Teach 500 Schools about Neurofibromatosis

Thank you to all our donors and supporters who have been helping us to reach our target and also supported this initiative.

We exceeded our target....

In our last report, we expressed how your generous donations granted our Charity Director Karen Cockburn and our Fundraising Manager Alison Gourlay the chance to attend the Royal College of Nursing's School Nurses Conference and Exhibition 2017 in London, at  which they were joined by Specialist Advisor NE & Cumbria, Rachel Jones where they met with over 100 delegates from places as far flung as Saudi Arabia.

With over 100 delegates present and with each school nurse covering on average 7.6 schools (source: RCN) we will have exceeded our target of reaching 500 schools and raising the profile of NF in a potential total of 760 schools. Each delegate was presented with a specially commissioned pack giving them vital information and contact points for our network of resources.

We did not stop there...

We then took our campaign to social media and used the additional packs to let other schools know the information packs were available. Over the last few, weeks we had received and posted many requests to schools. One of the teachers who requested a pack expressed how the pack

"(the pack) looks great as it has already benefited the teachers in understanding NF which I personally did not know much about and has encouraged the students with NF to take more of an interest in school".

If we can educate schools about the particular needs of children with NF, using this information pack this will greatly increase their potential at school and beyond.

Please continue to support this campaign, and if you are a parent and your child has NF please get the school to request a pack and if you work for a school, please email info@nfauk.org