Risky Business - success

Andrew Curran - Alderhay

Rachel, Theresa and Claire show off the cake at the Child Brain Injury Trust stand

A delegate deep in thought

We had a fabulous conference on 29th February and thoroughly enjoyed the day.  Over 230 delegates attended our 2012 conference, held at the Hilton Hotel in Birmingham.  The day focused on the topic of infant and primary school aged children who acquire a brain injury, and their families.  The programme was full of emotion and some humour thanks to our brilliant speakers.

Andrew Curran (top photo) opened the day with the science behind the developing brain and as always made the most complex subject, simple and easy to digest.  Andrew, you are our champion and we are humbled by your commitment to our charity.

Dave Stones (father of William, aged 3) was an inspirational and moving speaker - you are brave and 'real' and we are honoured to support you.

The exhibition hall was full to bursting with stands full of great information and 'give-aways' - Compass Costs cuddly dragons definitely won the best 'give-away' of the day.

As you can see in the photo above, our stand was very colourful and full of lovely cakes made by Child Brain Injury staff Anne-Marie and Lisa - the samples proved very popular! They used the recipes from our new fundraising cook book, '21 treats for 21 years' which has a foreword and recipes supplied by the queen of cakes Mary Berry as well as Raymond Blanc and some of the young people we support. These are available to purchase, email Anne-Marie for more information: anne-mariemacmillian@cbituk.org.

We also signed lots of wannabe challengers up for a Challenge 21 - see our main site for more information on what's happening or contact anne-mariemacmillian@cbituk.org for further details.

All in all it was a super day and I am so proud of everyone who played a part.

See you next year,

Lisa Turan
CEO