announced!
Just in - Our next RareChat | Virtual Events is happening on Wednesday, 9th December at 11am GMT! We will be discussing your own experiences attending, running and planning virtual events.
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30 October, 2020 / Findacure News
We’ve been published again!
Our CEO, Dr. Richard Thompson, has done it again! Rick's been published alongside his co-author Tom Lynam, who is Head of Marketing at Arkivum, in pharmaphorum!
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22 October, 2020 / Findacure News, Rare Disease World
RareChat | Understanding SEO
Our next RareChat on Wednesday 28th October will be discussing your own experiences with search engine optimisation, or SEO. We hope to address some of your frequently asked questions so you can walk away with a better understanding of what SEO can do for you as a rare disease patient group!
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