Breathe Easy Loughborough is a support group for people affected by lung conditions including their friends, family and carers. Find out more about Breathe Easy.
Where?
Gorse Covert Community Centre, Maxwell Drive, Dishley, Loughborough, LE11 4RZ
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Please contact the Midlands office before going to your first meeting by telephoning 0116 249 5780 or emailing midlands@blf-uk.org. They will give you the group's contact details so that you can check the meeting is on.
More about the group
BOFAA Winner
Congratulations to BE Loughborough, on their Breath of Fresh Air Award for Outstanding Service over 5 years. The group have been supporting people affected by a lung condition in Loughborough since September 2005.
Over the rainbow
BE Loughborough's Barry Phillips recently held an 'Over the Rainbow' themed Garden Party, in memory of his wife, Janet. The event raised a fantastic £1064 for the group. BE Loughborough also received a donation of £450 from Papercrafts, in memory of Janet and her mother, Beatrice Bowley, and a collection in memory of Beatrice raised £172 for the group.
Summer trip
On Wedenesday 27 July, BE Loughborough members took a canal boat from Loughborough to Zouch. The lovely weather helped to make it a really enjoyable trip, and the boart trip was followed by a pub lunch in Zouch.
Breathe Easy Week
Breathe Easy Loughborough organised an awareness stand at Markfield Farm Open Day on 12 June. The stand also had a tombola, which raised £136.50. Group Secretary, Rhoda Andrews, was interviewed on BBC Leicester, gaining some extra publicit for the group.
Information stand
Breathe Easy Loughborough held an information display in the foyer of Loughborough Hospital on World COPD Day, which was manned by a rota of group members from 9.30am-3.30pm. The group decorated their display with posters and balloons, and noticed that the poster of BLF Ambassador Liz Dawn in particular attracted many people! The group explained to visitors what it meant to be diagnosed wtih COPD and raised awareness of the condition. Advice on how to stop smoking was also requested by two people.
A highlight of the day was speaking to a lady attending the skin clinc who said that her breathing had noticably improved since she had been treated with steroids for her eczema. The group explained the link and encouraged her to visit her GP for breathing tests. They also received some inspiring advice from one ninety year-old visitor to the stand, who explained that she didn't like to sit at home but tried to get out and about to socialise as much as possible!
Trip to Ulverscroft Grange
A group of 10 members from Breathe Easy Loughborough recently had a day out at Ulverscroft Grange. This is a beautiful house in the Leicestershire countryside, run by the Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation. The group were greeted with coffee and biscuits and then taken to see the late David Clarke's model railway layout, which they reported to be absolutely fascinating with amazing attention to detail. They then enjoyed a stroll round the lovely gardens before sitting down to a delicious lunch. The visit finished with tea and homemade scones later in the afternoon. Pictured left to right, are pictured Leslie Morley, Shirley and John Willdig, Crystal and Michael Ralph, Rhoda Andrews and David Wigglesworth.
