CEO Message
With International Volunteers’ Day on
5 December, we have a special focus on our
volunteers in this edition of ‘Inside Insight’.
D
uring 2019 we have had over 140 people To complement our Psychological Wellbeing
volunteering for Crohn’s & Colitis Australia. Toolkit which can also be downloaded from the CC
Their remarkable efforts are recognised Hub, we have posted a wellbeing checklist which
every December, and this year we have three you can share with your IBD Health Professional
fabulous volunteers who have met significant milestones Team to help encourage conversation when
to thank: Anita Reilly receiving recognition for 30 years needed crohnsandcolitishub.com.au/relationships/
and Cassandra Anslow and Stefan Norman for 5 years. psychological-health-ibd/
Our thanks go out to all of our volunteers who give their
skills, knowledge and time to support our endeavours by Congratulations to the 650 Live Fearless Challenge
helping CCA increase its capabilities. participants who together raised $210,000, travelled
62,000 kms, with 4,500 people involved and 115 teams
Recently we put out a call for expressions of interest in a in total. Some of the crazy names for the teams are
new Post Graduate IBD Research Scholarship which we worth a look and you can check them out on the site at
have named in honor of our founder Angela McAvoy. The livefearlesschallenge.com.au/leaderboards. We hope
applications are under review and we will be making an everyone had fun, challenged themselves and engaged
announcement in the new year. in many conversations about IBD with friends, family and
work colleagues during the challenge to raise awareness
Thirty-four years ago Angela conducted the first meeting
of Crohn’s and colitis within the community.
of CCA in her home and as a person living with Crohn’s
she remains interested in our progress and is willing A special thanks to our Live Fearless Ambassadors who
to help where she can. The three-year Angela McAvoy shared their stories so generously for the Live Fearless
scholarship commencing in 2020 was made possible Challenge. The Challenge will return in 2020 and we are
through the success of our 2019 Research Appeal currently looking for a sponsor for this fabulous event
where we received tremendous support from the IBD which gets us all moving for a good cause.
community. We hope you will be able to support our
appeal in 2020 so we can continue to provide these Best wishes for the festivities and holiday season which
important scholarships and help build IBD research will soon be upon us. Hoping you all have a safe and
capacity. happy new year with prosperous times ahead in 2020 -
the year of CCA’s 35th anniversary.
Our new resource ‘My Partner in Care’ is a must read
for everyone living with IBD. It can be downloaded as
Kind regards
an e-book from the CC Hub at crohnsandcolitishub.
com.au or we can send you a printed copy. We hope
it will support people to know what their expectations
of quality of care should be, prompting new ways of
Leanne Raven
thinking about your care and providing handy tips.
Members who are unwell
We send our thoughts and best wishes to our members who are ill at present, or who are recovering from surgery.
We wish you a speedy recovery.
www.crohnsandcolitis.com.au
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