Here you will find information on latest events - please contact the office for more details and to book your place: 

E-mail: admin@encephalitis.info  Telephone: +44 (0)1653 692583

Ava our Chief Executive will be in Maastricht in the Netherlands toward the beginning of July and is available to have an informal chat and drink with any of our Members in that area whose lives or families have been affected by Encephalitis.  If anyone is interested in meeting Ava please get in touch with the office on admin@encephalitis.info or phone +44 (0)1653 692583 and we will endeavour to arrange a meeting place and time with you. 

Friday 23^rd August- Monday 26^th August

The Encephalitis Society is repeating the success of last year’s Family Weekend and organising another special weekend away for families affected by Encephalitis.  To be able to join us you can be either a family with a child or young person affected by Encephalitis or a family with a parent affected by Encephalitis. 

We will be hosting the weekend once again at the Hollowford Centre in Peak District National Park. The venue is ideally located to provide an outdoor activity programme. The rooms have en suite facilities, a fully catered service is provided and they can respond to specialist dietary requirements.

There are a wide range of activities available at Hollowford such as High Ropes, Zip Wire and Raft Building. Offsite the options include: Canoeing, Rock Climbing and Caving. The instructors are highly qualified and have vast experience of working with youth groups. Activities are run in such a way that encourages teamwork and will require young people to support and encourage each other.

Alternative indoor activities for children can be provided and we will have workshops for parents during the morning and adult outdoor activity groups in the afternoons. Staff and Volunteers from The Society are all CRB checked to enhanced level are taking part and there will be specialist childcare provisions.

There is a cost for parents attending the weekend but not for children.  The cost (£125/adult) covers 3 nights’ accommodation, all meals from supper on Friday night to breakfast on Monday morning and all activities. We can help source you funding for families on low incomes.

Programme

Due regard will be given to the variable needs of the children/young people attending and flexibility will be built into the programme.  Whilst we hope that all the children will take part in the activities there is no problem if parents want to take their own children off site to an alternative activity. 

In addition to the fun, we hope the weekend will give you an opportunity to discuss issues with other families who understand and in this way develop a mutual support network.  We also hope that by providing child care and activities, parents and children alike will benefit from both having time together and apart. The children and young people will, it is also hoped, benefit from meeting each other and making new friends.

This event is very popular and we only have limited space therefore we recommend you get your booking form back to us as soon as possible, as places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Booking Form 2013

Looking forward to it already!

For a full list of this year events please see the table below.