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My Perspective Photographic Award - Winners Announced at Kew Gardens
... and Patron for the Down's Syndrome Association announced the winner, two runners up and ten highly commended. Before she revealed the winner she said, "As always I am delighted to support the DSA. I found ...
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Affiliated Group receives Queen's Award
... Speaking of their success, Kim West, Jo Messenger and Nicky Parker from The Swindon Down's Syndrome Group said: "We are honoured and humbled to have received this prestigious award for the work that ...
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Testimonials
... bottled and prescribed to anyone teaching young people with learning disabilities . You were so inspirational my boss said I was like Tigger when I got in this morning." Margi Coot, Teaching Assistant ...
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DSA celebrates 40th Anniversary with Lifetime Service Awards at the House of Lords
... Boys, Chief Executive of the Down’s Syndrome Association, said: “Forty years ago, people with Down’s syndrome were fighting for the basic rights – to life, medical treatment, education and to be an ...
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40th Anniversary Lifetime Service Awards
... Boys, Chief Executive of the Down's Syndrome Association, said: "Forty years ago, people with Down's syndrome were fighting for the basic rights - to life, medical treatment, education and to be an accepted ...
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DSActive Football Tournament Success
... let this be the first of many more such events." Patricia James from the DSA said “It was fantastic, all of the clubs came together to put on this brilliant tournament. The end result was extraordinary ...
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DSActive Football Tournament Success
... of many more such events." Patricia James from the DSA said "It was fantastic, all of the clubs came together to put on this brilliant tournament. The end result was extraordinary with 60 players ...
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Fulham FC Kick off Down's Syndrome Awareness Week
... true ability." Steven Day, Chief Executive of the Fulham Football Club Foundation, said: "I am delighted that Fulham Football Club is able to host the first ever Down's Syndrome Football Tournament. ...
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Fulham FC Kick off Down's Syndrome Awareness Week
... world their true ability." Steven Day, Chief Executive of the Fulham Football Club Foundation, said: "I am delighted that Fulham Football Club is able to host the first ever Down's Syndrome Football ...
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DSActive Charlton Upbeats Win People's Million
... care for parents and programmes for siblings, and a chance to work hand in hand with members of our community on environmental projects. Patricia James from the Down's Syndrome Association said, "We would ...
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GlaxoSmithKline and Down2Earth Explore Madame Tussauds
... Down2Earth members worked on their writing skills that will appear in the next Down2Earth magazine focusing on their favourite wax figure. Patricia James of the DSA said "The trip to Madame Tussauds ...
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DSA Response to the British Medical Journal research on Down's syndrome births - released 27th October
... Cytogenetic Register DSA response statement: Carol Boys, Chief Executive for Down's Syndrome Association said, "We realise that tests will continue to become more accurate at increasingly earlier stages ...
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Down’s Syndrome Association scoop top SEN (Special Education Needs) book award
... for teaching and learning activities. Bob Black, Education Officer for Down's Syndrome Association and a member of the UK Down's Syndrome Education Consortium said; "We are over the moon to receive ...
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Social care green paper ignores people with learning disabilities, says Coalition
Children and adults with learning disabilities have been ignored by the green paper on social care, the Learning Disability Coalition has said in a letter to the Guardian newspaper. The group of 15 learning ...
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Why we did Capital to Coast
... after all, just like the DSA had said she would be!! Adam had been running and cycling for charity for a number of years before Maddie was born and continues to cycle for charity now. Obviously ...
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GSK come Down2Earth at London Zoo
... said: "This activity provided the Down2Earth group with the opportunity to explore the London Zoo at their own individual pace with a GSK volunteer. Through the very nature of the scheme, at the end ...
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Strategies parents have used
... and visited with M anything that met our criteria (there was not a lot). When they told us that we could not visit because these were people's homes we said ‘ask the residents if they would mind showing ...
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A successful transition
... Devon which offered ‘structured' care but the local Social Services said it was expensive and that they felt G would cope in the local community with the right amount of care. They felt G needed more independence, ...
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Down’s syndrome football teams break new ground
... Badgers, QPR Tiger Cubs and a newly formed team at Charlton. The Hong Kong team was formed in 2007. Susi Williams, Positive Minds Co-ordinator at Fulham FC Community Sports Trust said "Since the Fulham ...
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Basingstoke brothers swap running shoes for football boots to help raise money for Down’s syndrome charity
... Harwood, can always been found giving the biggest cheer on the side lines at many of the DSA's events. Paul Zanon, Business Development Director at the Down's Syndrome Association said: "Families such ...