A huge thank you to the amazing team from Scottish Woodlands Ltd who braved dizzying heights by taking part in a 30m pole climb at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh in June. The annual pole climb is a popular event in the Show’s Forestry Arena. Two new Douglas Fir […]
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A few weeks ago, Chloe Daly and her mum, Helen met with her MP, Peter Gibson and shared her experience of living with Lyme disease and seeking diagnosis and treatment. Following this meeting, on 25th May in business questions taken by Penny Mordaunt MP as Leader of the House of Commons, […]
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A heartfelt thank you to singer/songwriter, Rico Franchi for sharing his previously unheard song, ‘Chapters’ with us on the last day of Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Rico has been a powerful voice in the Lyme community since 2016. He describes his rollercoaster ride with Lyme disease and how music and […]
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The final May bank holiday weekend saw Lyme Disease UK attend the amazing Bushcraft Show at Lutterworth in Leicestershire. This 3-day event is an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of Lyme disease and how to prevent it as everybody who attends embraces the great outdoors! LDUK’s Press and Community Outreach […]
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On 27th May 2023, LDUK Co-Founder and Chair, Natasha Metcalf, had the pleasure of meeting Team SeaSoar aboard their beautiful Atlantic rowing boat, Oardrey in sunny Weymouth. John, Niall and Sam were taking the boat out for some practice runs along the Jurassic Coast with their lovely instructor Duncan to […]
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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 another informative video! Dr Healy urges people to be aware of the importance of wearing light and bright coloured clothes to help improve visibility of ticks […]
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We are over the moon to be able to announce our fabulous team for this year’s Great North Run. On 10th September, Alex, Claire, Gareth, Ben, Laura and Will will be joining over 60,000 runners from Newcastle to South Sheilds. Read more about our wonderful team and why they have […]
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It’s been a busy Lyme Disease Awareness Month and we’ve been blown away by your support! So many of you have shared our awareness posts on social media, ordered our leaflets and tick cards in the post, and set up fabulous fundraisers! In fact, we have tallied up a total […]
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When Covid-19 hit in 2020, Lyme Disease UK was forced to find innovative, new ways of raising awareness of Lyme disease and how to prevent it. The idea of offering Wake Up To Lyme awareness talks via video conferencing to organisations interested in prevention was born. Many awareness talks later, […]
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