Fundraising
Here at Verity we like lots of fundraising – with events to cover such as conferences that Verity as a charity subsidises by a substantial sum of money to cost of posters to cost of…
Annual General Meeting preparation…
Creating the AGM letter and form 1 hourGoing to Tesco’s to buy new printer ink only to discover they don’t have any & deciding to attempt refilling on my own (which worked!)1 hourPrinting 60 of 105…
support….
Hello all, just a quick blog – was having a look at the discussion board and just wanted to say how wonderfully supportive all your board members are to each other. The Discussion Board is…
PCOS on BBC Radio
BBC Radio Shropshire discussed PCOS on the breakfast show on Monday. It’s always very exciting to me when PCOS gets airtime, and especially when Verity gets a mention Both myself and Professor Stephen Franks, reproductive…
Talking PCOS with laser clinicians
Bright and early last Monday (19 October), I travelled from London up to Manchester to give a presentation called ‘Living with PCOS’ for Lynton Lasers, who make cosmetic laser machines. Lynton regularly hold workshops for…
Fertility support for Asian women
One of the blogs plugged into my RSS Reader is Fertility Matters, a blog by Kate Brian, author of The Complete Guide to Female Fertility and The Complete Guide to IVF. Kate is also Infertility…
MC meetings
Wow my first blog post. Is it weird that this is quite exciting?! As secretary a large part of my role is to minute the management committee (MC) meetings that take place every 6-8 weeks…
NICE guidelines on PCOS
In February 2008, the Verity board of trustees put together a submission to NICE (The National Institute for Clinical Excellence) , who provide guidance on a wide range of health topics for healthcare professionals in…
Finally blogging
Verity, the UK charity for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is now blogging… at last. It’s been a long time coming. I hope you’ll all get involved, comment lots, share links, opinions and anything…