Sally Callow reports on the DecodeME study using DNA to try to find out more about M.E/CFS. Sally suffers from M.E herself, is participating in the study, and is also the founder of Stripy Lightbulb [… read more ]
This week Ian Morris celebrates his return to the gym as local facilities re-open, and muses on his experience of trying to lose weight as the government launches ‘Better Health’, a new obesity strategy. The [… read more ]
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, closes her daily diary as she reflects on her own experience of lockdown with her children in Southsea, including illness, home-schooling, and thinking critically about the government’s response to [… read more ]
Local resident and photographer John Callaway gives an insight into what the government’s ‘one size fits all’ COVID-19 guidance means for someone with a learning disability and physical health conditions, and how it can inadvertently set [… read more ]
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, of self-isolating, and now of being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. We’re at Day 66, and Maddie decides to [… read more ]
How has the pandemic affected local services and charities, their staff and the communities they serve? Sarah Cheverton talks to Jess Dyer, a Stalking Advocate at Aurora New Dawn, a Portsmouth-based charity working with victims [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 64 and Ian wrestles with (surely) inaccurate – and possibly even spiteful – weighing [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 63 and Ian vents his frustration and concern after a visit to a – [… read more ]
Sally Callow, Portsmouth resident, M.E patient and M.E patient advocate reports on the growing concerns about the implications of Covid-19 as a potential cause of M.E, as expressed by the ME Association and others. Sally [… read more ]
Local resident and Founder of Startup Disruptors, Becky Lodge, writes about her experience of Covid-19 – unconfirmed, as she was not tested, despite the severity and longevity of her illness. I have wanted to write [… read more ]
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