CLASH was founded in September 2006 to offer support for local people, and their carers, living with arthritis. It was then, and still remains, the only self-help group available to people with arthritis in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). CLASH has a common goal to live with our Arthritis and not be ruled by it
CLASH aims to provide integrated health and social care services to help all people with arthritis in LLR remain active in collaboration with Arthritis Research UK and The Peepul Centre.
More than 10 million adults will seek help from their GP each year with arthritis and related conditions.
There are around 400,000 people with rheumatoid arthritis in the UK and over 20,000 new cases each year. It’s estimated that about 8 million people in the UK have osteoarthritis.
About 15,000 children and adolescents in the UK will suffer from juvenile forms of arthritis.
