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Prescription Promise Protest
This Strokecast was recorded on location outside the Houses of Parliament during the Prescription Promise protest.
The Prescription Promise campaign
Are you spending too much on prescriptions? Join our campaign to get free prescriptions in England...
Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Nick Clegg urged to reveal Autism Plans in the General Election
The UK Autism Foundation has urged the leaders of the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats to reveal their Autism Plans in the run up to the General Election of 2010....
Autism Sunday appeal to help UK families and re-build Haiti Autism Clinic
The Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband and DFID Secretary Douglas Alexander were urged by Ivan Corea of the UK Autism Foundation to help re-build the Autism Clinic in Haiti....
RACE FOR LIFE 2010 - KEY MILESTONES IN PROGRESS
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life has been running now for 16 years, and has raised more than £290 million for Cancer Research UK’s life saving work....
Race For Life Celebrates its Sweet Sixteen
CANCER Research UK’s Race for Life celebrates its 16th birthday as the 2010 series opens for entries on 11th January. ...
Age Concern and Help the Aged Announce Names of Internet Champions
Martha Lane Fox backs initiative to inspire 6.4 million older people who have never been online...
Help paint the town daffodil yellow for Marie Curie Cancer Care
Marie Curie Cancer Care is asking everyone to help paint the town yellow by wearing a daffodil pin this March for its Great Daffodil Appeal....
London Service for Autism Sunday: Remembering 60 million people with autism
Government Ministers, parliamentarians of all parties, local councillors will join parents, carers, children and adults with autism and Asperger's Syndrome at the London Service for Autism Sunday on 14th February at 11.15 a.m....
Britain robs blind children of their childhood
Guide Dogs has revealed the UK’s neglect of blind and partially-sighted children and young people – which leaves them lonely, isolated, unable to make friends and fearful of the future....
David Cameron on UKAF's appeal on Cuts to Public Services
The charity, the UK Autism Foundation has heard from the Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron on the serious issues of autism....
Sing Your Heart Out for Charity
National heart charity, Heart Research UK, is inviting everyone to give voice to their favourite songs for the charity’s annual festive fundraiser, ‘Sing for your Heart’, between 8 and 15 December. Now in its fifth year, the event aims to get people to give their heart and lungs a workout whilst raising money for pioneering research into heart disease. ...
Jonathan Shaw Minister for Disabled People visits TreeHouse
Minister for Disabled People as well as MP for Chatham & Aylesford, paid a visit to TreeHouse, the national charity for autism education, to meet pupils, parents and staff yesterday (Tuesday 20 October)....
More Young People Are Going Out And Risking Hearing Damage
The number of young people going out to loud clubs, gigs and festivals has increased by 20% in 2009, RNID’s Don’t Lose the Music campaign has found as part of its annual poll of music lovers. ...
World Heart Day
World Heart Day is coming up on 27 September and this year’s focus is on healthy habits in the workplace....
Listening Books
If you love books but are finding it a struggle to read due an age related illness or disability such as arthritis, Parkinson’s disease or mascular degeneration, you might be interested to know more about Listening Books and the postal and online audiobook library service it provides....
Age Exchange's new exhibition based on the memories of Care shared by Londoners.
A series of works by artists Tanya Kaprielian and Tim Sutton that explore the issue of care across the generations....
Mencap launches consultation on social care
Mencap has launched a consultation on social care to ensure people with a learning disability and their families and carers have their say on social care reform in England. ...
New cancer centre launched in Cardiff
Cardiff today (Thursday 10th September) joins a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres that are being launched across the UK....
Beecareful Helping to Celebrate UK Older Peoples Day on 1st October 2009
Under the Full of Life banner, the Government and other supporting groups are undertaking a wide programme of activity centred around UK Older People’s Day on October 1st. ...
Carers Week 8 - 14 June 2009 The UK's Secret Service
Carers Week is a partnership of 11 charities, including Crossroads, who together organise a week of activities and events to raise awareness of the issues which concern us....
Mencap calls for more Changing Places toilets as part of Learning Disability Week 2009
Mencap will be calling for fully accessible toilets for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities as part of its annual awareness week later this year....
Act FAST
If you suspect that someone is having a stroke act FAST. With over 150,000 people in the UK having a stroke every year, it is imperative that people can recognise a stroke when it...
National Dementia Strategy
With approximately 700,000 dementia sufferers within the UK alone, The National Dementia Strategy has been devised to improve the quality of life for Dementia sufferers, their family and their carers. ...Advertisment
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