We're delighted to announce the 2021 OUCH (UK) Virtual Conference. It will take place on Zoom on Sunday 5th December 2021, 12pm - 4.30pm.
This is a free event for members with a £5 fee for non-members.
Find out more and book your place now!
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As part of this ongoing study, the next phase (our lab-based study) has now opened for recruitment. We are currently looking for volunteers (UK-only) aged 18-65 with chronic pain conditions who would be willing to travel to the University of Warwick Campus (based in Coventry) to take part.
This lab-based study aims to understand the roles that mental defeat and mental victory have in underpinning different experiences of chronic pain. If you agree to take part, you will be invited to attend a test session with one of the researchers at the University of Warwick Sleep and Pain Laboratory located at the main Central Campus (Coventry).
The test session typically takes no longer than 2.5 hours. As a thank… Read More
We are pleased to announce that fundraisers can now create their own fundraising page and collect sponorship donations on our website. With Virgin Money Giving closing down at the end of November 2021 we needed a way to faciliate our wonderful supporters in their fundraising events. Head over to our new section to learn more and set up your own page!
Cumbria Headache Forum - Cluster Headache - 7th October
We would like to invite patients as well as medical professionals to join us for the next Headache Forum which is dedicated to management of cluster headache. It will provide insight into pathophysiology of the condition, pharmacological management and neuromodulation.
Programme:
1:30pm Warm welcome (Chair) - Dr Jitka Vanderpol 1:35pm Cluster Headache - Dr Manjit Matharu 2.15pm Cluster Headache Management in Community Headache Clinic - Siobhan Jones 2.45pm Injectable Treatments and Neuromodulation in Management of Cluster Headache - Dr Jitka Vanderpol 3.15pm Questions & Answers
Registration is free!
Further details and registration on the… Read More
You may like to contribute to this recent Department of Work and Pensions green paper consultation and survey. It "aims to explore how the benefits system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions now and in the future... [and] is an important step towards making changes that will improve our services, increase opportunities for employment and help more people to live independently. Our approach must be informed by different views and opinions, particularly those of disabled people and people with health conditions."
Learn more and take part!
We now offer another super easy way to donate to OUCH (UK) with our latest text giving service*. Here's how to do it:
To donate £1, text OUCH to 70201
To donate £3, text OUCH to 70331
To donate £5, text OUCH to 70970
To donate £10, text OUCH to 70191
* Fundraising, payments and donations will be processed and administered by the National Funding Scheme, operating as DONATE, a charity registered in England and Wales (1149800) and Scotland (SC045106). In addition to any text donation, you will incur your standard network message charge (based on your service provider rates). For Terms & Conditions, see easydonate.org
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Being part of One Lottery means that with your support we can generate regular sustainable funding. Buying a ticket through One Lottery is one way you can help us to continue to grow and provide our services. So whether you buy 1 ticket or 10 tickets, thank you!
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Update 22/03/21: A video recording of this event is now available on the OUCH (UK) YouTube channel
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Members are invited to join an OUCH (UK) Question & Answer session with CH experts:
Prof Peter Goadsby Dr Nicholas Silver Dr Fayyez Ahmed Dr Diane Wei
This will take place on Cluster Headache Awareness Day, Sunday, 21st March, 2021.
This is a free zoom event where members can put their questions to the CH specialists live. Please register your interest in the event. Please note you will need to be a member and logged… Read More
OUCH (UK) is very pleased and proud to announce that their chairman and patron, Professor Peter Goadsby, is one of four eminent neuroscience researchers who have jointly been awarded the prestigious Lundbeck Foundation annual Brain Prize for their work in the field of neuroscience, with particular regard to the mechanism of migraine, which has led to the development of innovative new treatment for this disabling condition. The Professor's co-recipients are Professor Dr Lars Edvinson, Professor Michael Moskowitz, and Professor Jes Olesen.
Professor Goadsby is a world authority on the even rarer condition cluster headache and his commitment to reducing the pain of all those who suffer a severe headache condition is a… Read More
