Events

Events

Forthcoming events

Well this is the time of year we start getting organised for the Hogmanay bash at the end of the year. Tickets will be available from the 2nd of November with a closing date of 7/12/09. We look forward to seeing a lot of you there!

Past events

Coffee afternoon on Saturday the 28th February. This went very well and there was a good turn out of existing members and new additions. There were lots of goodies to eat and good chat. If anyone has any pics from the day that they'd like to see here, please send them in to me.
Hogmanay party 2008/9 at the Campanile Hotel, Glasgow

Letter from Jackie Millan, Chairperson of Short Stature Scotland:

Hi everyone,

My apologies for not writing this sooner, I have had a few personal things to deal with. For those of you I did not see at our Hogmanay Party, I would like to wish you a very Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

I know this was our 3^rd New Year event; however, this was our first under our new group, Short Stature Scotland. This year, we had approximately 138 people attend. We had a few cancellations due to the terrible flu that was going round. For those of you that did attend, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves.

Repeatedly, I thank Marika, and her staff for their hospitality. They give us such a warm and personal welcome. The prices they give us for our stay and food are outstanding for that time of year.

For a second time, we had our piper, Greg. This year, we had not one but two ‘first footers,’ Robert and Stephen. Our DJ, George gave us some good music and stayed on for those of you who never want the party to end. On behalf of the committee and its members, we would like to give you a big Thank You!

Personally, I would like to give a huge thank you to my committee and members of our group for their help in selling tickets and their contributions to the raffle draw we had on the night. We raised £893.00 - £244.49 (spent on our 3 top prizes) = £648.51 profit.

If any of you wish to write about your experiences of any of the events that you have come along to, please do not hesitate. This helps people to realise that they are not alone in their apprehension of coming along to meet people of short stature for the first time. Please send any contributions for our website to Kate Lawrence, our webmaster.

For those of you, who have not joined or come along to any of our events, please do not hesitate. We will give you a warm welcome and ease your apprehension.

Please check the website regularly to see our future events etc.

Take care and hope to see you all in 2009.

Jackie

Alana, Eilidh and Louise	Eilidh and Alana
James, Alana and Eilidh
Sophie, Alana, James, and back of Eilidh's head. :-)
Paige and Angela	Alana and Sophie
James and Eilidh	Megan, Eilidh, and Devan
Abby, Juliet, Megan	Megan and Abby
Angus, Skye, Devan and Jack	Abby
Pat and Kate	Terra

Coffee morning at Yorkhill, 2/2/08
The location was the Seminar room on the first floor. There was a good enough turnout for all seats to be taken. There were lots of biscuits and cake - much to the delight of the children! There were four little children to begin with, then a couple of late arrivals later along with AH (average height) siblings. There were mums, dads, and grandparents; it was a real family affair. We all chatted about different things - getting used to the surprise of having a child with a restricted growth condition, plans for Shortbread, and family life in general. Liz Dougan (OT at Yorkhill) mentioned plans for a Skeletal Dysplasia working group at the hospital with a more specialised team. We thought this would be a good idea and look forward to further developments in that area..

People went on to Braehead after to give the kids more room to run around. I think that a good time was had by all.
Xscape Braehead, March 2008

There was a good turn out for this event. Parents, young kids, older kids, teens and couples turned up. Old friends got together and new friendships were formed:

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