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| 20.05.13 | 2013 Award winners! |
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2013 Ostomy Lifestyle Awards! Medical Professional of the Year - Cath Dixon, Clinical Stoma Nurse Specialist, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Support Group of the Year - Breakaway Volunteer of the Year - Julie Bastin, Founder of Breakaway Industry Professional of the Year - Wendy Hetherington, CliniMed Most Innovative Product - Cavilon Barrier Film Award presentation photos and reactions to follow. Thank you to all who took the time to nominate and vote and a huge congratulations to all our winners! |
| 16.05.13 | Latest Fitness & Sport film - Bruce |
We are proud to introduce Bruce, the latest inspiring role model in our series of Fitness & Sports films! Bruce is 71 years old and has a colostomy. He is also a keen long-bow archer and is enthusiastic about his sport which he says is ideal for people with stomas, even those with a hernia. You can watch Bruce talk about his experiences of sport after stoma surgery and how he adjusted to life with a stoma by clicking on his photo below.
We will be releasing more films, featuring more people with stomas who enjoy physical activity over the coming months, so watch this space! We are immensely grateful to all our film stars and Tim Bedingfield of Focuspull films for their generousity in making these films come to life. |
| 13.05.13 | Walk for Ostomy Lifestyle! |
The Red Kite Ramble is a charity walk through the beautiful Buckinghamshire Chiltern Hills, home to the magnificant Red Kite. The walk can be done over a 6, 11 or 17 route and takes place on Sunday 23rd June. We will be there on the day to support all our walkers and tell people more about the important work we do for people affected by stoma surgery. The walk is organised by the Clare Foundation which is a charity that works with other voluntary sector organisations to help them become more efficient and raise more funds. Through them we have an unlimited number of places in this great event. Places cost £10 per person (or £20 per family) and 50% of that comes back to Ostomy Lifestyle. If you decide to fundraise for this by getting friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you, all your fundraising comes directly to us, so this is a brilliant opportunity for you to stretch your legs in some beautiful scenery and raise much needed funds for us too! For more details see here or contact the office. |
| 10.05.13 | New Facebook group - Ostomy Lifestyle Athletes! |
As part of our ongoing Fitness & Sports project we have created a new closed group on Facebook called Ostomy Lifestyle Athletes. This group is designed to be a place where people with stomas can share ideas about how to keep fit after stoma surgery with like minded others in a safe manner. So far the group has proved to be an encouraging, supportive and positive one with many people reporting that they have been inspired to take part in more fitness activities, so why not join them today? |
| 09.05.13 | 2013 Awards voting - last few days! |
Voting for the 2013 Ostomy Lifestyle Awards closes on Monday 13th May! Make use of the last few days to vote for your favourite support group, industry professional, volunteer, product and medical professional! And spread the word so others can make sure they have their say! You can vote online here and winners will be announced in due course! |
| 26.03.13 | New Fitness and Sport Project Launched! |
We are very proud to announce the launch of our latest Positive Living project - a series of films focusing on fitness and sport after stoma surgery! The films will profile people who have had stoma surgery and who are active in sports or fitness. In the films we talk to them about their experiences of living with a stoma, their chosen physical activity and how having a stoma affects their fitness. The first film features Satori, 34 from London who is a dancer and had a colostomy formed due to bowel cancer. You can watch Satori's film here. We will be releasing further films featuring swimmers, archers, runners and many more over the coming weeks and months! If you would like to get involved in the project please contact the office on 0118 324 0069 - thanks! |
| 04.03.13 | Help us win £2,000 for our support services! |
Ostomy Lifestyle has made it through to the voting stages of the The Big Break campaign! We are asking you to vote now to help us to be in with the chance to win £2,000. The runner-up will win £1,000 and 20 runners-up will win £100, so we could really be in with a chance! To vote click here - deadline is 31st March, so hurry! And please share the link and encourage your friends to vote for us too - thank you so much! You can read more about the Big Break Campaign here |
| 20.02.13 | Charity Christmas cards |
We are thinking of selling Christmas cards this year as a way to raise essential funds for our work supporting those affected by stoma surgery, but we need your help to decide which designs to go for! We would like to know if you would be interested in buying Christmas from Ostomy Lifestyle and if so, which designs you prefer. The most popular ones will then go on sale later in the year. You will see all the details in our Summer 2013 edition of Ostomy News. To take part and let us know your preferences click here - thanks!
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| 29.01.13 | Ostomy Lifestyle on BBC Radio 4! |
We were thrilled to be invited to talk about stomas on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 today. Our Helpline Manager, Helen Bracey, spoke about her own personal experiences of living with a stoma and the issues people commonly face. We felt the programme dealt with this, often taboo, subject with clarity, interest and compassion. You can listen to the feature here, the section on stomas is about 30 minutes in. We see this feature as a great opportunity to raise awareness of stomas so we encourage you to share the link to the programme wherever you can. Let's increase people's understanding of what it means to live with a stoma! We would love to know your thoughts on the feature so please email us or get in touch via Facebook or Twitter. |
| 18.10.12 | Unity Lottery Christmas Candle giveaway |
Here at Ostomy Lifestyle we have some gorgeous Christmas candles (worth approximately £4.75 each) to give away to new Unity Lottery players. We have a limited number of these candles to give away, so get playing today - and don't forget that by joining Unity Lottery you will be in with a chance of winning a cash prize as well!
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