About HDYOKTYPJPNovember 29, 2018The Huntington’s Disease Youth Organization is non-profit set up to provide support and education to young people (aged up to 35) impacted by Huntington’s disease (HD) around the world. View our definitions of ‘young people’ and ‘impacted by HD’ below. We are an official entity in both the USA (501c3) and United Kingdom (Charity Commission #1145781). Our goals/what we doOur goal is to provide support and education for young people impacted by HD globally. We do this through providing professional support online, creating needed educational content for all age groups (kids, teens, young...Find out more...
HDYO Staff TeamEveryoneSeptember 20, 2017Here is our current staff team and a summary of what we do, please feel free to reach out to us directly.Executive DirectorCatherine Martin My role at HDYO is to oversee how we run as an organization and make sure we have enough money to do all the things we set out to do. I also make sure that the board know what is going on and that the staff and volunteers have everything they need to do their jobs.I’ve been working within the non-profit sector for over 18 years and have mainly worked in the youth and community sector with a special interest in young people impacted by trauma and...Find out more...
HDYO BoardKTYPJPJuly 13, 2020Executive CommitteeHayley Hubberstey – Executive Board, European Chair Hi I’m Hayley, I am from Wirral in North West UK, near Liverpool. I’m a science geek by background and now work in health economics specialising in understanding the impact of rare diseases to help enable access to new treatments.I have been involved with the HD community for about a year and it’s been such a special experience. As part of my current job I’ve have the pleasure to attend and learn from many HD events and conferences. I felt instantly welcomed and at home as a professional new to the community. I have made...Find out more...Contacting HDYOKTYPJPFebruary 25, 2021General contactFor all general inquiries or questions contact info@hdyo.orgSupportIf you would like to talk to someone with someone at HDYO for support or advice then you can contact us at the following email address: support@hdyo.org Feel free to send an email, any discussion with HDYO is confidential.What does confidential mean?Confidentiality means not telling anyone else about what you've said. It means that you can feel safe talking to us about something that is happening to you, or how you feel about something, knowing that no one else will find out.Is HDYO Confidential?We always...Find out more...
Privacy policyKTYPJPNovember 30, 2018This privacy policy sets out how HDYO uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website and through our official Social Media Pages.HDYO is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website or Social Media pages, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.What we collectWe may collect the following information:First and Last Name
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Demographic information...Find out more...HDYO 2012 Annual ReportKTYPJPFebruary 10, 2013 Dear Supporter,The year 2012 has been a hugely significant one for the Huntington’s Disease Youth Organization (HDYO). Having launched on Febraury 7th 2012 this is our first year as an organization, and therefore our first annual review. Setting out to provide a youth-led platform that not only educates and supports young people impacted by Huntington’s disease (HD) around the world, but appeals to them too, is a challenging goal. But it is a goal that I am very proud to say HDYO has made phenomenal progress with.The HDYO website, full of new, colourful, educational content created...Find out more...
HDYO 2013 Annual ReportKTYPJPJanuary 30, 2014 Dear Supporter,What an incredible year it has been for this little non-profit organization. At the end of my message in last year’s review I said that we had laid down some solid foundations on which to grow this organization into something special. Well this year brought with it some special growth at HDYO, and we feel that we have built upon the foundations of last year and begun creating an extremely effective resource for young people impacted by Huntington’s disease (HD) around the world. This year has seen HDYO recruit not one but two full-time employees: Matt Ellison as project...Find out more...HDYO 2014 Annual ReportKTYPJPJanuary 25, 2015 Dear Supporter,It is a pleasure to bring to you HDYO’s 2014 Annual Review. We are now approaching HDYO’s 3rd Birthday and, as I reflect on where we are now to where we were 3 years ago, it is truly remarkable to see the development and substantial progress that a largely voluntary non-profit, run by young people, has made on the Huntington’s disease (HD) community. HDYO has continued to grow on many fronts throughout 2014 and is providing essential services for young people globally. HDYO.org page views for the past 12 months have followed the trend of increasing year on year. In December...Find out more...HDYO 2015 Annual ReportEveryoneMarch 25, 2016 Dear Supporter,Reflecting on 2015, it has been another very positive year for HDYO. We made some great strides once again this year and we continue to see a great reaction to our work from young people and families globally. From my point of view there have been two significant projects that we have accomplished in 2015, both have been on our agenda for a while and I’m delighted that we’ve achieved both in this past 12 months. First, we’ve seen the development of HDYO Land, a project specifically for children to learn about HD, which has just launched on our site and aims to fill the gap...Find out more...HDYO 2016 Annual ReportEveryoneFebruary 04, 2017 Dear Supporter,What a year! There is only one place to start for our review of 2016… youth camps. It is undoubtedly the year of the youth camps. Prior to 2016 we had run two continental sized youth camps in our time as a charity, one in Europe in 2013 and another in North America in 2015. This year we ran both a European Camp and a North American HD Youth Camp back-to-back in August. Both were very successful events as we will highlight in the report. These two camps combined is a fantastic achievement and a lot of work, but we have been fortunate enough to find a way to bring another...Find out more...HDYO Annual Report 2017EveryoneJune 11, 2019/hdyo-annual-report-2017.pdfFind out more...HDYO Annual Report 2018EveryoneJune 13, 2019/hdyo-annual-report-2018.pdfFind out more...