Parkinson's UK 2011 – the highlights

So many good things happened at Parkinson's UK - and for the people we support - in 2011.

You can read the full details in our report, Our impact 2011. But here we give you some of the highlights.

Our 2011 impact film

Duration: 5 minutes 46 seconds

Transcript - 2011 impact film

2011 was the year that…

• The Parkinson's community supported nearly 27,000 people through our UK-wide network of volunteer-run local groups.
  
  
• We developed innovative ways for people affected by Parkinson's to support each other, for example through our new telephone peer support service.
  
  
• Thanks to our support, nearly 95,000 people with Parkinson's now have access to a Parkinson's nurse - 18,000 more than in 2010.
  
  
  
• We sent out just under 800,000 information booklets, leaflets and DVDs to people affected by Parkinson's, an 18% increase on 2010.
  
  
• We put 5,400 stories in the media, reaching an audience of almost 270 million people – coverage which if we'd had to pay for it would have cost us over
  £12million.
  
  

  Nearly 95,000 people with Parkinson's now have access to a Parkinson's nurse.

• Research we funded played a major part in genetics and stem cell research breakthroughs that will significantly speed up our research for a cure.
  
  
• Local groups contributed more than £1million towards research. And more than 100 people affected by Parkinson's helped us judge the highest-quality and most relevant research to fund.
  
  
• More individuals, groups and organisations supported us than ever before. Take our London Marathon team, who raised more than £350,000 for us, the highest ever amount raised for us from this event.
  
  
• Our information and support workers helped people claim more than £9million in benefits.
  
  
• We were named as the Charity Times Charity of the Year.

Your questions

On 11 April 2012 our chief executive Steve Ford hosted an online Q&A about our 2011 achievements and 2012 plans, to coincide with World Parkinson's Day.

Read the full transcript of the Q&A session.

In this section

• Parkinson's UK 2011 - the highlights
• Ben's story: support from others with Parkinson's
• Pam's story: why I got involved in Parkinson's research
• Gerry's story: campaigning to save our local hospital
• Ray's story: getting involved in fundraising and campaigning
• Q&A: Our 2011 achievements and 2012 plans

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