THIS FORM IS FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO REFER FAMILIES TO US FOR THE HOLIDAY. IF YOU WANT TO REGISTER YOUR OWN FAMILY PLEASE FILL IN THIS FORM INSTEAD: https://tinyurl.com/scs-virtual-holiday 

Every year for as long as we can remember we've run a multi-activity Children's Holiday for kids with sickle cell. Last year, due to pandemic, we held our holiday online and everyone had a fabulous time! This year we're running an online holiday too. We're looking for 50 families with children with sickle cell aged between 4 and 17 who would like to take part in a weekend full of online activities with other families who have a child or children with sickle cell.

Running from Friday 13th August to Sunday 15th August, the virtual break will bring fun activities, new friends and lots of sickle cell learning straight to the child's front room! Last year families who attended told us...

"It was really beneficial, meaningful and so informative... It's been a positive highlight to our summer as family. And meeting other families has been fun, encouraging and empowering"

"It was very nice to be with people struggling with the same health condition like me"

"Glad we partook,  such a beautiful memory to live with for us as a family"

Children will be split into three age groups for most of the activities:
4-7 year olds - Bears
8-12 year olds - Tigers
13-17 year olds - Lions

Activities will be designed to be 'just right' for each age group, including education about living with sickle cell and lots of activities to boost wellbeing across the board. Our virtual camp will be hosted via zoom.

Siblings will be more than welcome during the vast majority of activities - we know that they are impacted by their siblings sickle cell too. There will also be 'parent/carer' sessions without the children, and a session specially for siblings to learn about sickle cell and get answers to any questions that they have.

We may be able to offer support to families without internet access who would like to take part.

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REFERRAL PROCESS:

1) Fill in the below form. You can do this via the internet or if you fill in a paper copy it can be emailed to jessica.boatright@sicklecellsociety.org

2) We will acknowledge your application within a couple of weeks (please bear with us) - if you don't receive acknowledgement, please let us know - your application may have got lost.

3) We will contact the family after 10th June as to whether they will be offered a place on the virtual holiday. We are often over subscribed.

4) The family will let us know whether they'd like to accept the place. This bit is super important!

If they tell you that they would like to withdraw their application at any point, please let us know as soon as possible. There is likely to be a long waiting list

Please e-mail jessica.boatright@sicklecellsociety.org if you have any questions.

DEADLINE: 1st July 2020

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All information given on this form will be treated as confidential and will not be shared.