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Welcome to the FASD Trust The FASD Trust was started in January 2007 in response to the growing number of requests for information on FASD being received by Simon & Julia Brown, adoptive parents of a child with FAS. Be sure to visit us regularly for updated information about FASD and for news of the Trust's recent activities and forthcoming events. The latest headlines appear in the featured items below, and you will find plenty of other interesting and relevant news by clicking on the News and Events link on this home page. [ NEW! We have now added an Events Calendar so that you can see all our scheduled activities nationwide over the next 12 months or so.] We also have a Friends of The FASD Trust scheme, open to people who give to us regularly. We ask that Friends of the Trust consider giving £20 or more a year (that is just £1.67 per month), and in return we offer access to range of additional information, as well as exciting monthly prizes and special offers. Membership forms for Friends of the Trust can be downloaded here, or e-mail Tammy at friends@fasdtrust.co.uk. To help you keep in touch with us, we produce an electronic newsletter, FASD Connect, several times per year. To access our latest update, please click here. To go on our mailing list for us to send future editions direct to you, please click here. We have recently updated our Donations and Fund-raising page, so please take a look there to get details of the various ways in which you can now donate funds to support our activities, and also to learn about ways in which we can help you to organise fund-raising and awareness-raising events. We are also pleased to tell you that our Family Finder Service, after a successful initial trial period, is now set to become a regular part of the range of support services that we strive to provide. This is one service in particular that can potentially make a huge difference in the life of a child with FASD!
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Everyone is welcome to come to our next Open Office Coffee Morning, which will take place on Wednesday, 30th May 2012, from 10 am until 1 pm in the FASD Trust office here on Cornbury Park, near Charlbury.
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If you are in business in Oxfordshire or neighbouring areas, you are cordially invited to attend one of our Launch Breakfasts to hear all about our charity's national awareness campaign running from 1st to 9th September 2012 (the 9th of the 9th being National FASD Awareness Day) and also discuss with us opportunities for your business to be involved and gain widespread publicity.
We are holding these breakfasts at The FASD Trust Office on the beautiful Cornbury Estate, Charlbury. Our first breakfast was on Thursday 10th May, and our next is on Tuesday 12th June. For more information, please follow the link below.
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In the UK and other countries, FASD Day is always on the ninth day of the ninth month (i.e. September) every year, The
significance of the date is the number 9; the ninth day of the ninth
month, and thus a reminder that, for mothers-to-be, the safest choice is
no alcohol for the nine months of pregnancy.
The purpose of the Day is to promote awareness of the risks of consuming alcohol during pregnancy, and to provide support and encouragement both for women during an alcohol-free pregnancy, and for families and carers looking after children and adults affected by FASD.
To find out more about our plans to mark FASD Day in 2012 here in the UK, and to see how you can take part in the planned activities, please follow the link at the foot of this page.
And we are pleased to add that an article featuring Julia Brown, her daughter, Niamh, and the Trust's plans for National FASD Day this year has just appeared in the Oxford Mail.
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In response to a number of requests, we are very pleased to announce that a "Training for Parents & Carers" event, specifically aimed at parents and carers, including foster carers, grandparents and other kinship carers, will take place on 23rd May 2012, in The Barn, a location very close to our office on the Southill Business Park.
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If you live in Kent or surrounding areas, we are pleased to let you know that the next meeting of the Kent Support Group will take place in Folkestone on Saturday, 9th June 2012. For more details of this and other forthcoming Support Group events, please follow the link below.
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