Sunday the 7^th of February saw the first Harrogate support group meeting at Beckwithshaw Village Hall, just to the west of Harrogate.

Richard, Lynne, Suze and Sam met some new and familiar faces for tea, coffee & chat about all things vasculitis. Richard gave a short talk about some of the local hospital websites and research opportunities in the area. A list of links to the websites mentioned can be found below.

Hopefully everyone found the day to be useful and we'll look to run another meeting in Harrogate sometime later in the year.

Leeds Muskuloskeletal Biomedical Research Unit - Research projects currently recruiting :

http://lmbru.leeds.ac.uk/our-research/research-currently-recruiting/connective-tissue-diseases

Leeds Muskuloskeletal Biomedical Research Unit - Patient and Public Involvement Group :

http://lmbru.leeds.ac.uk/about/leeds-patient-and-public-advocacy-group

For more details contact : Susan Smith  -  susan.smith4@nhs.net

Harrogate and District Foundation Trust - Online Research Community

https://plus.google.com/communities/117470330903378537051

100,000 Genomes Project -

www.genomicsengland.co.uk/the-100000-genomes-project/

www.leedsth.nhs.uk/about-us/news-and-media/news-item/article/leeds-is-key-partner-as-region-joins-the-genomic-medicine-revolution/