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Darnley Trail Challenge Fundraising Walk – Sunday 4th September 2011

The Darnley Trail is a 10km circular walk through woodland and meadows in the Kent countryside. Our first walk in 2010 raised over £700 for the British Porphyria Association. This year we aim to raise £1000. The walk starts from … Continue reading

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Hospital Open Day – June 2012

We are having a hospital open day at Salford Royal Hospital (traditionally known as Hope Hospital) on Saturday  23rd  June, 2012. The hospital is a few miles west of the centre of Manchester, easily reached by bus and tram. It … Continue reading

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Viewing this site

If you can’t see the whole page and don’t want to use the scroll bars, with most browsers you can reduce the size by holding down the Ctrl key, and pressing the – (minus) key; or you can use the … Continue reading

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National Porphyria Week

29th May – 4th June 2011 National Porphyria Week was initiated several years ago by one of our ‘sister’ organisations in America and we decided that it would be a good way for the British Porphyria Association to help raise … Continue reading

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AGM and Autumn Conference – 10 Sept 2011

The BPA is holding its AGM and Autumn Conference in Shirley, Birmingham, on Saturday 10th September, 2011. It is at Shirley Methodist Church, about 3 miles south of the centre of Birmingham, on the A34. It is  2 ½ miles (10 minutes) … Continue reading

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International Patient Support Conference

The British Porphyria Association (BPA) organised an International Patient Day on Thursday 14 April 2011. The day ran from 0900 to 1530 and was held at The ATRiuM in Cardiff. The patient day included clinical presentations from doctors, patient experience presentations … Continue reading

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International Patient Support Conference

The British Porphyria Association (BPA) organised an International Patient Day which was held on Thursday 14 April 2011.  The day ran from 0900 to 1530 and was held at The ATRiuM in Cardiff. The patient day included clinical presentations from doctors, patient experience … Continue reading

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Open Committee meeting

We held an open committee meeting in Manchester, at the NOWGEN centre, on Saturday afternoon, 19th March. Any members are welcome to come and talk to the committee at any of these events.  If you want to come, email or … Continue reading

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BPA calendar

We have produced a BPA calendar for 2011. As announced in our newsletter, we held a competition for photos for this calendar. It can be obtained by writing to Karen Harris – address below, or email helpline@porphyria.org.uk.  The cost is … Continue reading

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Meeting in Cambridge

We held a conference at Sydney Sussex College in Cambridge on 12th June, 2010. There were talks by porphyria experts from Addenbrookes Hospital, a question and answer session, and a chance to meet both the experts and other porphyria sufferers.

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