Nottingham QMC Stoma Support Group

Happy 70th Year to the IA - Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association . Great to see a national event to inform and celebrate! (IA Information day https://iasupport.org/infoday26)

Plans are well underway for IA Information Day 2026!

Join us on Saturday, 25th April at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, as we celebrate our 70th anniversary with a packed programme of workshops, presentations, and special guests.

Here's what a previous attendee had to say about their experience: “Thank you for an amazing, informative day, much appreciated.”

What to expect:
💙 Expert-led workshops and presentations on topics that matter most to you
💙 Lunch and refreshments
💙 Optional evening gala dinner with live music (£40 per person)

Details: Date: Saturday, 25th April 2026 Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Venue: Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Cost: £10 per person (additional £40 for gala dinner)

Find out more and register your place by visiting our website. The link is in the comments below.

Help us to raise funds for your community centre!

This is our new opportunity for you to help the Community Centre, you don’t have to use the centre, come to Robyns World or even be local.

We ask that you set up a standing order for £5 a month to go into the centre, Every Friday there will be a draw to win £50.
In June we will have a draw for £500 and December a draw for £1000.

If you would be interested in joining our lottery and helping the centre please contact [email protected] for a form

This Thursday 22nd May 2025 the Nottingham University Hospital Trust Nurses invite you to a Stoma Care Open Day. It will be from 10 am to 2 pm, you can drop in anytime. It will be held at Mercure Nottingham Sherwood Hotel. There will be multiple vendor stalls, hospital nurses, appliance companies and support groups to meet and chat with.

Mercure Nottingham Sherwood Hotel: https://maps.app.goo.gl/p4DBboF7HFRSSMbP6

At our last group meeting we were joined by Florence Gravina, an enthusiastic final year product design student at Nottingham Trent University. Florence is passionate about design and helping ostomates. To gather some information for her project she asked me to share the following questionnaire. Please help her and future ostomates by filling it out at this link: https://forms.office.com/e/jT7JqnDPDL

A regular gift helps us to plan our activities, to ensure we are there for everyone who needs us, all year round 💜👉 https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/27298. £5 a month will support our campaigning to make more accessible toilets stoma friendly £10 a month will cover the cost of sending out our dietary information booklets to those struggling to manage their stomas, to keep them comfortable throughout the festive season and the new year 🍽️ £25 a month will support our campaigning to improve travel experiences for people with stomas, giving them the confidence to get home to family for Christmas and other special occasions 🛫 £50 a month will help to keep our free stoma helpline open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year

Looking forward to seeing Debra Willoughby & Jackie tomorrow at our stoma group meeting, Saturday 19th 10am at Dunkirk and Old Lenton Community Association.

🎂 It's our 6th Birthday on 29th June!!

💙 We want to thank our fabulous 5K Your Way community for their support over the last 6 years.

👆🏼You are the reason that we are here 6 years later and we are still growing.

🏃🏾‍♂️Another massive thank you to Forest Rec parkrun for their support and working with us.

🎉 To celebrate, we'd love to get more people walking at 5KYW so why not encourage your friends and family to come along at the end of June and walk together?

☀️ ☀️ 5K Your Way is TOMORROW ☀️ ☀️

At 5K Your Way, we encourage everyone to do as much or as little of the parkrun as they'd like, whether this is the whole 5K, 500m or they'd just like to watch and support! We then meet together at Homemade for coffee and cake.

The main thing is to enjoy yourself! 😃 We have lots of people volunteering, so if you’ve wondered about joining us tomorrow is the perfect time as you’ll certainly be encouraged along the way!

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow 💙

If you have any questions, please send a message or email Lizzie at [email protected]

This Saturday 18th November 2023 10am-12 noon is our monthly meeting at Dunkirk and Old Lenton Community Association. We will be joined by Jill Osborn – from Clinimed (https://www.clinimed.co.uk) The event is free and as usual there will be tea, coffee, biscuits and lots of chat! Hope to see you there 😃