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Training For Educators With Batten Behaviour, Adults And Transitions Specialist Sarah Kenrick

We are pleased to be offering three (free) training slots with Sarah Kenrick, this is for professionals working with children/young people and adults with CLN3. These training slots will be held over Zoom. If you feel this would be beneficial…

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Would YOU Like To Be A PEER BEFRIENDER?

The BDFA are proud to launch a new Peer Befriending service to help support families in a way that only other parents of children with Batten Disease will be able to do. We’re so excited to be now seeking our…

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BDFA Family Conference 2022 Tickets Available Now

The BDFA are so excited to be able to bring this event to you all again after a few years break, it will be so good to get together in person.You will have noticed the change in date for the…

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Taysha Gene Therapies Invites CLN1 Community Feedback

Taysha Gene Therapies is planning a webinar and invites the CLN1 disease community to submit questions about the TSHA-118 CLN1 Batten disease clinical trial to the patient advocacy groups BDSRA and BDFA.  Please submit your questions by February 20th, 2022 to Lisa at, admin@bdfa-uk.org.uk at…

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The BDFA Family Conference Is Back In 2022

**** SAVE THE DATE **** The BDFA Family Conference is back in 2022! Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th June 2022 Due to current times, the BDFA are planning that this conference will be a hybrid event, so families can join…

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Epilepsy Masterclass- With Dr Ruth Williams

Join Dr Ruth Williams, Consultant Children’s Neurologist for a session on epilepsy and Batten disease. Monday 9th August @ 5pm, on Zoom Please RSVP to admin@bdfa-uk.org.uk for the link. Hope to see you there!

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THANK YOU TO BDSRA ATTENDEES

Here at the BDFA we want to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all of our families in the UK who attended the BDSRA annual family conference this past weekend, and thank you to all the other families all over…

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2021 BDSRA Annual Family Virtual Conference- Sign Up Now

The BDFA is delighted to partner again with the BDSRA (Batten disease support and research association) for their annual conference that is yet again online. As last year, we will be sending out conference boxes full of activities and conference…

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Pre Order Beautiful Girl By David McGovern In Aid Of The BDFA Now!

The official Single of the Batten Disease Awareness campaign in now available to pre order on iTunes and pre save on Spotify!! After reaching No.2 in the Official UK Physical Charts with his cover of East 17’s classic Stay Another…

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Batten Disease Family Association will be held via Zoom video-conferencing on Saturday 12 June 2021 at 10:00. Given that the Covid-19 restrictions are only in process of being…

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Donate to the work of the BDFA

With your support we can help support families living with the devastating diagnosis of Batten disease

The BDFA receives NO funding from Government and are only able to carry out our work because of the strong commitment of our volunteers and fundraisers.

Thank you so much for your support

How your donation can help

£5 a month
provides a support and information
folder for a newly diagnosed family

£20 a month

helps to run our family support services

£50 a month
enables us to run training workshops
for professionals to educate them on
Batten disease