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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LDUK’s Community Outreach Manager, Julia Knight, was delighted to be invited by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust to present a Lyme disease awareness talk to staff at the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on 9th September. It is always rewarding to talk to groups of people who need to be tick aware […]
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Last week, we bid farewell to Lyme Disease UK’s #WakeUptoLyme 2022 awareness campaign in aid of #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth! And guess what? It was our most successful campaign yet! It set itself apart from previous years by the immense support we received – from members of the public, pharmacies, politicians, outdoors groups, […]
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Our awareness talks are popular as ever and we’ve had some great interactions throughout 2022. In collaboration with Botanic Protect, we were invited to give a talk to the Woodland Trust in March. Over one hundred people attended this virtual event where awareness about what Lyme disease is, prevention of […]
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Want to see your local landmark lit up in green for Lyme Disease Awareness Month? Please take part in #LightUpForLyme! In May 2019 we had a total of 18 iconic landmarks light up across the UK for Lyme disease awareness. The Spinnaker Tower, The Tyne Bridge and Blackpool Tower, to […]
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Lyme Disease UK are thrilled to have landed two exceptional awareness-raising opportunities amongst the medical community. Taking place on the 13th and 14th of October is the Best Practice Show 2021. This event is a big hit for the UK’s primary care and general practice community. The event expects to […]
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Prior to the pandemic, LDUK volunteers were attending community groups and organisations to provide people with Lyme disease and tick bite prevention awareness talks. Like so many others during the last 18 months we’ve had to make some changes! Our talks went online. This was a new way of working […]
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Prevent Tick Bites and Lyme Disease Recognising the Lyme (Erythema Migrans) Rash Lyme Disease – Key Points on Diagnosis, Testing and Treatment Although there are various resources available to healthcare professionals with guidance on diagnosing and treating Lyme disease, it was our goal to produce an animation in a digestible […]
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