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Listen to Lorna Milton on BBC Three Counties Radio every weekday afternoon from 2 to 4.30pm for big name guests, expert advice and stories from where you live in Beds, Herts and Bucks. For comprehensive information and advice on all aspects of living with Parkinson's, the support available from the Parkinson’s Disease Society and how you can get involved, please visit our website at - www.parkinsons.org.uk For advice and information on local medical and support services and benefits, for people with Parkinson's and their families in the Three Counties area, please contact your local Parkinson's Disease Society Information and Support Worker: Area Contact Tel. & Email address Bedfordshire Jackie Kennedy 0844 225 3795 [email protected] South and Mid- Anita Browne 0844 225 3675 Buckinghamshire [email protected] Milton Keynes & North Denise Wilcox 0844 225 3773 Buckinghamshire [email protected] West Hertfordshire Tracey Tucker 0844 225 3779 [email protected] North East Vicky Symonds 0844 225 3775 Hertfordshire [email protected] Northamptonshire Kathy Carmichael 0844 225 3741 [email protected] Details of Information and Support Workers outside of these areas are available from the Society’s website: www.parkinsons.org.uk Local Parkinson's Disease Society Branches and Groups: Bedford – meet at Goldington Social Centre, 10 Barkers Lane, Bedford on the first Friday of the month at 7.30pm (except in January). Contact Bill Brady on [email protected] Leighton Buzzard - meet on the third Monday of the month at St George's Court from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Contact Ron Artis on 01582 667483 or [email protected] Luton - meet at Hockwell Ring Day Centre on the second Friday of the month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, except in January. Contact Lorraine Chilton, PDS Branch and Volunteer Support Officer, telephone: 0844 225 3615, email: [email protected] Welwyn and Hatfield - meet at the Douglas Tilbe House on the third Wednesday of the month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Contact Lorraine Chilton, PDS Branch and Volunteer Support Officer, telephone: 0844 225 3615, email: [email protected] Northern Home Counties - meet monthly (excluding the month of June) at various venues in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Please contact June Pumford on 01727 839293 or [email protected] North Herts and Stevenage - meet at 2pm on the third Monday of each month (except December) at St John's Community Centre in Hitchin. Contact Ron Stewart on 01438 869405 or [email protected] West Hertfordshire - We meet on the first Thursday of every month at either 2pm or 7.30pm at St Thomas United Reformed Church in Watford. We also have a St Albans Support Group, which meets regularly. Contact Mike Peaker, Branch Chair on 01923 820395 or [email protected] Amersham and High Wycombe - meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 2.30pm at the Cedar Barn in Hazlemere. Contact - David Besley, Branch Chair on 01494 813117 or email: [email protected] Aylesbury - Contact person: Helen Old, Branch and Volunteer Support Officer, telephone: 0844 225 3674 or email: [email protected] Milton Keynes -We meet on the last Wednesday of each month (except December) at Centrecom in Central Milton Keynes. Contact person: Helen Old, Branch and Volunteer Support Officer, telephone 0844 225 3674 or email: [email protected] To support Roddy in his trek fundraising, visit: www.justgiving.com/Roddy-Lee-treksahara2009 To make a donation on-line, visit – www.parkinsons.org.uk/donate To help raise funds in support of people with Parkinson's in Eastern England, contact Carol Stork, Regional Fundraiser, on 0844 225 3730, or email: [email protected] To join the Parkinson's Disease Society, visit – www.parkinsons.org.uk/join For free confidential advice, call our National Helpline on: 0808 800 0303 Monday-Friday: 9am-8pm, Saturday: 9.30am-5.30pm Email: [email protected] Written enquiries and donations to: Parkinson's Disease Society, 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ If you are a health or social care professional who is interested in arranging specialist training in Parkinson’s disease for you and your colleagues, please contact: Eastern England, including Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire – Debbie Chinman, Education and Training Officer, on 0844 225 3611 or email: [email protected] Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire – Katy Slade, Education and Training Officer, on 0844 225 3671 or email: [email protected] Northamptonshire and the East Midlands – John Bains, Education and Training Officer, on 0844 225 3621 or email: [email protected] To request a Parkinson’s Brain Donor Register information pack, please visit the Society’s website (www.parkinsons.org.uk), click on ‘Research’ in the blue bar along the top and then on ‘Parkinson’s Brain Bank’..