Continence UK conferences and events will include both local events and our annual Continence UK conference at Harrogate.

ARC Healthcare Roadshows

Continence UK is delighted to announce that we will be working in association with ARC Healthcare to hold continence road shows throughout the UK. These road shows will be held in strategic regions to open up local debate and provide education for all clinicians involved in any aspect of continence care. Workshops will be integral to the road shows, allowing delegates to network with those they may otherwise not meet, including industry representatives, who are crucial to the management and the provision of care. Exhibition of services and products will be displayed thoughout the day in the refreshment area. The first road show is taking place on 28 April at Shuttleworth College in Bedfordshire and we are expecting between 150-200 delegates to attend. View the website

Local Events

	Continence UK has already formed an alliance with the Journal of Community Nursing and is providing clinical content through a workshop on Bowel Management at the 16 JCN Roadshow events around the UK. For further information on how to access these free events, please visit www.jcn.co.uk/Exhibitions.asp Click here to view the Bowel Workshop Presentation, presented by Alison Bardsley. For those that have attended these events and the workshops, please click here to download a word file which contains the handouts from the Bowel Management presentation. Please also feel free to click here to download a copy of the powerpoint presentation, which we would encourage you to use as a basis for your own, or team training sessions.
	KT-EQUAL Workshop 13th December 2010 Are you sitting comfortably? And at night, any awkwardness? If Isambard Kingdom Brunel had taken an interest in incontinence then the world might be a different place. On behalf of their namesake, researchers at Brunel University have taken on the challenge. Come and hear from the team, their colleagues and from other leading UK researchers about recent pioneering developments. They are making remarkable advances, promising more independence and a better quality of life for many older people. They have some very interesting stories to tell. Programme: Registration from 9.50am. Workshop 10.15am to 4.00pm with coffee breaks and Lunch Venue: Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex More details and registration: www.equal.ac.uk Topics will include: Introduction to incontinence; Management of urinary incontinence: past, present and future; Impact of urinary incontinence; Detection of urinary tract infections (UTIs); Continence technology and skin health; Nutrition and incontinence; Transforming ideas into action for faecal incontinence; Getting out and about - public toilet provision for an ageing population; and the latest results from the NDA project - Tackling ageing continence through theory, tools and technology (TACT3 Project) The workshop will be of interest to all-comers: scientists, professionals in health and social services, older people, carers and others. All are welcome. The workshop is free. The only requirement is an enthusiasm for improving the quality of later life!