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2nd Burning Nights Meet & Greet Conference
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Free
2nd Burning Nights Meet & Greet Conference
That’s right, our 2nd Annual Burning Nights CRPS Support Meet & Greet conference event on 10 September 2016, is now open for you to reserve your FREE tickets!
Due to the fantastic success of our 1st Burning Nights CRPS Support Meet & Greet from November 2015, our 2nd annual event is now open for you to reserve your FREE tickets.
TICKETS HAVE NOW BEEN EMAILED TO EVERYONE. Please check your email inbox and your Junk/Spam folder to check for your tickets. If you haven’t received your tickets please contact us and we will re-send them. Please remember to bring your tickets with you either on your phone/tablet or printed out, as you will need these at the entrance.
To see what happened at last year’s Inaugural Burning Nights meet & greet event please watch our brief 5 minute highlight video:
You can also read about our inaugural Meet & Greet event, our speakers and what went on in our Meet & Greet blog.
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If you are interested in coming along to our 2nd Burning Nights CRPS Support Meet & Greet event, please CONTACT US for your FREE tickets.
DETAILS
DATE: Saturday 10th September 2016
TIME: Starting at 9/9.30am and finishing around 4.30 / 5pm (You are free to come and go as you like)
COST: FREE!!
WHERE: Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel, Water Street, Manchester, M3 4JQ
LUNCH & REFRESHMENTS: Both lunch and refreshments are free for you during the day’s event. If you have any allergies or dietary requirements please let us know when you register your name for tickets and at the very latest by the 31 August 2016. If you have any food allergies or dietary needs please also confirm this with the hotel after 1st September. Contact Melissa on 0161 838 4175.
SPEAKERS:
This year we have a great line up of professional speakers are:
Our Patron – FIONA ASHWORTH
Fiona is a Personal Injury barrister working with Kings Chambers in Manchester and she specialises in chronic pain condition legal cases.
KATYA HALSALL
Katya is a Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant and Functional Evaluator, who helps people with long term conditions try and find work that is suitable for them and their condition.
Representative from BREATHWORKS
They will be talking about mindfulness and chronic pain and how it may help you cope with CRPS and other chronic pain conditions. Breathworks is based in Manchester and provides courses and teacher training in mindfulness mediation. Visit Breathorks website to learn more about them.
INGHAM GRAHAM WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD
Rick and Paul will be giving us a very interesting talk on finances. This will be incorporating:
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Financial basics including budgeting, benefits, understanding your objectives (what you personally might need and/or want)
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Financial things to consider – Help to buy ISA’s, access to pensions early and more
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Financial Advice – Personal Injury Trusts and their importance, things to consider when taking advice, protecting the carer
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Finally…. Questions!
You can find out more about Ingham Graham Wealth Management on their website, give them a ring on 01457 864157 or send them an email. You can read more about them on our Sponsors and Supporters page.
CHRIS EDWARDS from MOTABILITY
We have Chris Edwards from Motability who will be telling you all about Motability and how it works when you want to get a car using the Motability scheme.
CRPS SPECIALIST
We are honoured to welcome a CRPS specialist from Manchester & Salford pain clinic, Dr Tim Johnson who will be giving us a talk on CRPS management, up coming treatments being used and more.
CRPS CARERS & SUFFERERS SPEAKERS
Mrs Ward is the mother of 1 of Burning Nights team and she has kindly agreed to speak about her experiences as a mum of a young CRPS sufferer.
Michael Abbott-Fleming is the husband and full time carer for Burning Nights founder, Victoria. He will be talking about his experiences as a husband as well as carer of a CRPS sufferer.
Jo – A CRPS sufferer
Mia – A CRPS sufferer
HOW TO GET YOUR TICKETS:
Please EMAIL US or PHONE US and let us know:-
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how many tickets you would like,
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your name,
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email,
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mobile phone number (or home phone), and
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any food allergies or specific dietary requirements – If you have any food allergies or dietary needs please also confirm this with the hotel after 1st September. Contact Melissa on 0161 838 4175.
RAFFLE
Just like last year, we will be holding a raffle and we have already got some fantastic prizes that have been generously donated by companies, individuals and businesses! So far this year, we have prizes including:
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*STAR PRIZE* – 2 standard class return train tickets from Virgin Trains valid on their West Coast services (*more details on the tickets)
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Voucher for 2 for the PKB Cafe in Manchester (see our Sponsors and Supporters page)
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2 x Argos items
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Voucher for a cake to be made by Larissa Ralph* (*Terms and Conditions apply)
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Donation from Cult Pens – Cult Pens sell various products apart from pens and pencils including adult colouring books, stationery and more. You can visit CULT PENS on their website: www.cultpens.com/ for all of their products.
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£25 Gift Voucher from Next – You can visit Next via their website: www.next.co.uk/
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Adult colouring book – Handrawn adult colouring book by Magda Polakow. Visit our Manchester conference blog for more details!
and more prizes kindly donated by friends, families and CRPS sufferers.
If you are part of a company or you own a business and would consider kindly donating a prize to our raffle, please contact us! All the money raised on the day will go towards the charity.
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If you would like to stay at the hotel, they are offering a special rate for us. You must phone and book with the hotel direct and you also must mention that you are attending the Burning Nights conference. If you don’t book direct and/or don’t mention you are attending the Burning Nights conference you may not receive the special rate. The direct phone number is 0161 838 4175 and ask to speak to Melissa.
If you have any questions or you would like to reserve your free tickets please contact us by email, phone or on social media.
We look forward to meeting you there for our 2nd Annual Meet & Greet Conference!
Written: 30/04/2016
Last Updated: 05/09/2016