History
Arthritis Care, or the British Rheumatic Association (BRA) as it was then known, was founded by Arthur Mainwaring Bowen on 1 February 1947. That October the association had 554 prospective members.
By the time of Bowen’s death on 31 January 1980 Arthritis Care had grown in to a national organisation with a wide range of services for people with arthritis.In that year Arthritis News was published for the first time. It ran to 12 pages and had an initial print-run of 35,000.
Today, Arthritis Care is the UK's largest charity dedicated to supporting people with arthritis. It offers information and support to all people with arthritis through its helpline, website, self-management and personal development programmes and campaigns locally and nationally to make sure people with arthritis have access to treatments and services.
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