Events
Family days out
In the summer of 2010 SAUK will be holding 
family days out for its members at venues around the country thanks to a generous donation from the Strongbones Children’s Charitable Trust. There will be lots of different activities, from the London Eye to the Edinburgh zoo, so if you’re interested in coming along please do get in touch for your nearest event. It will be a fantastic opportunity for families and young people with scoliosis to get together and enjoy some fun!
For more information please contact: fundraising@sauk.org.uk.
Back Pain Show 2010
The Back Pain Show 2010 will take place on 
22nd and 23rd October, 2010, at Olympia 2, London. The show will be packed with products, expert seminars, therapy demonstrations, consultations, treatments and SAUK will have a stand at the event so you can come and say hello to the team! All SAUK members will receive free tickets to the show that will be sent out with the autumn issue of Backbone, our twice yearly newsletter. If you are not currently a member and would like free tickets please join us.
Pop the date in your diary now so you don’t miss the event and visit the site www.backshowexpo.co.uk for more details and the latest updates.
Sailing
Learn to sail on board John Laing! Do you have scoliosis? Would you like the chance of a lifetime of learning to sail a yacht? Ocean Youth Trust South is a Southampton-based charity that runs adventure sailing voyages for deserving young people from different backgrounds in its 72-foot boat, John Laing. The age range for the voyages is 12 to 25, and there are some more adventurous voyages for those aged 16 and over. Voyages are run from March to November every year and vary from 12-day races to Spain, through to local weekend trips around the British Isles. There are places for up to 12 young people on every voyage, with five or six trained adult staff and volunteers. If you are interested or would like to nominate someone for a funded place on a voyage, please apply to Caroline White at: office@oytsouth.org with the following information:
- Name and contact details of the nominated individual (address, telephone number and email)
- A paragraph on why you/they deserve a funded place
- Age (must be aged between12 and 25)
- Details of physical fitness
- Any special needs requirements
- Availability: school/college holidays only, or term time as well? Could you/they sail at short notice if a vacancy came up?
No sailing experience is needed and full tuition (including certificates of achievement) is provided. John Laing is skippered by experienced professional sailor, Mark Todd, who himself has scoliosis.
We also hold scoliosis meetings every year to provide the opportunity for those affected by scoliosis to hear presentations from scoliosis specialists and meet others in similar circumstances.