Health campaign to inspire people with long-term conditions to stay active

27 January 2012

We're supporting Your Personal Best, a new campaign to encourage people with long-term conditions, including Parkinson's, to keep active.

The national awareness campaign aims to inspire the 7.78 million people over 55 with a long-term health condition to lead a more active lifestyle.

About Your Personal Best

The campaign has been developed and funded by GlaxoSmithKline, in association with NHS London, and is inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

It aims to encourage people to set personal and realistic goals in order to lead a more active lifestyle and help them achieve their personal best.

Strictly Come Dancing stars, Len Goodman and Arlene Phillips, are supporting the campaign.

Image left to right: Roddy Lee, Parkinson's UK members and supporter, Rachel Backshall from Parkinson's UK, with Arlene Phillips and Len Goodman at the Your Personal Best launch

Parkinson's UK member and fundraiser, Roddy Lee, has appeared in a campaign film about how he stays active following his Parkinson's diagnosis in 2007.

Your Personal Best stories (click on Roddy's story)

Exercise and Parkinson's

Steve Ford, our chief executive, comments:

"We've worked with GSK on a number of initiatives to help educate healthcare professionals about Parkinson's, as well as ways to support people affected by the condition.

"Your Personal Best is a great way to continue that collaboration and encourage more people with Parkinson's to keep active.

"Exercise is really important for people with Parkinson's. It can help to control and maintain movement, as well as increasing mobility and general health.

"On top of that, making exercise part of a regular routine can provide a real sense of achievement, something which is key to the aims of Your Personal Best.

"We're delighted to be part of this campaign and want to support as many people with Parkinson's as possible to find their personal best."

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