HOW YOU CAN HELP

There are many ways you can help The Arthrogryposis Group to improve life for people with arthrogryposis across the UK. Why not share your time and talents with us and in turn we can promise you some fun and help you to gain new skills – all in the knowledge that you are aiding others to live a better life and feel less isolated and alone.

Not only do we need hands-on volunteers to help at our regional events, the Family Weekend and TAG Camp but we also require people to aid us in what may seem simple ways but each aspect will help us enormously – So, don’t think about it, just do it – we promise you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Volunteering

Whether it’s a few hours or a few days a month, we need your time. Becoming one of our volunteers can be a rewarding and valuable experience and we always have a range of interesting roles where we could use your skills.

'From my own experience, I know that insecurity about the caring aspect keeps a lot of people from volunteering, but you don’t know until you try, and it’s much, much easier to learn about these things from a group of switched on, bright youngsters who are the experts than trying to learn it second hand from others.

Every year it is a little bit different – volunteers change, new kids come and we do different things – but also a bit the same.  Yes, it is bloomin’ hard work. 

But it’s also the most fun I’ve had in a long, long time Without wanting to sound clichéd, I came home feeling tired but elated.  I got to spend a week doing fun things with some of the nicest young people I’ve ever met.'

Employee volunteering offers direct benefits to the people with arthrogryposis that we work with. We would be delighted to work with your company to produce a bespoke volunteering strategy that will also help us to progress our organisational development plan. So why not consider motivating your staff through employee volunteering.

If you would like more information about our volunteering opportunities email us at info@taguk.org.uk  to find out more.

Fundraising

There are many ways you can volunteer to help raise funds for The Arthrogryposis Group.

Volunteer Collectors

We have now launched our campaign to raise awareness of arthrogryposis and this gives us a fantastic opportunity to raise funds to make a real difference.

We are asking you to share with us two hours – yes only 2 – of your time to collect outside your local stores on designated dates.

We are not asking you to commit to any of the collections just yet but would appreciate you expressing your interest in helping us, please email fundraising@taguk.org.uk or call 0800 028 447 to register.

Local Fundraising Groups

We are in the process of establishing a network of local fundraising groups to help provide support and promote the work of The Arthrogryposis Group. If you want to find out if there is a Group in your area or simply want to know more about them please email

Employee Fundraising

Fundraising can be great fund for employees and provide excellent teambuilding and personal development opportunities. To find out how you could work with The Arthrogryposis Group as your Charity of the Year please contact

Social Networking

A presence on social networking website and online communities can help us reach new audiences and it is a great way of talking to our supporters.

Get involved today and support our work, keep up-to-date with what we are doing and chat to others who are involved with The Arthrogryposis Group.

Become our fan on Facebook – to hear of the latest news on our events, fundraising and campaigns.

To become our fan on Facebook:

• Visit our Facebook page
• On this page, click ‘Become a Fan’
• If you are no already logged into Facebook, you will be asked to log in or register at this point

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Follow us on Twitter

If you follow us on Twitter you can receive regular updates on what we’re up to (known as ‘tweets’) and chat with us. If we tell you something really interesting, you can let your Twitter followers know by ‘retweeting’ it to them.

To follow us on Twitter:

• Visit our Twitter page
• On this page, click ‘Follow’
• If you are not already logged into Twitter, you will be asked to log in or register at this point