Brian’s Blog #9: Raising the Plank to raise awareness and money for Parkinsons
By now you’ve probably started seeing photos and videos of people doing the plank pose in and around London. It’s a fun and contagious activity that will soon spread around the UK and points beyond. The goal of all this frivolity and fun is to raise awareness of the...
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#Plank4Parkinsons: Campaign Info
Young people with Parkinson’s to discuss their experiences of the disease and urge the public to #Plank4Parkinsons To mark 200 years since the identification of young people with Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s UK (PUK) are delighted to announce the launch of...
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SLYPN Summer Tennis Review
The sun blessed us at Tregenna for the second year running on the evening of Sarah’s fabulous tennis tournaments in aid of SLYPN. The boys tennis was of an impeccable standard despite some players having recently embraced their sixth decade. It could very well...
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Popping for Parkinson’s – update
A few quick points all about Popping for Parkinson’s – hosted and developed by Simone Sistarelli. 1. Electric Boogaloos support popping for Parkinson’s: Electric Boogaloos are the founders of popping and they have given our very own Simone their support...
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Susie Price: A Retrospective Viewing
Written by Nathalie Webb: Susie would have been 53 and a half years old to the day and I’m sure extremely proud of the fact that her work was being shown and sold. She’d always intended to exhibit but had never got round to it, so Vanessa Wembridge and I...
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Brian’s Blog #8: Boxing for Parkinson’s – what’s the punchline?
Well, the punchline for boxing with Parkinson’s is about 12 inches (31 cm) or more away from your face, meaning you will never get hit during your non-contact boxing sessions! In the Parkinson’s world, boxing is rapidly becoming one of the key exercise programs for...
read moreBrian’s Blog #7: World Parkinson Congress 2019 Kyoto, Japan
I am very pleased and excited to announce that I have been selected as one of blogger partners for the June 2019 World Parkinson Congress (WPC) in Kyoto Japan. I would like to thank our SLYPN community for helping make this possible, especially Sarah, Liz and Matthew...
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Brian’s Blog #6: Parkinson’s Awareness Strong…not Week
My father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s some 25 years ago when he was in his early 70s. He lived to be 90, so not bad for an old guy. At the time I lived in California and my parents lived in the Wirral area of the north of England. My mother told me by phone of his...
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Susan Venner on Woman’s Hour
Our very own Susan Venner will be speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour on Wednesday April 12 between 10.00am and 11.00am. You can listen via this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb or of course via your good old wireless: Radio 4 can be found...
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Marathon Updates – Alex Taylor & Matthew Carlton
Yesterday we had two supporters running marathons for Parkinson’s UK. Alex Taylor ran the Brighton Marathon and raised an incredible £650 for Parkinson’s research. Matthew Carlton was running in Paris and has informed me it was ‘hard work’! A...
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