In July, John Caudwell pledged over £1 million to fund research into Lyme disease on condition that the Department of Health also invests. Mr Caudwell asked Lyme disease patients and their friends and families to write to their MPs and the media to make some noise and ensure that our […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Each year we host a Children’s Poster Competition as part of our ‘Wake Up to Lyme’ campaign and strive to get Lyme disease education into schools using our school awareness packs. We are delighted to announce our winner and runners up and thank you to all the children who took […]
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Entrepreneur, philanthropist and Chair of Caudwell LymeCo Charity, John Caudwell, has pledged over £1 million for Lyme disease research, provided that the Government also pours money into an urgently needed research fund to find out more about this misunderstood disease. He has also kickstarted an email campaign called ‘Lobby for […]
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LDUK’s Morven-May MacCallum headed to the Scottish Parliament following First Minister’s Questions to host a photo call to raise awareness of Lyme disease, sponsored by Alexander Burnett MSP. Below is Morven-May’s write up of the event! A big thank you to Morven-May, to Alexander Burnett and to all the MSPs […]
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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 […]
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On 8th May 2018, the newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group held their first meeting of an Enquiry into Lyme disease which they are conducting. The series of meetings will cover a range of topics and the proposed schedule is as follows but may be subject to change: Session 1- […]
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We are delighted to announce the launch of a new novel, Anatomised, by author and Lyme sufferer, A.F. McGuinness who is also an active member in our LDUK Online Community. Andrew held this official launch in Canterbury on 3rd May and he shares with us how it felt to release […]
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In some ways (particularly for acute cases of Lyme disease) the new NICE Lyme disease guideline represents a small step in the right direction and as stakeholders in the process, LDUK has commented extensively on both the draft and final version. In our Online Community and via our survey, we […]
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