Ribble Valley Voluntary Group
Diabetes UK
Clitheroe Rugby Club, Littlemoor Road, Clitheroe.
BB7 2EP
Tel: 01254 245611
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News
NW Family Day
This was held on Saturday 14th November at Ribby Hall which is between Preston and Blackpool.
This was attended by 70 children together with their parents and involved a variety of activities including a circus entertainer who then taught them circus tricks - a thoroughly enjoyable day out
Adopt a Project
The Ribble Valley Group are pleased to support Dr Mirela Delibegovic at the University of Aberdeen into her research into the role the liver and protien PTP1B play in the resistance to insulin in obesity.It is hoped that in the future Dr Delibegovic or one of her collegues will attend the group to give us an update on the progress of the project
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Diabetes Newsletter
Early in the New Year the East Lancashire PCT will be producing a Diabetic Newsletter to be distributed to all registered diabetics in the area,
Watch out for this in the Post.
Diabetes UK Road Show Bus.
The Road Show Bus visited our area in Burnley on September 30th and October 1st and in Blackburn on October 2nd.
These were well visited especially in Burnley when 114 people were risk assessed and 28 were refered to their GP, in Blackburn 47 were assessed and 8 were refered to their GP.
The event was a hugh sucess in raising the profile of Diabetes.