22q At the Zoo Awareness Day 18th May 2025

This year celebrates the 15th Anniversary of 22q at the Zoo.

Come along to Twycross Zoo, share your stories, make new friends and spread awareness.

Tickets are £10 each, carers are free (with evidence paperwork|) & under 3 free.

Discounted price only available to Max Appeal members and immediate family. Maximum 6 people.

Please use this booking form to order tickets = Zoo 2025 Booking Form

Your host will meet you at a designated time and place and provide entrance details and tickets.

22q at the Zoo – Worldwide Awareness Day® launched for the first time on May 22, 2011. It was originally planned as a Philadelphia (USA) event to promote friend raising and awareness. Thanks to families, professionals and other support organizations around the globe this “local” function morphed into a worldwide phenomenon where people gathered at their closet zoo for a day of fun and solidarity sporting our unique 22q at the Zoo T-shirts. While adults socialize, children enjoy the animals,. During all of this fun, teams of volunteers distribute fact sheets informing the public about 22q11.2 Deletion and Duplication Syndromes.

Tshirts available in a variety of sizes and also 2 designs. Our original Maxi Bear and our new logo Tshirts. These are not the official Zoo Tshirts, these are Max Appeal Tshirts.

Order your Tshirts here

Max Appeal 22q family meetup.

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22q family meetup

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National Railway museum 22q Family meetup - York

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Scarborough 22q Family Beach Day

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Trip on the Llangollen Railway 22q families meetup

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Bath City Farm 22q family meetup

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Archery Day - hosted by Dave Pitcairn, Northeast

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The date for the 2025 run is Sunday 7th September, the entry fee is £25.00 and the minimum sponsorship target is £250.00.

Max Appeal has secured 35 guaranteed charity places for this years Great North Run, to be held on Sunday 7th September. To secure your place please complete the entry form below and email back to paul@maxappeal.org.uk

Please ask any friends or family if they will consider taking part too. Make it a family affair !

Max Appeal will provide a free running vest and fundraising pack, pre and post race meet up opportunities and support.

It's a fun weekend too for a good cause and will help us continue our work supporting families affected by 22q11.

Entry form

RAF Museum 22q family meetup, Hendon, North London

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https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/