Breathe Easy is the support network of the British Lung Foundation.The network includes over 22,000 with over 200 support groups nationwide and these numbers are growing all the time.
Breathe Easy is a powerful campaigning force for change working hard at both local and national levels. It has been thanks to a Breathe Easy campaign that the Department of Health agreed to a review of oxygen services in England and Wales
Please find below a list of all the Breathe Easy groups in our region including the meeting details. Please click on the highlighted text to show the maps.
The North West region covers South Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire and Greater Manchester. It is also home to the BLF Helpline.
Plese feel free to contact us here in the Regional Office by email or telephone on 0151 224 7778 for any further information or for the direct contact details of any Breathe Easy group.
Blackpool
The group meets on the first Friday of every month at The Christian Centre, Waterloo Road, Blackpool, FY4 3AD. Click here for map.
Bury
Meets on the first Friday of the month, from 2- 4pm, at The Parish Hall, St James Church, Walshaw Road, Bury BL8. You can contact the Chairperson, Bea Gilmore, directly by email or by telephone on 0161 724 7821. Click here for map.
Central Manchester
Meets on third Thursday of each month 1- 3pm, at Burnage Garden Village Hall, Main Avenue, off Burnage Lane, Burnage M19 2WR. Click here for map.
Chester
Meets on the third Thursday of the month, from 1- 3pm, at the British Legion, 20 Heath Road, Upton, Chester, CH2 1HX. Click here for map.
Chorley and South Ribble
The group meets on the last Thursday of each month from 1pm- 3pm at the Farington District Conservative Club, 70 Stanifield Lane, Farington, Leyland, PR25 4GA
Fylde and Wyre
Meets on the last Friday of the months from March to October, from 1.30pm onwards, at Poulton Methodist Church, Queensway, Poulton, FY6 7ST. Click here for map.
Occasionally the venue may alter, therefore, please contact the Chairperson, Chris Brockbank by email or by telephone on 01253 799 167 to check the venue details before attending.
Halton
Meets on the first Tuesday of each month, from 1- 3pm, at The Palacefields Community Centre, The Uplands, Runcorn, WA7 2UA. Click here for map.
www.breatheeasyhalton.co.uk
Haywood, Middleton & Rochdale
Meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 1.30- 3.30pm at The Castleton Community Centre, Manchester Road, Roachdale, OL11 3BS.
Click here for map.
Kendal
Meets on the last Tuesday of each month from 2- 4pm (excluding December and January), at the Hellgarth Community Centre, Hellgarth Estate, Windemere Road, Kendal, LA9 5HU. Click here for map.
Knowsley
Meets on the last Wednesday of each month (not December), from 1.30- 3.30pm in the St. Ann's Millennium Centre, View Road, Rainhill, L35 4NY. Click here for map.
Liverpool North
Meetings run from 1st February to 30th November, every Friday from 1pm till 3pm.
The first Friday of each month we meet at Fazakerly Memorial Hall, Lower Lane, Fazackerley L10 9LT- on the corner of Delagoa Road, opposite the Aintree Hospital. Click here for map. This is a more formal meeting with a guest speaker to talk about treatment and care of those with a lung disease.
On all other Fridays we hold our meeting at Kirkdale Neighbourhood Community Centre, 238a Stanley Road, Kirkdale, L5 7QP.
Click here for map. Members relax, chat, enjoy a cuppa and take part in various activities.
Liverpool South
Meets on the fourth Monday of each month, from 1.30pm in Allerton United Reformed Church Hall, on the corner of Mather Avenue and Booker Avenue, Allerton, Liverpool, L18 7HD. Click here for map.
Macclesfield
This brand new group is currently looking for new members and also willing volunteers to take on rewarding committee member roles. The group meets at the Salvation Army Building, Roe Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6UT. Group meets on the first Tuesday of each month from 1- 3pm.
Please contact the Regional Office on 0151 224 7778 for further information on the group meetings. Click here for map.
Morecambe
Meets on the third Wednesday of every month, from 2pm, in the vestry of the Church of Ascension, 63 Michaelson Avenue, Morecambe, LA4 6SF. Click here for map.
www.blfbreatheeasymorecambe.co.uk
Newton Heath
Meets on the second Wednesday of the month, from 1- 3.30pm, in the Heathfield Resource Unit, Heathfield Street, Newton Heath, M40 1LF. You can contact the Chairperson, Dot Rathbone directly by email or by telephone on 0161 273 4709. Click here for map.
Oldham
Meets on the first Tuesday of the months from March- November from 1- 3pm at the Honeywell Centre, Hadfield Street, Ashton Road, Oldham, OL8 3BP. Click here for map.
Preston
Meets on the first Thursday of the month from 1- 3pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Beech Grove, Ashton, Preston PR2 1DU. Click here for map.
Salford
Meets on the second Tuesday of each month, from 1.30- 4pm in the Height Methodist Church Hall, Kings Street (off Bolton Road), Irlam's o'th Height, Salford, M6 7GY. Click here for map.
South Cheshire
Meets on the last Wednesday of each month from 2pm at the Eagle Bridge Health Centre, Dunwoody Way, Crewe, CW1 3AW. Click here for map.
St Helens
This is a newly formed group meeting at the Millenium Centre, Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens, WA10 1DH. They meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 1pm.
Stockport
Meets on the second Thursday of each month from 1.30- 3.30pm in St. Peter's Church Hall, off Bramhall Moor Lane, Hazel Grove, SK7 5JL. Click here for map.
Tameside & Glossop
Meets on the third Thursday of each month (excluding December), at 1.30pm at Pensioners House, Grafton Street, Hyde, SK14 2AX. Click here for map.
Warrington
Meets on the first Thursday of each month from 2- 4pm at the Great Sankey Library, Marina Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington WA5 1JH. Click here for map.
West Cumbria
The following meetings are scheduled for the West Cumbria group, all from 2- 4pm:-
2nd Feb, 2nd Mar, 12th Apr, 3rd May, 7th June, 5th July, 8th Aug., 5th Sept, 3rd Oct, 7th Nov, 5th Dec. The meeting venue is the Health Education Room, Workington Community Hospital, Park Lane, Workington, CA14 2RW. Click here for map.
West Lancs & Southport
Meets on the third Monday of each month from 11.15am at the Guide Headquarters, Green Lane, Ormskirk. Click here for map.
Wigan & Leigh
Meets on the third Monday of each month from 1.30pm at the Leigh Miners Welfare Club, Twist Lane, Leigh, WN7 4EF. Click here for map.
Wirral
Meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 2pm in the Moreton Community Centre, Maryland Road, Moreton, CH46 7TS. Click here for map.
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If you require any more information please get in touch using the following contact details:
email: Regional Administrator
telephone: 0151 224 7778
address: British Lung Foundation
North West Regional Office
Orleans House
Edmund Street
Liverpool L3 9NG
