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Cambridge Rare Disease Network
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Making rare disease an everyday conversation.

CamRARE is a charity empowering rare disease communities & fostering cross-sector collaboration to improve outcomes for those affected.

#RareDisease
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We're just £300 away our #RareTogether @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge target!
Please donate, like & share b4 12 noon on 9 Dec to double your impact and help us build a world where everyone with a rare condition feels connected, empowered & supported. 🧡
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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We need your help! 🙏
We’re taking part in the @BigGive #ChristmasChallenge - so until 9 Dec donations are DOUBLED! 🙌
Your gift will bring joy, connection & confidence to children, young people & families on the, otherwise lonely, #RareDisease journey 🧡
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Across the UK, 3.5M people live with a rare condition. We’re here to ensure no one walks that path alone.

Help us build connection, community & change!

#RareTogether

Until 9 Dec your donations via our @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge page are doubled!

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Get ready to double the difference!

During the #ChristmasChallenge (2–9 Dec), every donation made via CamRARE's BigGive portal is doubled.

Your gift this Christmas will help families find connection, community, and people who truly understand.
#RareTogether

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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📣 DON'T MISS OUT!
We’re going global, with a virtual option to attend #RAREsummit25 this Thurs 6 Nov!
Tickets give access to the auditorium talks, you'll be able to join interactive polls & Q&As with Slido
Check out the programme & ticket link here:
camraredisease.org/raresummit25
Graphic including a computer monitor showing a still image from rare summit 2019. Text reads: join us wherever you are in the world. Live stream.
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The #RAREsummit25 agenda is live!
Packed with diverse voices, patient-driven insights & bold innovation.
www.camraredisease.org/raresummit25...
Grab your ticket to join us on 6 Nov to be part of the conversation & on't forget to book your dinner spot!

What are you most looking forward to?
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October 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Celebrate. Connect. Shape the Future.
Join our networking dinner.
Finish #RAREsummit25 in style on 6 November.
Raise a glass to a decade of driving change, championing collaboration, and giving voice to the rare disease community.
Tickets: www.camraredisease.org/raresummit25/
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September 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Be in the room where ideas begin!
At our #RAREsummit25, 3 patient voices will pitch research ideas shaped by their communities & lived-experience priorities in the Rare Disease Research Network Showcase - @rd-rn.bsky.social
Tickets: www.camraredisease.org/raresummit25/
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September 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Did you know that only 5% of 10,000+ rare diseases have an approved treatment?
Using #AI and other frontier technologies, our #RAREsummit25 sponsor, Healx, redevelops, combines & enhances known compounds to build a pipeline of therapies.
Join them & us on 6 Nov: www.camraredisease.org/raresummit25/
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August 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Can you help raise awareness of rare conditions and their impact? Do you have an organisation or campaign you'd like to put in the spotlight?
Become a media partner for #RAREsummit25 and build your network through ours!
We're stronger together!
Join us:
www.camraredisease.org/raresummit25...
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July 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Using their knowledge in translational science, @lifearc.bsky.social are a charity dedicated to shaping the future for people living with #RareDiseases - making life science life changing - a perfect match as GOLD sponsor for #RAREsummit25 - thank you LifeArc!
www.camraredisease.org/raresummit25/
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July 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Currently patients are having to embark on epic journeys, of many years, for a diagnosis and access to the right ‘Doctor’ - the diagnostic odyssey.

Tell us the challenges you've had in rare disease diagnosis - as a patient, researcher, hcp or innovator.
Graphic with the title - Reducing the diagnostic odyssey in rare disease. Photo of a blue police box (TARDIS) in a large circle. Graphic for session 2 - Emerging Technologies. Photos & names of of speakers: Gemma Chandratillake, NHS East Genomics; Elizabeth Varones, Mendelian; Saran Muthiah, Enrich My Care Graphic for session 1 - screening. Photos & names of of speakers: Anna Need, Genomics England & Iyamide Thomas, Sickle Cell Society Graphic for session 2 - Embedding in Policy. Photos & names of of speakers: Liz Hookham, LifeArc & Sue Farringdon, SRUK
July 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Swoop in and catch your early bird ticket for #RAREsummit25 (6 Nov)!
Don’t miss out on all the latest, as we celebrate CamRARE’s 10 yrs of impact and look forward to a future of possibilities!
www.camraredisease.org/raresummit25/

💡 Tell us what you'd like to see on the agenda...
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July 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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RAREsummit25 is coming!
6 Nov | Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge

We’re celebrating 10 years of rare disease impact – and looking to the future.

Early bird tickets drop next week!
#RareDisease #Innovation #PatientVoices #CambridgeEvents
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May 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Save the Date for #RAREsummit25
🗓️6 Nov 2025
Reflecting on 10 years of progress and possibility, and looking forward to shape the future of rare disease research, care, and advocacy.
Get in touch if you’d like your organisation to be part of the action!
drive.google.com/file/d/1Snyk...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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#RareDiseaseDay25 activities still in full flow! A trip to the parliamentary reception at Westminster, a day talking to the public & HCPs at @cuhnhs.bsky.social & now Rare-I-Tea party with our families! Stripes at the ready
March 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Recently Bethan has worked with CamRARE siblings through a workshop in collaboration with Centre 33.

For #RareDiseaseDay, Bethan says:

“Remember siblings.
Young carers are like balloons. They inflate with all that’s going on with their sibling, but if the pressure gets too high - they pop.”
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February 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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At CamRARE’s Companies Forum, we unite:
🔹 Biopharma
🔹 Healthcare & research
🔹 Patient groups
Last meeting, we introduced the Rare Disease Research Network—co-created with patients to connect with experts to drive projects forward.
Want to get involved? Let’s talk!
#RareDiseaseDay #RareDisease
Quote from member, Madhu Madhusudhan of LifeArc: Thanks to CamRARE for organising today's Companies Forum session. I am going to join RDRN to see how I can help and have come away buzzing with ideas on how we could all help contribute with our expertise to help identify and progress treatments for rare disease patients.
February 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Did you know only 5% of 11,000+ rare diseases have a treatment?
Our Companies Forum unites passionate experts from biopharma, healthcare, research & patient groups to break barriers & drive innovation.
Find out more here:
www.camraredisease.org/companies-fo...
#RareDiseaseDay #LifeSciences #MedSky
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February 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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It's #RareDiseaseDay at the end of February - chosen because when it's a leap year the last day in Feb is the 29th - the rarest date in the calendar!
Get involved with www.rarediseaseday.org throughout Feb, to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the 1 in 17 people living with a #RareDisease
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February 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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We’re super excited to announce our community RARE-i-Tea Party to celebrate #RareDiseaseDay2025 with @cardsforbravery & Shake Rattle & Roll for nattering, craft, sensory fun & music!
🗓️ 14:45 - 17:00 Sun 2 March
📍Cambridge

All welcome

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January 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Did you miss RAREfest24? Or want to see if you made it into the highlights film, review or gallery?

Head over to our new #RAREfest24 Highlights page where there’s a downloadable and flippable report, photos, films, stats and more …

www.camraredisease.org/rarefest24-r...
January 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM