How To Raise Lyme Disease Awareness

Raising awareness is a proactive and productive dose of medicine. It can give us a real buzz, provide us with a sense of a purpose, and make a real difference at the same time. You don’t have to go to extreme lengths to raise awareness, simply sharing your story with […]

Read more

Sunshine 4 Lyme Campaign by Kelly Williams

Hi my name is Kelly Williams and last year I started a campaign called Spreadalittlesunshine.  I wanted to raise £60,000 for someone called Sol who lives in Argentina and suffers from chronic Lyme disease. I didn’t even know Sol, she was a friend of a friend who I was supposed […]

Read more

Wake Up to Lyme Campaign Success 2018

2018’s ‘Wake up to Lyme’ campaign has been taking the nation by storm during Lyme awareness month! Over 500 awareness packs have been distributed with orders for hundreds more flooding in. Thank you to Mosi-Guard Natural who teamed up with us to provide 500 packs and we will be using […]

Read more

The Life of a Campaigner

LDUK admin Sophie Ward shares what she has been doing for our annual ‘Wake Up to Lyme’ campaign to inspire people to get involved in spreading the word about the dangers of ticks. I arranged a brief meeting with my local MP,  Ben Wallace, to fill him in on where […]

Read more
Finding Joy-MMMacCallum

‘Finding Joy’ by Morven-May MacCallum

Author Morven-May MacCallum shares her guest blog with LDUK which was first published on the Short Books and Scribes website. Morven-May has recently released ‘Finding Joy’, a novel inspired by her own experience of living with Lyme disease. “Finding Joy is compelling and beautifully written, providing a telling insight into […]

Read more

‘Wake up To Lyme’ 2017 Campaign Wrap Up!

As Lyme Disease Awareness month draws to a close, we can reflect back on the incredible success of LDUK’s ‘Wake Up to Lyme’ campaign. Our members worked tirelessly to educate a nation and beyond! Thousands of leaflets, posters, and car stickers were sent out in our awareness packs and our […]

Read more

Lyme Disease Can Destroy Lives

For many people with ongoing health problems, life has changed since a diagnosis and they’ve had to adapt their work, adjust to medications and find ways to fit their illness around their lives. These are often the people you think of when you hear ‘chronic illness’. These are the people […]

Read more

Lyme Interrupted – A Film about Lyme Disease

Lyme sufferer Ethel, with a little help from her friends, created this informative and extremely moving film,  Lyme Interrupted, for a school presentation she gave on Lyme disease. The film documents how fit and active young people can be struck down by the illness, how it affects their daily lives […]

Read more
1 2 3 4