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Breakaway Foundation

@BreakawayFound

We support children from birth in the UK, with bladder/bowel diversions/dysfunctions. No one should face the journey alone, especially not a child.

 UK
breakawayfoundation.org.uk
Joined May 2009
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Thank you @littlemissileo for all you have done over the many years for us! Enjoy your Breakaway retirement 🤣💗💗
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If you are booked to attend our August event, important information has been sent to you via email. Check you inboxes :)
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We are absolutely delighted that one of our trustees, Jenny Gow, and the creator of @ButtonyBear has been appointed an MBE in the birthday honours list!!
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Convatec Stoma UK@ConvatecStomaUK20 May 2019
What a day it was yesterday for the #ConvaTecStomaRoadshow - we hope you all enjoyed the event and workshops on offer throughout the day. A big thank you to our event supporters @iasupport @UrostomyA @ColostomyUK @BreakawayFound @VBlush @ButtonyBear #stoma #stomaawareness
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We’re all set up at the @ConvaTec_UKI Stoma open day in Manchester. Looking forward to meeting lots of people today!
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We’re at the @ConvaTec_UKI roadshow in Manchester on Sunday. Come along and find out more about us and our friend @ButtonyBear
Convatec Stoma UK (@ConvatecStomaUK) profile pictureConvatec Stoma UK@ConvatecStomaUK14 May 2019
Only 5 Days until our #StomaHealthRoadshow in Manchester! There's still spaces available! Workshops include: ✅ #ChairYoga with @ColostomyUK ✅ Pregnancy & intimacy talk with @VBlush ✅ Healthy hydration ✅ Emotional Wellbeing ✅ me+™ recovery Book now bit.ly/2Yqe0Wl
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We were absolutely disgusted to read this article about @ImmanuelBD10 discriminating against pupils who have less than 100% attendance by making them eat later than those with 100%. It’s 2019 not 1919!! schoolsweek.co.uk/pupils-wit…

Badge system means pupils without 100% attendance eat last

Pupils without top attendance or clean behaviour record are allegedly being forced to the back of the queue for lunch at a secondary school

schoolsweek.co.uk
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Dozens of teddy bears handed over to sick children in the north-east | Press and Journal pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/new…
Dozens of teddy bears handed over to sick children in the north-east

Dozens of teddy bears handed over to sick children in the north-east

A group of generous pipers and heavies have handed over dozens of teddy bears to a children's hospital. Ballater Highland Games and Ballater District Pipe

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We will be at the @iasupport information day in Birmingham on the 30th March. We look forward to meeting friends old and new!
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Our phone lines are currently out of action. If anyone needs to get in touch please email [email protected] Thank you
We were deeply saddened to read the article in yesterday's papers about Seven Bridges, the young boy in America who sadly took his own life after being bullied for having a... metro.co.uk/2019/01/22/boy-1…
Boy, 10, with bowel condition killed himself over taunts about how he smelled

Boy, 10, with bowel condition killed himself over taunts about how he smelled

Seven Bridges hanged himself as his mother shopped for groceries after being forced to endure vile bullying at the hands of his schoolmates

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It's great to see Buttony Bear mentioned in the Scottish Parliament! deesidepiper.co.uk/news/loca… deesidepiper.co.uk/news/loca…
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Children’s information resource to be funded by Big Lottery Fund | Crohn's & Colitis UK crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/news…
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Harry is fed via TPN and may never be able to eat normal food again, yet he loves cooking for his family and his dream is to meet @GordonRamsay Can we make Harry’s dream come true?
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@DrDawnHarper
Well done !
ColostomyUK (@ColostomyUK) profile pictureColostomyUK@ColostomyUK6 Oct 2018
We made it to Speakers Corner, very wet! BIG THANK YOU to all those that came today & to everyone else across the UK supporting the day in various ways! #SpeakingOutChangesLives #WorldOstomyDay2018 @iasupport @libbyherbert8 @IanJackson50 @SarahSquire73
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@iasupport @UrostomyA @ColostomyUK and the @BreakawayFound kids, have a great day on the #stomabus in London today. #WorldOstomyDay #SpeakingOutChangesLives #colostomy #ileostomy #urostomy
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So the #StomaBus is on its way around London with @iasupport and @ColostomyUK raising awareness of living with a stoma... we’ve all been through a lot to be frightened off by rain! #SpeakingOutChangesLifes
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