Picture This

The Picture This competition has now been judged, and the winners are:

These photos will form the Working Wonders Exhibition that will travel around Europe. The exhibition will be launched in the European Parliament in Brussels on 13 October 2009 to raise awareness among politicians and other European key stakeholders. The exhibition will be travelling to its first destination in Tallinn, Estonia on the occasion of the 12th EULAR Autumn Conference of PARE, 5 – 8 November 2009.

The images selected support the EULAR Charter for Work which demonstrates four key areas where policy makers, employers and health professionals can contribute to changes that will help make work a possibility for all people with rheumatic diseases:

• Awareness and recognition
• Policy makers to legislate for access to work
• Employers to create an inclusive environment
• Support from healthcare providers

Please click here to read more about the EULAR Charter for Work

Thank you to everyone who took part in the competition and to all of you who voted online – it was wonderful to see so much interest in Picture This. The gallery remains open so please continue to share your stories of successful work situations here.

‘Let’s Work Together’ is the theme for the 2009/10 World Arthritis Day. Work is an important part of all our lives and should be accessible to all people with rheumatic diseases.

Picture This is an online gallery which celebrates the positive contribution people with rheumatic diseases make to work. If you have a rheumatic disease, we invite you to enter a photograph of yourself showing an aspect of your work that is important to you, along with a short sentence on what work means to you, to the gallery section of Picture This.