Author: Jnetics
GENEius Spring Term – KDHS and JFS schools
This Spring, the GENEius programme visited Year 12 students at King David High School in Manchester this January. The team presented at assembly to educate the year group about Jewish genetic disorders and what it means to be a carrier in an assemb...
First University GENEius Screening Event
March 2019 has seen Jnetics run their first GENEius campaign screening at a University! Over 140 students were screened in Birmingham for the first screening event of its kind for the GENEius campaign. The event was a huge success and ran sm...
Jnetics presented at the House of Lords
Last night, our Executive Director Katrina gave a talk at the House of Lords about Preventing Genetic Disorders in the British Jewish Community, to a meeting of the Conservative Muslim Forum. The host for the evening was Lord Shei...
A Successful Autumn Term for GENEius
It has been a great start to the school year for the GENEius programme. This term GENEius was delivered to year 12 students at Yavneh College and JCoSS. We were thrilled to see an increase at both schools in the screening uptake from last year, with ...
A GENEius record- three screenings, two cities, one week!
Last week the Jnetics team hit a record by delivering three GENEius screening events in just a few days. In fact, two of the screening events took place on one day but in separate cities. On Thursday 28th of June, the London team went to Has...
Record number of Jnetics runners at Maccabi Community Fun Run 2018
This year, the number of runners that participated as part of Team Jnetics in the Maccabi Community Fun Run exceeded the record set in 2017. On Sunday 24th of June, a record 73 individuals, ranging from 12 months to 80 years old, ran in supp...
Jnetics Business Breakfast – An Incredible Success!
After months of planning, the Jnetics Business Breakfast took place yesterday morning, Tuesday 13th March, at the Sheraton Grand, Park Lane. The Breakfast was attended by almost 240 people and an amazing total of just over £90,000 was raise...
Jnetics At Manchester Limmud
Manchester Day Limmud took place on Sunday 4th February, and like last time, Jnetics were on the agenda. To a room full of Limmud go-ers, Katrina, our executive director, gave a fascinating session about preventing Jewish genetic disorders, Jnetic...
Join Us For The Jnetics Business Breakfast 2018
Please join us for our first fundraising and networking breakfast, with a special guest speaker; Jonathan Freedland; journalist, author and broadcaster Tuesday 13th March 2018 | 0730 arrival | 0800 - 0930 breakfast Central London Hotel Business ...
Success At Maccabi Fun Run 2017
For Jnetics, The Maccabi Fun Run 2017 on Sunday 11th June was an incredible success. Not only did we have a record number of runners- a grand total of 70, but the sponsorship money raised has already exceeded last year’s total. What’s more...