Start Baking for Rheumatoid Arthritis!

START BAKING FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS!

If you want to put your baking skills to the test or just sample the delights of other people’s baking, supporters and friends of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) in{insert location} are inviting people to their NRAS Tea Party on{insert date} at {insert location}.

The aim of the NRAS tea party is to bring people together from the local community where they can eat cake, drink tea and be merry with friends, colleagues, neighbours and family. On a more important note,the tea party is an important opportunity to raise funds for NRAS and raise awareness of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). There are currently 690,000 people living with RA and 12,000 children and young people living with JIA .

To give people a helping hand, recipes have kindlybeen supplied by several celebrity chefs including Tom Kerridge and Lorraine Pascale. To download some of theserecipes, or tolearn more about rheumatoid arthritis and the work of NRAS, please visit

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For further information about this story or about NRAS, please contact {insert name} on {insert phone number} or {insert email address}.

Notes:

• Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the joint tissue causing inflammation, stiffness, pain and extreme fatigue. If left untreated, the joint can lose its shape and alignment and lead to permanent disability. It is a systemic disease and can affect other organs too.
• Rheumatoid arthritis can affect people of any age. Around three quarters of people with rheumatoid arthritis are first diagnosed when of working age and women are three times as likely as men to have the disease.

• The mission of NRAS is ‘working for a better life for people living with rheumatoid arthritis’ by providing information, education, support and advocacy; raising public and government awareness of RA; campaigning for equity of access to best treatment and care; and facilitating the networking of people with RA and encouraging self-help.

Ground Floor, 4 The Switchback, Gardner Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7RJ

Phone: 0845 458 3969 Fax: 0845 458 3971 Web:

JIA-at-NRAS is part of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society

NRAS is a private company limited by guarantee.

Registered in England and Wales No 7127101. Charity Nos 1134859 SCO39721