Tick Bite Prevention Week kicks off today and runs from 20-24 March! This important awareness week is timed to perfection as we enter spring, which is peak tick bite season. During the course of this week, we will be sharing tips on social media to explain how you can take […]
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We’re on the countdown to Lyme Disease Awareness Month this May! Every year, we run a national Wake Up To Lyme campaign, which aims to raise awareness of how to prevent tick bites and what you should do if you’re bitten. A key date in the diary is Wear Lime […]
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We are on the countdown to Lyme Disease Awareness Month this May! Every year, Lyme Disease UK runs an annual ‘Wake Up To Lyme’ campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the illness, how you can prevent tick bites, and what you should do if you’re bitten. With just two […]
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Following our recent announcement that Scottish Woodlands has chosen us as their charity of the year, we were thrilled to be invited last month to present to their health and safety committee! Our Press and Community Outreach Manager, Julia Knight, provided the team with an overview of Lyme disease, and […]
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Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection can spread to humans via the bite of an infected tick. Ticks are most active in early spring and summer but with UK winters becoming warmer and wetter, ticks appear to be active in some parts […]
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Thank you for your interest in our annual ‘Wake Up To Lyme’ campaign for schools! May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and our campaign aims to raise awareness of how to prevent tick bites and what you should do if you’re bitten. We would be delighted if your school would […]
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We are delighted to offer a discount on tick repellent and tick removers for schools. One of the most effective ways to prevent tick bites is by applying a repellent. Our campaign partner for 2023 is Botanic Protect, which is a specialist repellent brand dedicated to tick prevention. We would […]
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Lyme Disease UK’s Press and Community Outreach manager, Julia Knight, was delighted to be invited by the Forest School Association to present a #WakeUpToLyme awareness talk on 19 October! The talk was held in conjunction with Suzanne Higginson from tick repellent company, Botanic Protect: our current campaign partner. It was a great […]
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Lyme Disease UK’s Press and Community Outreach manager, Julia Knight, has been busy lately presenting awareness talks to various organisations! In September, she was pleased to be invited by Flight Sergeant Gordon “Chas” Cutting to give an awareness talk at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to their Bushcraft instructors. In October, […]
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LDUK would like to say a huge thanks to Dr Eoin Healy, Research Associate at University College Cork (now retired), who has put together this wonderful video! Dr Healy urges people to be aware of the different tick life stages, and explains why the smaller and less conspicuous nymph life-stage poses […]
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