Upcoming events
CCAA Family Support Weekend 2026
Hooke Court, Dorset: 26th to 28th June – Places available.
Hollowford, Derbyshire :25th to 27th September – Fully Booked.
Priory Park, Reigate, Area Family Meet-up
The next meet-up at Priory Park, Reigate RH2 7RL will be on the 5th July 2026 for “bring your own picnic” and fun day!
More details and how to apply will be released closer to the date.
CCAA News
New addition to our Award Badges – Next Steps
To mark WORD day 2026 and a massive 5 year milestone since the start of our CCAA award badge scheme, we are delighted to reveal our new addition to the family!
Bringing you the ‘Next Steps’ badge in a bright zingy purple – all in stock and ready to be sent out to deserving recipients!
To fill you in on the background to this one, we were asked by Health Professionals to create a badge for those children and young people moving on from paediatric care to adolescent or adult care services. But we recognised that there are other milestones along the journey that also merit special recognition. So with the help of our amazing parent reps and loyal followers, we went one better and created a badge to suit all those ‘next steps’ that happen when you live with JIA. We hope you will love it as much as we do!
Please find all the info about this badge and our existing badges including the nomination form here:
Research news
We have been asked to share this opportunity with you. ARCADIA is a new 5-year research collaboration between researchers and patients and their families from across the UK and beyond.
ARCADIA aims to achieve drug-free remission for people with inflammatory arthritis (IA). IA includes several different types of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA).
If you would like to get involved, you can register your interest via this form
Fundraising news
London Marathon
Our wonderful Committee member Rhiannon has set herself the Challenge of running the London Marathon on 26th April.
Rhiannon’s daughter Saskia was 3 years old when she was diagnosed with JIA.
“Through CCAA, we have been able to build a support network, meet other families, attend a CCAA Family Support Weekend as well as local meet-ups. This has enabled Saskia to meet other children with JIA who all understand each other. I want to give back to this wonderful Charity who have been so supportive to us.”
Good Luck for your Challenge Rhiannon. We all think you are amazing!!!!!
Thank you for your support.