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 Group Information
HELP US TO HELP THOSE WITH LUNG DISEASE - SUPPORT THE BRITISH LUNG FOUNDATION
A statement by the British Lung Foundation: One person in every seven in the UK is affected by lung disease. Lung disease is one of the biggest causes of death in this country. The British Lung Foundation is the only UK charity funding research and providing support for people with lung disease.
Aims of the British Lung Foundation:
- To support people living with lung disease
- To provide public information on lung disease and good lung health
- 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 for research into lung disease by 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. |
Key roles of Breathe Easy Halton
- To encourage mutual support for people living with and affected by a lung condition
- To raise awareness of the BLF and Breathe Easy amongst the general public, health professionals and people with lung disease
- To support the BLF research programme through fund raising
- To promote the aims of the BLF through active campaigning
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