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Three Biologic Studies Group (BSG) registers recently spent a day outdoors, building vital connections with each other and with nature.<\/h2>\n[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” fullwidth=”on” next_background_color=”#000000″ global_module=”322″][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=”322″ _builder_version=”3.0.106″ menu_id=”7″ submenu_direction=”downwards” fullwidth_menu=”off” background_layout=”dark” module_class=”main-navigation” \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”on” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#1d1d1d”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ specialty_columns=”2″][et_pb_row_inner locked=”off”][et_pb_column_inner type=”4_4″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.17.6″ featured_placement=”above” locked=”on” parent_locked=”off” date_format=”j M Y” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_layout=”light” parent_locked=”off”]<\/p>\n
Three Biologic Studies Group (BSG) registers recently spent a day outdoors, building vital connections with each other and with nature.<\/h2>\nAt the University of Manchester, we are very fortunate to have The Firs<\/a>, which is an Environmental Research Station. This is home to:<\/p>\n The team at the Firs offer opportunities for staff to have an \u2018away day,\u2019 providing the perfect environment to work on team-building activities and also to enjoy the benefits that being in a green space offers.<\/p>\n Let loose with a spade!<\/p><\/div>\n After a warm welcome from the onsite team, we were given a tour of the entire site. \u00a0We were worried that we might get rained on but there was blue sky and even a good bit of sunshine.<\/p>\n We were then put to work to tidy the fern beds and prune the buddleias. Equipped with steel cap boots, spades and pitch forks, we dug overgrown ferns out of a bed. Armed with garden shears, we cut away at the buddleias and tackled tricky brambles.<\/p>\n Following this, we ate our picnic lunch just in time before the heavens opened and Manchester\u2019s weather prevailed!<\/p>\n The before and after!<\/p><\/div>\n The benefits to us were:<\/p>\n It was really nice to get out of the office and get some fresh air with my favourite people! I was pleased they didn’t work us too hard, just enough to feel useful and get sore muscles the next day.\u00a0<\/em>(Lianne, UK JIA Biologics Register Co-Investigator)<\/em><\/p>\n A proud moment<\/p><\/div>\n I love our annual away day. It allows me a chance to catch up with the team while doing something which is not just meetings and work. I learn about people’s family, their holidays and plans, and strangely (or not) their cats – and there seem to be a lot of them in our team! <\/em>(Kimme, BSRBR-RA Chief Investigator, UK JIA Biologics Register Co-Investigator)<\/em><\/p>\n It was lovely to spend time with my colleagues, working together doing something other than looking at a laptop screen! It really did feel like proper teamwork when we were negotiating how best to tackle digging out an enormous bed of ferns – lots of tips shared and helping hands given. 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