Well, I had a grand day out on the 16th July. Parkinson’s UK had invited me down to a Parliamentary reception to celebrate and bring attention to the Excellence Network, funding the Parkinson’s nurses and the very fluid and topical welfare bill and benefits attached to it... this could affect currently claiming PwPs and future diagnosed people very differently.
This week our friends at the Dundee University Life Sciences Lab, and in particular the MRC-PPU Lab team, have posted a wonderful message of thanks to all the DRIG members on their internal News Website.
Please take a look here and remember how much they value what we are doing and that by working with them we are helping to move research progress forward for the whole Parkinson's community! Well done everyone.
On the 11th of April three of our members, Mark Coxe and David and Aileen Rigg, headed south to Westminster to join hundreds of other Parky People and their families responding to the Movers and Shakers Podcast 'Call to Action'! At their BIG SING!
We will be posting links to the regular Newsletters from our three local Parkinson's UK groups - Dundee and Angus, Fife and Perth. Here is this month's link for Dundee and Angus:
Please sign the petition here https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713714 and encourage all your friends and family to do the same, Rory Cellan-Jones' article on Substack here is helpful to explain the background to others:
Some People with Parkinson's (PwP) discover new talents following their diagnosis - for some this may inolve new sporting prowess and for others something artistic, eg poetry. In this news article we feature some recent poetry from our Dundee University and DRIG Open Doors Day at the School of Life Sciences Lab on the 28th of Feb 2025.
Hello everyone
I have been working with the Younger Parkinson's (YP) working group to organise Scotland's YP information and support activities for 2025.
Firstly, we will be hosting 3 online introductory sessions for people living with Parkinson's of working age (aged 66 or under). The same session will run 3 times on Zoom, 7 - 9pm, on:
Have you seen the Movers and Shakers podcast team's video??
Take a look here https://www.moversandshakerspodcast.com/
The DRIG team have put together a Dundee version, we've tried to look on the bright side of Research and how things may really change in the, not too distant, future.
Held at Sport Scotland's National Sports Centre, Inverclyde, Largs on 10th & 11th August, competitors from all over Europe joined the competition!
The 'German Knights' Team made the best entrance, treating us all to a bagpipe march into the sports hall in kilts and tammies!
TRES AMIGOS - GULP!
Call me crazy, oh what have I done?
It was on, it was off… then there was one,
My thoughts as a solo rider, filled me with fear,
But a buddy I’ve found, I must pack my gear?
100km a day is a massive ask
And no doubt I will need an oxygen mask
I’m nowhere near ready; only partially steady
But stupidity wins through, feeling rough and ready
Dundee & Angus March25 newsletter.pdf