Can You Hear Us? "Opportunity" Presentation at the NF2 Weekend on 21st September 2014

1. ‘Opportunity’
Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C

2. Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
• Limited company (Ltd)
• Exists to benefit the community
• Primarily social objectives
• Surpluses principally reinvested
• Sustainable
Company Registration No. 08819774

3. Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
How we work
• Giving a voice to the people
• Identifying needs
• Applying knowledge
• First-hand experience
• Passion for positive change
CAN YOU HEAR US?
GIVING A VOICE
TO PEOPLE WI TH
NF2

4. Companions in Clinic
Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
Support group for NF2 patients and their families - providing an
alternative from the draining atmosphere of waiting rooms on clinic
days.
“I found Companions in Clinic to be a great help to me. It completely
transformed what can be a draining and sometimes daunting clinic day
into a huge positive.” (Ben)

5. Companions in Clinic
Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
Currently running at:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge - Every second Monday of the
month - 9:30am – 13:30pm - Free to attend (with or without an
appointment that day)
Exploring the possibility of establishing sessions at:
Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital, London - Saint Mary’s Hospital,
Manchester - John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
KEEP UP TO DATE
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
www.facebook.com/canyouhearus
www.canyouhearus.co.uk/mailing-lists
info@canyouhearus.co.uk

6. Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
Companions in Clinic
1st Birthday Celebration!
Monday 13th October 9am—1:30pm
Clinic 10, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Refreshments, snacks and CAKE(!) will be
available, as will plenty of banter with fellow NF2ers
and their families. Free to attend.
RSVP: www.canyouhearus.co.uk/rsvp-cic-birthday-party
Or email info@canyouhearus.co.uk

7. CYHU NF2 Social Gatherings
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
Creating opportunities to bring people with NF2 together in
a carefree, friendly atmosphere.
Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
“I don’t remember the last time I have laughed so much. I was absolutely
sick with nerves before I came, but everyone was so welcoming, friendly
and incredibly patient writing things down for me. It was so nice to feel the
same as everyone else, not the outsider trying to fit in.” (Cheryl)

8. Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
www.canyouhearus.co.uk

9. Our Community
A free online forum in the UK
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
for NF2ers, Family, Friends and Carers to connect.
Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
“The forum is a great way of sharing experiences, whether that be
medically orientated or just personal life stories. There is a feeling of
involvement in the NF2 community, there is no longer any need to feel
isolated and alone in the NF2 world.” (Joanne)
www.canyouhearus.co.uk/what-we-do/ourcommunity

10. NF2: Our Journeys
A collection of inspirational life
stories written by people with NF2
of all ages, backgrounds and
experiences.
Available free for NF2ers today!
£5 for non-NF2ers or purchase for £8.99
from www.canyouhearus.co.uk/shop
Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
www.canyouhearus.co.uk

11. Jessica Cook
Founding Director
Can You Hear Us? C.I.C
www.canyouhearus.co.uk
“Usually the only person stopping you, is you."
(Susanne Rees)