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On Thursday 9th Jan 2025, some OTs, Nurses and Prostheists specialists from Burn Services in Preston, Birmingham, Chelmsford and Bristol trained up in Skin Camouflage techniques at The Finishing Touches Group clinic in Haywards Heath. They have also been given a starter kit to kick start their service or replace out of date items. The course  was an online and in person course designed in conjunction with Dan’s Fund For Burns and NHS professionals. Thanks so much to our models of the day Sarah and Sue. Thanks for Dawn at The Finishing Touches group for taking on the mantle of facilitating this course and to Gemma, Marcella, Emma and Mel for the execution. This is giant step forward in improving this important service to burn survivors across the UK and we will be launching another course late June for other Adult Burns NHS staff.
Super excited that our plans for our 13th-15th September burn survivor weekend away in Newcastle is coming together.
Wishing our burn survivors and supporters a very happy new year!  Do you have any new year's resolutions?   One of Polly's (Dan's Fund founder and CEO) is to look after her own burn scars and body more this year.  She has started a course of 6 LPG massage treatment sessions at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital every Wednesday throughout January & February 2024.  She hopes this massage treatment with the LPG machine will relax her tight bands of scarring and reduce pain.  It will also give her the opportunity to assess the machines and understand their worth, with a view to donating some to the major burn centres across the UK.   We're hoping for great results and will update you in due course!
On 19 March 2023, members of the Nottingham Burns Unit social running club called the 'Plod Squad' took part in both the Sherwood Pines half marathon and 10k run choosing to raise funds for Dan's Fund For Burns (DFFB).   The group looked fantastic in their DFFB t-shirts and raised an amazing £2,235 for us!  Thank you so much for your incredible efforts.  Congratulations and well done!
Dan's Fund would like to join together with the rest of the world  in expressing our sorrow on hearing about the Queen's passing yesterday.  It felt like she would live on forever but today we mourn the loss of the greatest of leaders, a truly astonishing monarch.  She lifted the spirits of the country and united us time and time again all through her relentless service to us all.   We have known no different and she will be sorely missed. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 21st April 1926-8th September 2022. May she Rest in Peace.
A mix of rain and sunshine greeted our loyal golfing supporters at our Windlesham Golf Club Charity day on Friday 20th May.  Better than driving wind and rain last year and scores were high as a result.  Congratulations to The Dream Team, The Worplesdon Wallies and The Driving Divas for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectfully.  The Woking Belles won the yellow ball competition with only 4/12 yellow balls returning home!! Lots of ditches and water at Windlesham 🙂
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