Offers please for donated items

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We have some items donated by Melissa Mace proceeds of which will come to the centre, they include:

– TGA Mystere, hardly used, 2 new batteries (poster attached)
– Drive Medical Prism 4 Scooter, 2 new batteries
– Blue wheelchair EscaleLite
– Travelite Chair in a bag
All items (except TGA mystere) are at the Centre to look at.  If you are interested in the Mystere let me know and I can get it delivered to the centre, it really would be a good buy.  Any reasonable offer would be considered.

Sad news

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Sad news, Alan Turner who many of our users knew sadly passed last month away after a long battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

Volunteers needed

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Volunteers needed to collect at Tesco Metro, Cowley Road, Oxford on Friday 9th September.  Please contact Sue if you can help.

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As you may be aware the 2016 Business & Community Awards (BACAs) are now open for anyone to nominate a local business, charity or community group that deserves some recognition for all the hard work and achievements they’ve obtained throughout the year.  The BACAs celebrate and reward excellence for organisations in and around the Didcot area within the OX11 postcode and extends out to Culham Science Park, Harwell Campus, Milton Park and Southmead Industrial Estate as well as all the surrounding villages.

Anyone can nominate a business, charity or community group by visiting our website http://didcotfirst.org.uk/page-galleries.html and completing an eNomination form.  The form is much quicker and easier to complete this year, with just a number of tick boxes to mark and 2 questions on the organisation or group nominated.  We welcome self-nomination, but please also feel free to forward this information onto your partners, suppliers, employees, volunteers, customers, service users and colleagues.

Paper copies of the form are available from Cornerstone Arts Centre, Newbury Building Society and Soha Housing Offices in Didcot.  All organisations shortlisted for an award are invited to attend the Gala Evening on Friday 18th November at Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot, where all the winners are announced.  Anyone who completes a nomination form can enter a free prize draw to receive 2 free tickets to the Gala Event in November.

Once we have received a nomination, we will contact the person mentioned on the form and request further information for their relevant award.  If you have any further questions or queries regarding the BACAs, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Emma East

PR & Events Consultant

Didcot First Ltd.

Mobile: 07788 373 118

Footcare Appointments

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 Footcare appointments available from now until end of the year, see reception to book:
    4 October 9-2pm
    25 October 9-1.30pm
    15 November 9-1.00pm
    6 December 9-1.30pm

Thank you

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Thank you to those who collected at Tesco Abingdon on Friday 29th July, total raised: £563.62.

 

Constipation study finishes recruitment!

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The AMBER study is a randomised controlled clinical trial looking at the use of abdominal massage to treat neurogenic bowel disorder in MS patients. Recruitment for this study ended on the 19th of July 2016, with a total of 191 patients. Patients enrolled on the trial were randomised to one of two arms: ‘control,’ receiving advice on diet, fluid intake and positioning of oneself on the toilet; ‘intervention,’ receiving training in administering the abdominal massage (either self-massage or by a carer) coupled with bowel care advice. Trial participants were recruited from 12 sites throughout the United Kingdom, one of which was the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Patient follow-up will continue until the end of 2016. Analyses of results are ongoing and should be completed by autumn 2017. Interested persons may receive updates at www.gcu.ac.uk/amber or by contacting the Chief Investigator (Doreen.McClur@gcu.ac.uk/0141 331 8105).

“It is funded by the National Institute for Health Research, Health Technology Assessment Programme (Project: 12/127/12) and sponsored by Glasgow Caledonian University. The day-to-day running of the trial is managed by a team within the NMAHP Unit, Department of Health and Life Sciences.”

Rough Guide to Accessble Britain

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Great days out have never been to accessible.  The brand new sixth edition of the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain is now available to view for free via our online reader.  It’s packed with over 200 inspiring ideas for fantastic worry-free days out with reviews, hints and tips on some of the UK’s best attractions written by and for disabled people.  For more click here.

Effect of cholesterol medicine on inflammatory diseases mapped

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Source: Science Daily

The cholesterol medicine simvastatin, which is one of the most commonly used pharmaceuticals in the world, also has a beneficial effect on the immune defense system with regard to diseases such as type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Danish researchers have now explored why this is so, and their findings may result in improved treatment.  Read on.