T-1 Today are delighted to announce their 3rd UK Children With Diabetes Friends for Life Conference in Daventry.
Everyone in the family who is attending the conference MUST be registered. No T1 can attend without an adult unless they are 18+. Any queries, please pm Gwen with your phone no and she will give you a call, or email on gwen@childrenwithdiabetes.com For updates please join the Facebook Group.
The Registration Line for our Children With Diabetes 2019 Conference will go LIVE on 18 March 2019 at 8 am. This year’s conference is to be held at De Vere Staverton Estate in Daventry on 25-27 October 2019.
Initially, the line will be open to First Timers only. If you have attended before please DO NOT attempt to book as a First Timer. We will be watching the registrations coming in and anyone who attempts to register during this period who is not a first timer will forfeit his/her/their place(s).
Registration exclusively for First Timers opens on Monday 18 March at 8 am until Saturday 23 March at 11 am.
The Line will then close for an hour and any unsold places will be placed into the general “pot”. The Registration Line will reopen at 12 noon on Saturday 23 March and the remaining places (plus any left over from the initial amount) will be available for everyone else, including any First Timers who did not manage to register previously. This will remain open until all the places have been taken. We will compile a waiting list should there still be requests for places thereafter. Further places may be available if sufficient funding is secured. The Registration Line is for the Conference only: hotel accommodation is NOT included.
Everyone attending the Conference MUST register, it is not just our T1 heroes who require to do so.
The registration fees are:-
£80 pp aged 6 and above
£40 pp aged 2-5 years
FOC for ages 0-23 months
The fee covers:-
• Conference t-shirt
• Conference Programme (one per family)
• Focus Groups on Friday hosted by our Platinum
Sponsors
• Friday night Opening Keynote and reception thereafter
in Exhibition Hall
• 4 sessions for adults/young adults with a choice of
speakers on Saturday and Sunday
• Full Youth programme for Elementary, Tweens and
Teens on Saturday and Sunday
• Childcare for the Under 5s with visits from various
Faculty members on Saturday and Sunday
• All snacks between sessions
• Lunch both days
• Family Party on Saturday night
Dinner is not included on either Friday or Saturday nights.
Please do not attempt to or register any child younger than his/her actual age. Their actual ages as at 25 October 2019 are required to enable us to allocate them to their age appropriate groups:-
Childcare – 0-5 years
Elementary – 6-8 years
Tweens – 9-12 years
Teens – 13-17 years (or 18 if still in school)
Please note that no child can move up or down groups to be with siblings or friends. They MUST be in their age appropriate group, based on their age on first day of Conference. Each group is geared for that specific age group. In Childcare the children are grouped within their ages with their activities geared accordingly.
Refunds will be available up until 13 September 2018. Thereafter no refunds will be available unless we have a waiting list. However, please note that there is a cancellation fee of £10 per person. CWD is not only subsidising your registration fee but also covering the booking fee per person on each registered place.
Our Registration Desk at the Conference will open at 8.30 am on Friday 25 October, with Focus Groups hosted by our Platinum Sponsors on offer both morning and afternoon (more information to follow). The Exhibition Hall will open at 12 noon and the Opening Keynote address and Youth group Icebreakers will take place at 7.30 pm that evening followed by a reception in the Exhibition Hall.
Please book your hotel accommodation which is on a B&B basis, by contacting De Vere Staverton Estate on 01327 220676. The rates, per night are:-
Double Room for Single Occupancy – £110
Double Room for Double Occupancy – £120
Family Room Triple Occupancy – £140
Family Room for 2 Adults and 2 Children – £150
Please note the children are on z-beds in the family rooms which the hotel does not recommend for ages 14+.
When booking, please quote “CHIL221019” to get our Conference rate. The hotel will be taking bookings from others not attending our Conference, therefore, please book your hotel accommodation after registering for the Conference or as soon as possible thereafter to avoid disappointment. Should you wish to extend your stay, then these rates are on offer to our families on either side of the Conference subject to availability when booking.
If you have any queries on any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can be reached on gwen@childrenwithdiabetes.com, or pm me.
The link to the registration line is here
Join this Facebook Group for up-to-date information
Here is the link to the report from Windsor 2017
Conference Information
T-1 Today UK (CWD) is a UK Registered Charity. The weekend is sure to be filled with fun and laughter, some tears and frustrations, education, exciting challenges and cutting-edge information. Join the Trustees and other families with diabetes to hear from renowned healthcare specialists and guest speakers who live with type 1 diabetes. Watch the children of all ages become “Friends for Life” and see their excited faces as their bonds develop. From toddlers to grandparents, from those new to the T1 world to those more experienced, from laypeople to the medical professionals, we will all join together and make new and lifelong friendships. This is a conference you will never forget and one you will want to come back to again and again and again.
Financial support may be available to a number of first time families who meet our criteria, for further information please email:
FFLUKscholarship@childrenwithdiabetes.com
