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Would you believe that 94% of people with disabilities aren't wheelchair users?
That was just one of the fascinating facts we learned when Neil Howard and Colin Howey from Norfolk County Council's Adult Education came to talk to us about life-long learning.
Good turnout for THE RiNG Christmas lunch on the 17th
South Norfolk Council demonstrated their support for RA patients by funding our new website through a Community Grant.
Committee members Jane Collins and Steve Ranns would like to announce that they have made their media debuts with a live broadcast on Radio Norfolk's Graham and Karen show. Here's the picture to prove it!
Our February guest speaker was Jacqueline Romero from PPIRes, who told us all about the invaluable contribution which we RA patients can make to research.
Let's hear it for World Arthritis Day, Monday 12 October, when we all get together to talk about Rheumatoid Arthritis, the auto-immune disease which tries to rule our lives, but we don't allow it!
This is what EULAR, the European League against Rheumatism, has to say on the subject:
We discovered why David Scott's feet never seem to touch the ground when he was guest speaker at THE RiNG's January meeting.
Next time the radio comes calling we'll be ready for them! That's the message after our recent Media Training workshop with Norfolk Adult Education.
A good time was had by all when around 30 of us assembled at Dunston Hall Hotel near Norwich for our second Christmas lunch.
We can now exclusively reveal that everyone with RA attending our First Birthday Party will get a ticket for our bumper Free Raffle.
Our social secretary Jane Collins had the bright idea of asking a few local businesses if they would provide prizes to give away at the party.
Waitrose at Wymondham has decided to make THE RiNG one of its three good causes for the month of May.
We are sorry to announce that bad weather has forced us to cancel our January meeting, when N&N Hospital Rheumatology Consultant Dr Karl Gaffney was our guest speaker.
Many apologies for any inconvenience but the forecast was so bad that we felt it would be irresponsible to go ahead.
One of our members wants to sell her top-of-the-range five door metallic slate grey Toyota Yaris, registered in December 2007, which has just 6000 miles on the clock.
Everyone going on the Mississippi Boat Trip on Saturday needs to be at Hethersett Village Hall at 11am to await the coach - apart from those being picked up in Brundall who have already been briefed.
Please use the Village Hall car parking spaces near the road for the convenience of those using the hall during the day while we are enjoying ourselves out on the river and eating our tea.
