World Arthritis Day: 12 October 2009

Join our campaign!

Each year World Arthritis Day focuses on a different aspect of living with a rheumatic disease. World Arthritis Day falls on 12 October, but our campaigns are designed to last throughout the year and beyond.

This year’s ‘Let’s Work Together’ theme considers the challenges of work, be it paid employment, voluntary work or work at home supporting a family, and embraces people with rheumatic diseases, healthcare professionals and employers.

At the 2008 EULAR Autumn Conference for People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE) a Charter for Work for People with Rheumatic Diseases was developed. The Charter for Work was launched in March at the Alliance Against Arthritis (AAA) event in Brussels. To find out more about the Charter for Work click here.

To support our campaign please complete our ‘Let’s Work Together’ survey, which has questionnaires for people with rheumatic diseases, health professionals treating them and employers.

If you would like help with work, check out our ‘Let’s Work together’ support materials, which will be available from June. Support materials in English can be downloaded from this site individually, or as an information pack.   Materials will be translated in some languages later in the year.

1. Young people who are just starting out in the world of work
2. People who were in work when they were diagnosed
3. People re-entering the work place after rehabilitation

Find out more about our ‘Let’s Work Together’ photographic competition click here.

Campaigning support materials for national organisations representing people with rheumatic diseases can be found in the password protected area of this site. Click here to access the password protected area (coming soon).