This weekend it is Dudley's festival of water and light and EGG has sponsored a boat for PROUD The festival will take place 2.30 - 8.30 on Sun 1st Oct at Merryhill Waterfront ( opposite the Merryhill Centre ) with the boat parade taking place at 7.30pm The boats will be all lit up in musical themes and our boat is going to have Mary Poppins theme. There will be a fair and craft stalls and fancy dress competitions there too. It will be great to see you there

Life is a celebration can be viewed here





you can also click here to look at Hannah's webpage



We have started to put the calendar together now here is a sample of one of the pages



We are hoping that it will be available to buy mid October

If you are watching Billy and Honey in the Eastenders storyline you will see how they are dealing with the news and peoples reactions to having a baby with Down's syndrome

We are hoping that new parents will know that there is support out there for you and your family and that there is always someone willing to help and discuss and offer advice to you.

Hannah will be appearing ( along with 8 other children with Down's syndrome ) on the Eastenders episode to be aired on Monday 30th October

The Eastenders storyline has now been aired ( Sept 7th )if you need to talk to anyone about Down's syndrome do contact us on 07951 019 506.

We want people to know that children with Down's syndrome can go on and have a happy and fufilling life. Do view the " Life is a celebration" video below and you can also click here to look at Hannah's webpage

We are also hoping that the writers on Eastenders will keep Billy and Honey's baby in "The Square" and we would encourage you to write a positive view about the storyline where you can have your say at Eastenders online

http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/relatedlinks/your_say.shtml








PROUD are also going to be publishing a calendar to raise awareness for Down's syndrome. There will be lots of beautiful pictures of children with Down's syndrome ( some of you have already emailed me some lovely pictures ) More details to follow soon

The Eastenders storyline has now been aired ( Sept 7th )if you need to talk to anyone about Down's syndrome do contact us on 07951 019 506.

We want people to know that children with Down's syndrome can go on and have a happy and fufilling life. Do view the " Life is a celebration" video below and you can also look at Hannah's website at

We are also hoping that the writers on Eastenders will keep Billy and Honey's baby in "The Square" and we would encourage you to write a positive view about the storyline where you can have your say at Eastenders online

http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/relatedlinks/your_say.shtml








PROUD are also going to be publishing a calendar to raise awareness for Down's syndrome. There will be lots of beautiful pictures of children with Down's syndrome ( some of you have already emailed me some lovely pictures ) More details to follow soon

Life is a celebration video can be viewed below






Hannah had her story published in Take a break last week ( issue 35 for those of you that missed it and want to order it ) and we are still having an incredible response to the article.

Other news

Eastenders are doing a storyline in which the characters Billy and Honey give birth to a baby and then are told the news that the baby has Down's syndrome. This is due to be aired on Sept 7th ( if you haven't read the papers already this week )

There is an article in this weeks Womans Own magazine,( came out on 4th September ) which features our very own Imogen ( from the message board ) and her family.

We hope you manage to read it



PROUD are also going to be publishing a calendar to raise awareness for Down's syndrome. There will be lots of beautiful pictures of children with Down's syndrome ( some of you have already emailed me some lovely pictures ) More details to follow soon