Welcome to the Website of Breathe Easy Halton
We hope that you will find the pages of interest. Please feel
free to look around and contact us if you wish to know more or can
contribute to the aims of the British Lung Foundation and to the
key roles of Breathe Easy Halton. Details of our regular Group meetings,
to which all are welcome, are available by clicking here
Aims of the British Lung Foundation:
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To support people living with lung disease
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To provide public information on lung disease and good lung
health
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To raise funds for research into the diagnosis, treatment,
prevention and cure of all diseases of the lung
The success of fund-raising
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During Breathe Easy Week in June 2007 Weaver
Vale MP Mike Hall presented, on behalf of Breathe
Easy Halton, a cheque for £1,000 donated for research
into lung disease to the British Lung Foundation.
In the photograph, Daphne Barton (right of centre
and now retired), then Support and Development Manager
of the British Lung Foundation North-West Region
is receiving the cheque. Members of Breathe Easy
Halton and health professionals form the supporting
group. From February 2006 to June 2009 the total
donated by the Group for research amounted to £8,671.
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Key roles of Breathe Easy Halton:
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To encourage mutual support for people living with
and affected by a lung condition
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To raise awareness of the BLF and Breathe Easy amongst
the general public, health professionals and people
with lung disease
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To support the BLF research programme through fund
raising
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To promote the aims of the BLF through active campaigning
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