Sessions offering skill and knowledge development will be offered, with a package of take-home practical information and tools for peer support, capacity building, fundraising and advocacy for both low and high resource communities. The program will also feature four one-day tracks in capacity building, consumer/clinician dialogue on clinical trials, young women’s issues and resources and fundraising.
A conference highlight will be a two hour adventure benefit finding experiential workshop. Building on the international momentum of organisations such as Amazon Heart, Dragon Boating and Project Highways, participants will be given the opportunity to experience adventure programs for breast cancer consumers including abseiling, rock climbing, kayaking, cycling, roller blading, dragon boating, walking and exercise programs. Alongside the adventures, workshops on key elements and case studies in benefit finding and exercise will be available. The workshops will be held on the banks of the beautiful Brisbane River at the Riverlife Adventure Centre.
The conference will also feature experiential programs in complementary therapies, and a showcase for creative responses to the breast cancer experience including film, drama, art and photography.
Awards
2009 Reach to Recovery International (RRI) Awards and Medals
Reach to Recovery International (RRI), a program of the UICC, is built on a simple yet universal principal: a woman who as lived through breast cancer and gives freely of her time to help another woman facing the same experience is a valuable source of support.
2009 Teresa Lasser Award
The Teresa Lasser 2007 Award is conferred on an RRI volunteer who has introduced, initiated or contributed to the development of a new Reach to Recovery programme in an exceptional way. Eligibility is strictly limited to Reach to Recovery International volunteers (Reach to Recovery or translated equivalent only).
2009 RRI Medal for Health Professionals
The Reach to Recovery International (RRI) Health Professional Medal is awarded to a health professional who has demonstrated a strong commitment to voluntary breast cancer support programmes and who has made a significant contribution to the creation and evolution of such programmes.
Information on nominations for these awards will be announced in 2008.
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