News and Events
New Chief Executive for The British Polio Fellowship
We would like to extend a very warm welcome to Ted Hill, who joins The Fellowship at the end of January as our new Chief Executive.
Ted lives in St Albans with his wife Maggie, a health visitor team leader, and has three grown-up daughters. Whilst a chemist by training. Ted has worked in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector for over 30 years, being awarded an MBE for his services in the 2011 Birthday Honors. From 1999 to 2004 he was Chief Executive of Mind in Barnet, a mental health charity. From 2004 to January 2007 he was Chief Executive of Barnet Citizens’ Advice Bureau, and from 2007 to present he has been Chief Executive of the Hillingdon Association of Voluntary Services.
Ted says: “I am sincerely looking forward to taking up the post with The Fellowship. I am keen to meet the staff and volunteers who make up the team and make the organisation tick, to take on board their ideas and views so that together we can take the organisation forward.
I am also very keen to make contact with the wider membership, to listen to their concerns and issues so that we can develop The Fellowship to be even more vibrant, stronger, and relevant for the challenges ahead.
I will certainly do my best to balance the needs of the membership, organisation, staff and volunteers and I look forward to a long and rewarding future with The British Polio Fellowship. “
Ted has a law degree and an MA in Organisational Development. He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Leadership & Management and the Royal Society of Public Health and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
He is a keen motorcyclist and a fan of Saracens Rugby Club. He also volunteers at St Albans Sea Cadets where he specialises in teaching young people navigation and boating skills.
GRAND SUMMER RAFFLE PRIZE DRAW WINNERS
Drawn at BPF Central Office, Ruislip by member Heather Jones on Wednesday, 7th September 2011
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Prize Number
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Ticket Number
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Name
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Area
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Member
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Prize
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1st
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071433
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Mr M Bownes
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Rugby
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Yes
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Holiday for two in Turkey + £1,000
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2nd
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106063
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Mr T Hodgkiss
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Lancashire
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Yes
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2 VIP Premier League match tickets of your choice
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3rd
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116976
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Mr G McGrath
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Pailsey
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Yes
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£100 worth of retail vouchers (£50 john Lewis; £10 M&S, £40 Tesco)
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4th
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082605
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Mrs H Cole
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Lowestoft
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Yes
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Irton House farm – one week’s self-catering holiday for two in the Lake District
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5th
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095398
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Mrs I Carpenter
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Middlesex
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Yes
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Fat Lamb, Cumbria – bed and breakfast weekend break for two
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6th
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096529
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Mr S Robinson
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Hampshire
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No (wife a member)
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Channel No 5 eau de toilette & Chanel Allure Homme hair and body wash
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7th
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087827
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M Steele
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Warwickshire
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No
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Bottle of 18 year old Glenfiddich
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8th
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093926
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Mr Bruce
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Eastbourne
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No
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Bottle of 15 year old Glenfiddich
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9th
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011635
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Ms M Gibson
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Huddersfield
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Yes
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Corkscrew set and four bottles of wine
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10th
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076898
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Ms J Biggs
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Norfolk
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Yes
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Morphy Richards stainless steel toaster
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11th
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096322
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Mr I Davies
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Cornwall
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Yes
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Breville “One Pot” electric cooker
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12th
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031948
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Mrs M Downes
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Glamorgan
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Yes
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Zippo Collectors Lighter
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13th
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012163
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Mrs Old
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Surrey
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No (husband a member)
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4 complimentary Liverpool FC stadium tour and museum visit passes
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14th
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083590
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Mr S Abbotts
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Birmingham
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Yes
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Champneys Bath Cream, bodywash and hand and body lotion
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15th
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008804
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Mr B Butler
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Somerset
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No
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Arsenal FC signed authentic photo of 2011 squad
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The British Polio Fellowship’s Newly Elected Trustee Board
Following a successful election process culminating in the vote count on 8 August the Fellowship now has a newly elected Trustee Board. The first meeting of the new Board will take place after the national AGM in Bristol on 17 September where the posts of National Chair, Vice-Chair and Treasurer will be elected from within the new Trustee Board.
The British Polio Fellowship’s Trustee Board 2011 – 2014 Elected Candidates
1. Egan, Mike
2. Jones, Pam
3. Linton-Smith, Aidan
4. Stephens, Robert (Bob)
5. Evers, Linda
6. Crook, Dorothy
7. Leyden, Archie
8. Howell, Robert (Bob)
Download
Please follow the link below which features a brilliant article published in the Daily Mail on the 9th August, which featured British Polio Fellowship member Valerie Brewster and Professor Carolyn Young
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2023884/How-polio-returned-haunt-victims-old-age.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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Fabulous prizes to be won in our Grand Summer Raffle. We have some absolutely fabulous prizes for you this year.
First Prize: A week’s holiday in Turkey plus £1,000 spending money
Member Malcolm Kielty and his wife Pat have very kindly donated a week’s holiday (dates subject to availability) at their beautiful holiday apartment in Akbuk, Turkey. The apartment is fully accessible and is only a short distance from the town. This First Prize comes with £1,000 cash (generously donated by The Sovereign Health Care Charitable Trust) to cover the cost of flights and general spending money.
Second Prize: Two VIP Barclays Premier League tickets
Barclays Premier League has once again been very generous and donated two VIP Barclays Premier League tickets involving the team of your choice, including all the VIP treatments (drinks reception, meals, use of Premier League Suite etc). Member Mrs Malone, who supports Manchester United, won the prize last year and had an absolutely fabulous day out at Old Trafford.
Third Prize: A selection of retail vouchers
Fourth Prize: a self-catering holiday for two in the Lake District
Irton House Farm in the Lake District has donated a one-week self-catering holiday for two (subject to availability).
Fifth Prize: Two-nights’ B&B in Cumbria
The Fat Lamb in Ravenstonedale, Kendal, Cumbria, has very kindly donated a two-night stay with bed and breakfast (subject to availability).
You have to be ‘in it to win it’, so the more tickets you buy, the more chances you will have of winning one of our wonderful prizes!
If you would like a chance to win one of our super prizes, telephone 0800 0180586. Each book contains 20 tickets at £1 each.
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Groundbreaking research gives UK’s forgotten Polio community new hope
Press Release
Can you help us with our quality of life survey?
We’re looking for husbands, wives, daughters, sons and friends to help us out with our latest healthcare research study into how PPS affects fatigue and quality of life in the over 50s.
Anyone over 50 and who has not had polio can help us by filling in a printed questionnaire that will take no longer than 10 minutes.
We’ve already received responses from more than 200 volunteers who contracted polio earlier in their lives and now we’re looking for volunteers who have not had polio to provide the comparative analysis. Even if you are experiencing other health conditions we’d love you to take part and help us with our work to improve diagnosis and treatment of PPS.
The study – in partnership with the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Liverpool – is looking at how life is affected by those living with the effects of polio and Post Polio Syndrome compared to those without the illness. The results are expected to be announced in the summer.
To take part in our research project call 0151 529 8004 or email charlotte.taylor@thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk
Download the press release
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DLA reform consultation response
Disability Alliance produced this response for the ‘Disability Rights Partnership’ which is the working title for the unification of Disability Alliance, the National Centre for Independent Living and Radar.
Our organisations are led by disabled people. Between us we represent over 500 local and national organisations. Our response has been developed in consultation with our members and through our wider research of disabled people, carers and advisors’ views on the Government proposals.
Over 1,700 people completed our survey and 82% were receiving or caring for someone using DLA . This represents a significant piece of DLA research and provides a strong evidence base for our consultation response.
We are very grateful to our members and all the individuals who have taken the time to contribute to our response.
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Re-framing disability: portraits from the Royal College of Physicians
An exhibition exploring four centuries of hidden history with responses from disabled people today
Visit the exhibition from the 14 February–8 July 2011
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Royal College of Physicians