A fellowship of people with cochlear implants

Cicada Club activities

The 2012 Manchester CICADA
Bowls Competition and Gathering.

Saturday 26th May 2012
at
St Werburgh’s Social Club,
The Old Bowling Green Hotel, 
Brook Street
Chester 
CH1 3DZ

11:00 am Registration with Tea and Coffee

11:30am Competition begins


If you are interested in attending or need further details fill in the Feedback form on this site.

For details of the location and how to get there go to http://www.stwerburghchester.co.uk/parishcentre.htm


CICADA AGM 2012

We are holding our Annual General Meeting on Saturday 24th March at a new location this year. The venue is the Farnworth Methodist Church Hall which is located in Widnes approximately 300 yards from Widnes Railway station.

We will be having Danny Whiteside from 'Deafness Research UK' talk to us on latest research into causes of hearing loss and Tinnitus and hopefully one of the main Implant manufacturers

Refreshments donated by the Committee will be provided on arrival along with a buffet Lunch served at 1pm at £7.75 cost to Members .

Date :        
24th March 2012
Venue:      
Farnworth Methodist Church, Derby Road, Widnes, WA8 9JX.. (GoogleMaps Location)
Registration: 
10:30am with the Conference starting at 11:00am

Free Parking will be available.
Links :
Deafness Research UK


Cicada Christmas Carvery Lunch
Held on Saturday 26th November at the Puss-in-Boots Pub in Offerton was well attended and an enjoyable meal was had by all. Photographs will be on our Facebook page.

Website: http://www.almond-pubs.co.uk/puss-in-boots/about

September Meet for Lunch
Prince of Wales Hotel, Lord Street Southport: Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1JS , Tel: 0871 222 0039 Fax: 0871 222 7719 (more details).

We had a good meeting with 15 members attending for a three course meal.
The photographs are on our Facebook site.


Canal Walk -10th July 2011
This walk was along the Caldon Canal Staffordshire, from Cheddleton to Froghall.

For most of the way, the canal is adjacent to the Churnet Valley Railway which runs steam trains most weekends in the summer between Cheddleton and Froghall.

(Full report here )

Links:
(www.waterscape.com/canals- and-rivers/caldon-canal)
(www.churnet-valley-railway .co.uk)

Next years calendar of events will be released early in the new year, check back here for details.

For more details about these and other events please contact the Secretary on the link below.

Other events

BCIG Conference 2012 Manchester 15th - 16th March

The British Cochlear Implant Group would like to invite you to attend our annual meeting,  hosted by the Manchester Auditory Implant Programme.

This year’s meeting will focus on current issues in auditory implantation including hearing preservation surgery, advances in auditory brainstem implantation and cochlear drug delivery systems.

The setting for the meeting is The Hilton Hotel, Deansgate in central Manchester.

As with previous meetings the aim is to encourage discussion in a relaxed setting. The venue has excellent conference facilities whilst allowing easy access to the all the attractions of central Manchester. We very much look forward to seeing you.

Further details:
BCIG Conference