Thank you so much to everyone who has made 2022 such a big year for Lyme Disease UK! An increase in funding meant that we could really take our annual Wake Up To Lyme campaign to the next level! We welcomed aboard a new campaign partner in Botanic Protect, our […]
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What a brilliant year 2021 has been for LDUK! Our free awareness talks for outdoors organisations went online and received a record uptake, and we also reignited our seminars and Q&A’s with leading Lyme disease practitioners! Our annual awareness campaign saw us create new awareness animations. There were also many […]
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Thank you so much to everyone who has made 2020 a prosperous year for LDUK! Despite much of the year being dominated by the pandemic, our supporters still found ways to raise awareness of ticks and Lyme disease. Our annual awareness campaign moved online, and our social media posts reached […]
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What a phenomenal year 2019 has been for LDUK and awareness of tick bites, Lyme disease and other tick borne diseases. We are continually inspired by the members of the Lyme community, our fantastic volunteers, and all those who participate in fundraising to enable us to continue raising awareness and […]
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2018 has been an incredible year for LDUK. Our community has grown bigger by the day and we continue to be inspired by all the hard work and determination we see. So much has been going on, from new local support groups popping up to the fantastic efforts lobbying support […]
Read moreIn 2013 LDUK was involved in the following projects, In April 2013, LDUK group members conducted a letter writing campaign to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt detailing our personal histories with Lyme, how we feel let down by the NHS, how hard it’s been to get appropriate testing and treatment […]
Read moreIn 2014 LDUK was involved in the following projects and campaigns. Co-founder Natasha Metcalf featured in a BBC Inside Out West documentary in January 2014 highlighting the problems and controversies surrounding Lyme disease testing and treatment. Group members Nicola Seal and Jenny O’Dea from Ticktalk Ireland featured on Katina Makris’ […]
Read moreIn January 2015, Demetrios Loukas organised the first ever patient-lead Parliamentary Conference on Lyme disease which was opened and chaired by The Countess of Mar. Presentations were also given by group members Denise Longman and Peter Kemp. LDUK’s write up of the event and links to the presentations can […]
Read morein 2016, LDUK was involved in the following projects; The Fight Lyme Now campaign continued to gather momentum and almost 1000 patients have now participated in the MP endorsed patient survey. Dr Chris Newton and Demetrios Loukas appeared on BBC Breakfast to talk about the campaign in more detail and […]
Read more2017 is shaping up to be another busy year for LDUK. This is what we’ve been up to; On 8th February, representatives from LDUK and other Lyme disease groups and organisations attended a meeting in Westminster, arranged by Teresa Pearce MP and her consitituent Deb Collins. MPs and members of […]
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