'MR P' by Lester Gale
Thank you Lester for this brilliant poem inspired by MoveMe classes we run. For full details click here. We gather together on Thursday...
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- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
Why time for a cuppa and a chat can make all the difference
Today was my first visit to the Parkinsons.Me MoveMe group held at the Loyd Lindsay Rooms in Ardington near Wantage. MoveMe is an...
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- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
We're hiring - Communications Officer
Parkinsons.Me is a charity that aims to help families affected by Parkinson’s to enjoy the best possible quality of life. We want to...
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- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
Medication, movement and the man
From our special correspondent.... I am sitting next to him whist he writhes unwillingly from the effects of his most recent dose of...
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- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
A friend indeed
From our Special Correspondent... Someone once told me that friends come into your life for one of three things, “a reason, a season, or...
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- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
How valuable are you?
From our Special Correspondent... I’m always touched by how many people ask me how he’s doing. In fact, I volunteer information about his...
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- Aug 4, 2020
- 3 min
The shift of roles in the PD household
From our Special Correspondent... It’s inevitable that as a relationship evolves the roles within it change, and change again and again. ...
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- Jun 27, 2020
- 3 min
Making the best of things
By Martin Cowell, a member of the MoveMe group. I absolutely echo and underline everything that Rhonda says about MoveMe : it is...
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- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
What does MoveMe mean to me?
By Rhonda Telford, a founder member of our MoveMe group. MoveMe is all encompassing. From our fantastic leader/physiotherapist Jo Preston...
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- May 13, 2020
- 3 min
Parkinson's and me...
By Peter Cook, Trustee of Parkinsons.Me. Like all medical diagnoses, Parkinson’s is a bit of a downer. For me I went to my GP for...
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- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
Gardening.Me
Everyone enjoys a different aspect of the community garden. For me, it has to be the social interactions with the constant stream of...
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- Mar 17, 2019
- 1 min
Duke of Edinburgh Award
It's been a wild and windy week in Lockinge but that hasn't stopped us making some huge progress in the garden. Yesterday morning we had...
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- Mar 15, 2019
- 2 min
Revisiting gut bacteria
We have blogged and posted on gut bacteria several times in the past. It is an areas that is receiving a lot of research attention and we...
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- Feb 15, 2019
- 2 min
MoveMe -> Tell 'ME' more!
MoveMe is an exciting new group exercise programme for people with Parkinson’s led by an Oxford Health NHS Trust Physiotherapist from the...
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- Feb 5, 2019
- 2 min
Dreaming of summer
It may be cold and wet outside but here at Parkinsons.Me we are planting broad beans in the community garden and dreaming of summer....
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- Jan 29, 2019
- 1 min
GPs should prescribe gardening, dancing and cookery, says the Health Secretary.
According to the NHS and the Health Secretary gardening and other 'hobbies' can be better for us than traditional medications. With this...
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- Jan 23, 2019
- 1 min
Garlic - Not just for keeping vampires away ...
Last September the local junior school children were busily planting garlic bulbs in the community garden. Which should be ready for...
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- Oct 25, 2018
- 1 min
Safer access for the garden
Just in time for the cold weather this weekend, the garden now has safety grip strips on the access ramp. These will make sure it is safe...
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- Oct 2, 2018
- 1 min
Community Garden Opening
https://youtu.be/qgRspBXwnXQ #Parkinsons #CommunityGarden #WestLockinge #GrandOpening
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