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Thriveabetes 2016 Registration now open
Myself, Rebecca, Christine, Ken and Davina are thrilled to announce that Thriveabetes 2016 registration is now open. (and holding our breaths!!!). Thriveabetes is a one day conference for people living with type 1 diabetes on Saturday, October 1st 2016 in The Killashee House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare.
Registration closes at midnight on the 29th September 2016.
Advanced registration is required in order to attend Thriveabetes.
However, before you buy your tickets for this conference, take a moment to read through "Who should attend Thrive-abetes?" The link to register is at the bottom of this post.
Who Should Attend Thriveabetes?
- Adults with type 1 or type 1.5 diabetes (aka LADA; Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults).
- Partners, Spouses and Significant Others of Adults with type 1/1.5 Diabetes.
- Parents/Guardians/Carers of children/young people with type 1 diabetes.
- Young adults, teens, and school-age children, aged 5 and upwards, with type 1 diabetes and their siblings. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate children under that age of 5.
- Health care professionals who work with type 1 diabetes
Ticket Price
Adult & Parent Tickets - €35 each, or 2 tickets for €60 (this includes the administration fee from Eventbrite.ie).
Child ticket - €15 per child, up to 2 children. Children must be aged 5 and upwards.
Family Ticket - €100 covers 2 adults and 3+ children
What Does your Ticket Price Include?
- Admission to all sessions.
- Admission to the exhibit hall
- Lunch and two beverage breaks are included.
Our Cancellation & Refund Policy
Cancellations will be issued up to and until midnight on September 29th, 2016
From midnight on September 29th, 2016, no refunds will be available.
Conference Programme & Speakers
Our conference programme is in development and will be published on our website in the coming months.
Confirmed Speakers, so far:
- Gary Scheiner, author of “Think like a Pancreas”, Certified Diabetes Educator, Clinical Director of Integrated Diabetes Services in Pennsylvania, and person with type 1 diabetes.
- Joe Solowiejczyk, Certified Diabetes Educator, Clinical Family and Adult Therapist, author of "A Type 1 Diabetes Guide to the Universe" and Person with type 1 diabetes.
- Gavin Griffiths, The DiAthlete, Ultramarathon runner, International Diabetes Federation Young Leader and person with type 1 diabetes
- Anna Clarke, Health Promotion and Research Manager at Diabetes Ireland
- Penny Robinson, Mum of child with type 1 diabetes and advocate for families with diabetes
Register here.
And the Winners are....
The Thriveabetes Raffle winners were drawn on Saturday, April 30th, in Glor Theatre, Ennis, Co. Clare. We enlisted the help of Imelda who was working at the front desk. Thank you so much for helping, Imelda. We raised an amazing €2,300 through ticket sales which puts a big dent in covering the overall costs of our venue hire for Thriveabetes 2016. Registration for Thriveabetes is due to go live on Tuesday May 10 which will be announced though our blog, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. And without further ado, the winners are......
1st Prize One Night, Bed & Breakfast at The Killashee House Hotel, sponsored by The Killashee House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare goes to;
Kathryn Cooney, Co. Antrim
2nd Prize Signed 2015 6Nations Ireland Rugby shirt signed by Paul O'Connell and sponsored by Davina, John & the team at DiabetesTone.com goes to;
Eamonn O'Reilly, Co. Kildare
3rd, 4th & 5th Prize Three Calvin Klein overnight bags, sponsored by Davina, John & the team at DiabetesTone.com . One per winner goes to;
Aoife Boyle, Co. Limerick Breeda Garrihy, Co. Clare Dermot Cawley, Co. Limerick
Congratulations to all our winners!
Thanks to everyone who volunteered to sell raffle tickets - you are amazing and can't wait to meet all of you at Thriveabetes. Also, a huge thank you to everyone who supported Thriveabetes by buying a ticket! I wish you could all be winners! And another huge thanks to our prize sponsors; The Killashee House Hotel and DiabetesTone.