WORD Day Special - Part 2 with Rebecca Beesley of Juvenile Arthritis Research

World yOung Rheumatic Diseases Day (WORD Day) is an annual event on 18th March to raise awareness that children and young people get rheumatic diseases.

On Saturday the 19th March, Joel hosted an 8-hour marathon stream on his Twitch Channel to raise awareness of WORD Day 2022 and rheumatic disease in children and raise funds in aid of Juvenile Arthritis Research https://www.jarproject.org.

In this second part of three special interviews hosted on the day, Joel talks to JIA patient, parent, volunteer at Juvenile Arthritis Research and all-around inspirational friend Rebecca Beesley about her work and JIA journey as both a patient and a mum.

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Joel on Twitch

Donate to WORD Day/JAR Project Fundraiser

To request a free support pack (UK only): www.jarproject.org/hope

To read more about JIA: www.jarproject.org/myjia

Web resources for younger children: www.jarproject.org/kipo

Web resources for teens and older children: www.jarproject.org/teen

To request a free School Toolkit (UK only, must be requested by the school/educational setting itself): www.jarproject.org/toolkit

To find out more about our resources overall: www.jarproject.org/journey

And Sophie's story that we mentioned in the interview: www.jarproject.org/stories/sophie

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