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Join the fight for women’s survival, health campaign
Edited by Jane Hill: Cancer Research UK have once again worked together with Bedford Borough Council to turn Bedford’s Town Bridge lights pink, [Thursday 1 October], in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month [BCAM].
BCAM is an annual international health campaign organised by major breast cancer charities every October, to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure.
It is the third year of participation for Bedford’s Town Bridge over the River Great Ouse, which has existed at least as far back as the 12th century.
Around 4,300 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the East of England, with numbers for Mid Bedfordshire [107 every year]; Bedford [113] and South Bedfordshire [92].
This year, Cancer Research UK’s breast cancer awareness and fundraising campaign is called ‘Join the fight for women’s survival’ and they hope to enlist the support of as many people as possible throughout Bedfordshire to organise their own fundraising events.
Cancer Research UK is the largest single funder of breast cancer research in the UK. In the last few years, more women have been diagnosed with breast cancer than ever before but, thanks to research into earlier diagnosis and better treatment, more are also surviving.
Celebrities who have agreed to Join the fight for women’s survival include Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman; ’60s style icon Twiggy; broadcaster Gloria Hunniford who lost her daughter Caron Keating to breast cancer; and actress and breast cancer survivor Rebekah Gibbs.
To Join the fight for women’s survival health campaign and receive a free Cancer Research UK fundraising pack, telephone: 08701 60 20 40. Visit website: www.jointhefight.org.uk.
Visit Bedford Borough Council online at: www.bedford.gov.uk.
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Micro-chip service and free health checks for dogs
Edited by Jane Hill: In order to help promote responsible pet ownership, Luton Borough Council’s dog warden service, in collaboration with the veterinary charity Peoples’ Dispensary for Sick Animals [PDSA], has announced that they are to provide free health checks for dogs and advice to their owners on how to care for them, as well as, an micro-chipping service.
The Council has stated that local residents can bring their canines to the PDSA PetCheck vehicle where they will be checked by the charity’s staff for general fitness, as well as obesity and dental disease.
In addition, dog wardens will provide a micro-chipping service for £10 and free poop-a-scoop bags.
PDSA’s PetCheck vehicle will be in Luton on:
- Thursday 13 August 2009, 10am to 5pm, Stockwood Park, Farley Hill, Luton LU1 5NY,
- Friday 14 August 2009, 10am to 5pm, Hockwell Ring Community Centre, Mayne Avenue, Luton LU4 9LB,
- Saturday 15 August 2009, 10am to 5pm, Lewsey Park Service Road, Pastures Way, Luton LU4 0PF,
- Sunday 16 August 2009, 10am to 4pm, Purley Centre Car Park, Purway Close, Luton LU3 3ST.
For further information telephone Luton Borough Council’s dog wardens on: [01582] 510330.
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Catch it. Bin it. Kill it.
Edited by Jane Hill: NHS Bedfordshire has released the addresses and opening-times for the county’s Antiviral Collection Points [ACPs].
The ACPs are based at:
- Kempston Health Centre, Halsey Road, Kempston MK42 8AU. The Health Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm. Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 9pm.
- Kings Houghton Middle School, Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis LU5 5PX. The Kings School is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm. Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 9pm.
Only a ‘flu friend’, a friend or relative, is allowed to collect the antiviral medication on behalf of the person who is unwell, provided the friend/relative does not have swine flu, or, symptoms of the illness.
The flu friend be asked to produce two forms of identification, one for themselves and another for the symptomatic individual.
The ACPs will only issue the medication to people who have either a unique reference number/authorisation number [obtained from the National Pandemic Flu Service], or a voucher from their GP.
NHS Bedfordshire advises people that the most effective thing they can do to protect others from catching flu, and to slow the spread of the virus, is to stay at home until they are well.
The organisation also suggests people Catch it. Bin it. Kill it. In order to do this, individuals can adopt the following hygiene practices:
- use normal household detergent and water to clean surfaces that are frequently touched by hands,
- use clean tissues to cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze,
- bin tissues after one use,
- wash your hands often with soap and warm water, or, a sanitiser gel.
For further information telephone Paul Cooper on: [01234] 795947. Email: paul.cooper@bedfordshire.nhs.uk.
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Fabric of a Nation runs until 8 November 2009
Edited by Jane Hill: This summer, Wardown Park Museum, Old Bedford Road, Luton will host the British Museum’s touring exhibition called ‘Fabric of a Nation: textiles and identity in modern Ghana’.
Wardown Park Museum, in collaboration with the Luton Ghana Society, will hold a traditional African opening procession, with talking drums, to celebrate the arrival of the exhibition, on Saturday 8 August 2009, at 1pm.
Fabric of a Nation aims to show how the West African country's printed textiles, and their designs, are an expression of cultural, social and political identity as they cut across the nation's different languages and ethnic backgrounds.
For example, the design known as the Akonfona is the sword of kingship and to wear this denotes wealth and a high place in society.
The exhibition will run until 8 November 2009 and admission is free.
For further information about the event telephone Wardown Park Museum on: [01582] 546722. Or, visit the museum’s website: www.wardownparkmuseum.com.
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Edited by Jane Hill: A new tele–visual link between paediatricians at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital could save the lives of children and babies with serious heart conditions.
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