World Arthritis Day unites health professionals, employers and sufferers of rheumatic disease to campaign on a different theme each year.  Previous themes have included ‘Small things Matter’ - focusing on everyday challenges around the home, ‘Take Action!’ encouraging people with arthritis to exercise and raising awareness of its benefits and ‘Living without Pain’ highlighting the importance of the right attitude and approach in making a difference to someone’s quality of life.

World Arthritis Day falls on 12th October 2009 and this year’s theme is ‘Let’s Work Together’ which aims to consider the challenges of work for sufferers of rheumatic diseases.  The campaign is supported and managed by EULAR, the European League Against Rheumatism and you can help by completing their short ‘Let’s Work Together Survey’. 

Enter the ‘Picture This’ Competition
If you have any eye for the camera, you might also be interested in entering the World Arthritis Day “Picture This” competition.  Simply submit your photographs showing a positive image of working with a rheumatic disease, perhaps with a supportive employer, using adapted equipment, or benefiting from a new therapy or treatment. Add a short accompanying sentence which describes in a few words what’s special about the picture, or why work is important to the person featured.

Anyone with a rheumatic disease can enter an image but only entrants from EULAR membership countries are eligible to enter the competition for €500 and an all-expense-paid trip to Tallinn to attend the ‘Let’s Work Together’ exhibition. The competition closes on 11 September 2009, and the winners will be announced on 12 October. See the Picture This website for more information and terms and conditions - good luck!

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 at 2:30 pm and is filed under news and campaigns. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.