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Annual general Meeting It was very heartening to have a good turnout of our members at our AGM held in March. It is encouraging to see your interest in the…

By Kirstie Koller Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) Community Speech Language Therapists offer a variety of services for people with communication difficulties resulting from their Parkinson’s. These include the Parkinson’s…

Greetings everyone. It is a real pleasure to be writing my first introductory piece for our newsletter as the new manager with MS-PD Society. Firstly, I want to honour Jenny…

The Society will be selling the very popular Entertainment Book again for 2015 for the 10th year. The Entertainment Book provides you with great savings to the most popular restaurants,…

Community Law Canterbury launched a Disability Legal Advice Clinic earlier this year to provide quality free legal help to people in Canterbury who face barriers to accessing justice. The clinic…

A review published in the journal Neurology in 2011 suggested that people with Parkinson’s may be more likely to be diagnosed with the skin cancer melanoma but appeared to be…

    The Footloose Fun Walk, Run & Wheel event was back this year during Parkinson’s Awareness Week, promoting the role of regular exercise in maintaining good health. This event…

One of our fabulous members has generously donated a homemade Christmas Cake for us to raffle. We have raffle ticket sheets (10 tickets per sheet) that we would like to…

We have recently become aware that we should have a symbol or sign to help new members identify where Society meetings are taking place when we are out and about.…

By Jill McChesney Christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes but all too often they end up unused as they’re not fit for purpose. Here is a small selection…