Indoor Bowling at Maidenhead
Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead Branch have recently set up an indoor bowls session at Maidenhead and invited our members to attend. We had a very enjoyable time.
Innovations Being Tried by Members of our Branch
We have heard of two interesting innovations being tried out by members of our branch.
The first is a non-invasive wearable device called Cue which one of our members has found has helped his movement and reduced stiffness. Further details are available at https://charconeurotech.com/ where you can register an interest for further details.
Another member has advised us of a therapeutic ‘suit’ which she is trialling which has provided some relief from her Parkinson’s, and also her from related condition of spasticity. The suit is called a Mollii Suit and is available from various distributors. The member who is trialling it had her assessment with Remotion and is now using it for a month to see if it is suitable for her, and so she thought it worthwhile to share with other members. Further details are available at the Remotion website at https://www.remotion.co.uk/
This information is provided for your interest, the branch makes no endorsement of either of these products.
Interesting video from Oxford Branch: Ending Parkinson’s Disease
Recently the Oxford Branch of Parkinson’s UK hosted an online talk by two authors of a book entitled Ending Parkinson’s Disease.
Some of our members attended and commented on how interesting they had found it.
Oxford Branch are keen for the wider Parkinson’s community to hear about it and so have placed a copy of the whole recording (c. 1 hour) and also an edited highlights of c. 20 minutes on their website as follows for other people to view:
2020 Fundraising Success
We are very pleased with our fundraising efforts for 2020. Despite all the restrictions and issues with the coronavirus pandemic we still managed to raise over £24,000. We are very grateful to everyone who has been involved with this and pass on our thanks. The funds used will enable us to continue to offer subsidised services to our members. We are now offering a number of online activities. Please see Diary page for details.
New Website for Bracknell & District Branch of Parkinson’s UK
New Website for 2021!
The committee of the Bracknell and District Branch of Parkinson’s UK are delighted to launch our new website. This new site properly supports desktop and tablet computers and also smartphones. The site has been built using the very popular WordPress content management system. We very much hope you like the new site and that you can more easily see information about our activities. If you have feedback or suggestions for the site please let us know at hello@bracknellparkinsons.org