Calling all creatives! Are you interested in fashion, art, or graphic design? Passionate about Lyme disease awareness and/or supporting charities? Then this competition is for you! In readiness for Lyme Awareness Month and especially Wear Lime for Lyme day on Friday 7th May, we’re looking for a creative new t-shirt design for our charity that Lyme […]
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Research programme launch – our Innovation Fund is open!
We are thrilled to announce that our Innovation Fund is now open for research funding applications into Lyme disease. About the fund This pioneering fund will see us award small grants for innovative research projects into improving testing and treatment of Lyme disease. The aim is to build capacity within Lyme disease research. We want […]
Read moreLaunching our FREE online events for Lyme patients
We’re launching a series of online events for Lyme patients to help inform, inspire and entertain over these dark winter months. Based on the results of a survey we recently shared, we have curated our first two sessions, and they start next week! On Wednesday 27th January 2021 at 6:15pm we’re giving you access to […]
Read moreDouble your donation to Lyme disease research for FREE this Christmas
We are delighted to have been accepted into the Big Give Christmas Challenge for a second year in a row! It’s the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign, which helps charities raise millions each year, and gives donors an amazing opportunity to double their donation towards the causes they care about. Last year, our amazing supporters […]
Read moreExciting developments at Caudwell LymeCo
We have exciting news to share of some important developments at Caudwell LymeCo. As you’ll be aware, the coronavirus pandemic has made its mark on all sorts of organisations and their plans for the future. You may recall that in September last year we met with the Department of Heath and Social Care to discuss […]
Read moreOur August campaign with Tick Twister
We’ve teamed up with SimplyV, makers of the Tick Twister removal tool, to help promote and encourage the safe removal of ticks this summer. August is the middle of peak tick season and the time when the majority of UK cases of Lyme are diagnosed. Taking steps to prevent tick bites, carrying out a thorough tick check on […]
Read moreCaudwell LymeCo & Kidunk launch the Tick Detectives Initiative
As the UK navigates its way out of some of the restrictions related to COVID-19, there has been a huge surge in the popularity of outdoor summer schools, forest schools and activity programmes planned for the summer months. In response to this growth of young children and families spending more time outdoors, we’ve been working […]
Read moreWatch our Q&A video with a Lyme disease researcher – your questions answered
Our charity’s mission is to fund research which finds a more accurate test for Lyme disease, and treatment that is able to cure every patient, all to be available on the NHS. To highlight this need for research further, and to give our followers the chance to pose some questions and learn more, we organised […]
Read moreOur new charity partnership with Kidunk
We are thrilled, during Lyme Awareness Month, to be announcing an exciting new charity partnership with Kidunk – the first collaboration of its kind between a UK Lyme disease charity and outdoor clothing company. Who are Kidunk? Kidunk is an award-winning company that helps to make getting kids outdoors easier with protective, breathable, and practical clothing for […]
Read moreWhat’s happening for Lyme Awareness Month
Lyme Awareness Month starts tomorrow! Check out what we’re up to! As with last year, we’ll be aiming to educate the public and raise the profile of Lyme disease with our activities during the month of May, which is the beginning of peak tick season. These activities will look a little different to last year, given the current social distancing […]
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