National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) is the only UK patient organisation supporting those affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) as well as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA).

NRAS was founded in 2001 and also supports the families, friends and carers of those living with RA or JIA as well as the health professionals who treat them.

Due to NRAS’ targeted focus on RA and JIA, the charity provides truly expert and wide-ranging services to support, educate, provide resources to and campaign for people living with these complex autoimmune conditions.

More than 400,000 adults in the UK (around 1%) have rheumatoid arthritis. There are approximately 12,000 children in the UK with JIA, which represents 1 in every 1,000 children under the age of 16.