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How do you follow Will Smith in the snow? You follow the fresh prints. My wife is really mad at the fact that I have no sense of direction. So, I packed up my stuff and right. I stayed up all night wondering where the sun went? Then it dawned on me.

The Movers and Shakers are a group of public figures who all have Parkinson’s and are not afraid to say what they think. And they have been saying it in their podcast about Parkinson’s. They’ve been listening too and have reached the unfortunate conclusion (their words) that the NHS and other public services are failing people with the condition. They have published a charter, 'The Parky Charter', describing 5 things that people with Parkinson’s need from the government but

Parkinson’s UK have recently changed their communications about the number of people with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s in the UK. Their soon to be published prevalence study shows that the most accurate figure is now 166,000 people, rather than 153,000. Parkinson’s is on the rise. In the UK today, someone is diagnosed every 20 minutes. By 2050, the number of people with Parkinson’s worldwide will double to 25 million.

PUK have teamed up with BeechBand. Diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson’s Disease at 51, charity activist and founder Carl Beech began to experience slurring and a rapidly worsening stammer. Faced with the loss of his speech, he very nearly gave up hope.   But one day, Carl was experimenting with a therapeutic tapping technique, when he realised that rhythmic tapping helped to calm his speech. So, he had the idea: what if this could be turned into a wearable that could benefi

On 14 May, PUK hosted a webinar: Tackling Hallucinations and Delusions in Parkinson's featuring a panel of experts and people with Parkinson's. The session covered why hallucinations and delusions happen, practical tips for managing these symptoms, and the latest research they’re funding to develop new treatments. The webinar recording is now available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYmLwUTB5sc

My name is Valerie and I’ve been asked to write a piece about Merton’s involvement in SKE. I became involved with Merton PUK before Covid when the former secretary of the then Merton branch asked myself and Tracy, a good friend and a person with Parkinson’s to help with the local branch. We went along to a local evening meeting in South Wimbledon and Tracy promptly signed me up for the committee! We were such a small branch with only about 20 members and it became impossible

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The Access Card is available to those people who have a disability (as defined by the Equality Act) and it’s designed to streamline the...

This is an emergency information scheme for people with conditions like Parkinson’s.  The Message in a Bottle scheme, run by Lions Clubs...

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If you struggle to stand while using public transport, there is a free badge and card available to help you alert fellow customers that...