Parkinson's Awareness Week 2011 in the media
We've had over 500 items of media coverage
relating to Parkinson's Awareness Week
(11-17 April 2011).
Here's a selection.
National media
The week got off to a great start with a double-page spread
(pages 18 and 19) about Parkinson's in The
Metro on Monday. One of the
articles featured John
Crossley-Stanbury, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's aged
22.
There was a feature on Parkinson's on the
Boots WebMD patient health news website, with
a link from their homepage.
Mature
Times reported on our new research study, Predict PD, encouraging silver surfers without
Parkinson's to join us and get involved.
Third Sector ran the story about our
volunteering and fundraising survey, linked to awareness week.
50 Connect featured Parkinson's Awareness Week
as a top story from their homepage.
ITV's
Lorraine featured Parkinson's on Wednesday's show.
Nicky Pywell, who's 35 with 4 children, talked to Dr Hilary
Jones about life with Parkinson's.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland media
The Scotsman and over 50 local Scottish
newspapers ran a story about Parkinson's Awareness Week
linked to a new survey about the number of people who are willing
to get involved in charity activities.
This story was also picked up by
Wales Online and other local papers in
Wales.
The BBC
Wales Charity Message for April 2011 is on behalf of
Parkinson's UK, with several television features scheduled across
BBC1 and BBC2 Wales during Parkinson's Awareness Week.
Regional media
A host of regional coverage has come through, including:
Steve Ford, our chief executive, and Claire Bale from our
research team, gave a series of radio interviews about Parkinson's
Awareness Week and the new Predict PD
research study. They appeared on a variety of regional radio
stations, including:
- BBC Nottingham
- BBC Somerset
- BBC Wales
- KMFM
Sun
FM in the North East of England interviewed Steve
Ford, our chief executive, as well as Barry Martin from
Sunderland, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's 11 years ago at the
age of 45.
John St. John Mosse was featured in the
Wimbledon Guardian talking about his training
for taking on our Trek Kilimanjaro
challenge event later this year.
Frank Thompson, who has Parkinson's, appeared in
The Shields Gazette in a long article
encouraging people to join us. Frank is chair of our Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Active Persons'
Branch.
Roddy Lee, one of our active members and fundraisers in the
Eastern England region was interviewed at length on
BBC Three Counties Radio on Monday.
ITV Meridian Tonight ran an item about
Parkinson's on Tuesday. It featured Tony Potter, who has
Parkinson's, as well as Fell Duncan from our South East
regional team and Parkinson's UK-funded researcher Dr Richard
Wade-Martins.
Garth Ravenhill, who's 39 and has Parkinson's, featured in an
article in
The Norwich Advertiser.
Healthcare media
We've had features about Parkinson's and Parkinson's Awareness
Week in healthcare media, including the British
Journal of Healthcare Assistants.
In addition,
NHS Online, a website aimed at healthcare
professionals, published an in-depth article on Parkinson’s.
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