The Positive Choices Planning Group would like to offer their heartfelt thanks to the following organisations who have given sponsorship and support to this Years conference. In particular we thank Partnerships in Care as our main sponsor.
St Andrew's Heathcare
Lifeways
Primelife
Change
NHS Yorkshire and the Humber
BAFF
RCN
Learning Disability Practice
Leeds animation workshop
Castlebeck
Dept. of Health
Unison Health care
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Jo Lay, Leeds University
David Charnock University of Nottingham
Emma Piotrowski University of Nottingham
Elaine Drummond University College Cork
Helen Farmer University of Nottingham
Helen Laverty University of Nottingham
Llewellyn-Williams North West Wales NHS Trust
David Marshall Queen’s University Belfast
Patrick Harland, Queen's University, Belfast
Karen Ellis Roberts, University of Wales, Bangor
Julie Toms-Ashcroft, Edge Hill University
Lyn Terry, Edge Hill University
Jo Welch, University of Hertfordshire
Jamie Wheeler, Edge Hill University
Thanks also go to those that helped us on our way, and there were many of you!

Fiona Will not pass This Way Again but in So Many Ways Her soul will Live On
Fiona’s like may not pass this way again,
But her work and soul lives on,
There's nothing wrong in this,
She fought the good fight,
She believed in what was right,
Fiona searched life for its irretrievable bliss,
Crazy happy moments and the computers and the rodent technology as she described it kept her going,
The tributes we wish to pay her now in death are ever glowing,
Fiona glowed in life,
Fiona was not averse to her illness and a little personal strife,
Sadly she could not be saved by a surgeon’s knife,
Fiona was a kindly soul,
She played her part well with her very own special role.
Sadly Fiona’s like will not indeed pass this way again,
Remember, Fiona’s place in life as the playful one,
The one they all flocked to,
Why? because she often intuitively knew where the fun could be had,
And yes for this and to have known Fiona to call as friend we will be forever glad,
Fiona lived for what is and not for what was,
She did not seek notoriety but on this sad day she deserves our applause,
Applaud Fiona now,
Applaud her not just today but regularly.
As I know many of you will,
Celebrate Fiona’s achievements and kindness,
For Sadly Dear friends Fiona will not pass this again.
Paul Francis Horan