September Newsletter

We are delighted to announce that Tidings, Colostomy UK’s quarterly magazine, won a Highly Commended award at the British Medical Association’s Patient Information Awards this year. The awards ceremony was held at BMA House. Richard Biddle (editor) and Rosemary Brierley (previous editor and current member of the editorial board) were proud to attend on our behalf.

The awards panel had the following to say about Tidings:

‘This is a great resource pretty much written by patients for patients. Patients as experts seem to be the main focus and the articles are written by them in an authoritative and ‘professional’ but patient-focused way. This resource is widely disseminated and the number of people it reaches is very impressive.’

Stoma 66 is now in full swing and we have enjoyed seeing all the different activities people have been up to. We have had some people going for a lunchtime walk, some people have been climbing mountains, some have been taking their whole family out for a hike.

It's so great to see people taking part and remember the whole point of Stoma 66 is to challenge yourself. There is no set amount you need to do and every little helps towards our combined goal of 66,000km.

It's not too late to get involved...so please sign up for the challenge. We have been completely blown away by how many have joined so far and are busy everyday sending out people's challenge packs.