Ava&co.
The Story
"The greatest gift you can give is time"
I would like to introduce myself to you, as the creator of Ava&co timepieces. My name is Tristan and I live in Leicestershire with my wife Michelle and three children - Noah, Finley and Ava.
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After finishing university I worked for seventeen years for the UK's best selling watch brand, where I worked as their senior product designer.
Two and half years ago I paused my watch design career to become our daughter Ava's, registered carer. She has a rare genetic condition called Cohen Syndrome, that affects around 1,000 people in the world. It causes her to have global developmental delays, learning disabilities, hypotonia (floppy muscle tone), hypermobility (very bendy), sensory processing disorder, dietary and eye/vision conditions, that will cause her sight to deteriorate overtime.
Despite this Ava is a very happy, flappy, determined, busy 4 year old little girl, with a lot of energy and a huge love for life. She especially loves swings, balloons, books, her family and being outside.
Since she was born our lives were a whirlwind of change, appointments, completing therapy plans, visits, diagnoses, equipment, sleepless nights, long waits, worry, shielding, filling out forms and trying to juggle our new life as a family.
They say it takes a village to raise a child and this is even more so true, for a child who has additional needs.
We are very blessed to have a supportive family, a great team of professionals and to have been assisted by some wonderful charities who help additional needs children and their families.
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Ava is happy, doing well and life is feeling more settled. Now feels a great time to use my creativity, passion and knowledge of the watch industry to launch a ladies, fashion watch brand, with Ava being my driving force and at the forefront of my inspiration.
Unique Charity
Proud Supporters
It is important to me to be able to give back, so we have chosen to help support a small registered charity called 'Unique' (registration no. 1110661). Their mission is to inform, support and alleviate the isolation of anyone affected by a rare chromosome disorder and raise public awareness.
About Unique
Unique aims to act as an international group, supporting, informing and networking with anyone affected by a rare chromosome disorder or an autosomal dominant single gene disorder and with any interested professionals.
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Their aim is to provide specialist information relating to many hundreds of different rare chromosome disorders and autosomal single gene disorders, to inform parents, carers and the professionals working with them.
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Click on the link below to find out more and see how you can help:
Social Media
Inside of every Ava&co. premium, branded gift box, is a special
thank you / big heart card, that you can use to #spreadthelove on social media and increase awareness and support for this worthy cause.