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Posted: November 1, 2021
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 you for your...
Read More Posted: October 22, 2021
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!
Posted: September 2, 2021
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...
Posted: August 19, 2021
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."
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Read More Posted: August 18, 2021
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...
Read More Posted: May 21, 2021
Here's a new way to support your charity - we've joined a lottery!
- Tickets only cost £1 per week
- 50% of all tickets sold from our page go to us
- Support us and you could win prizes of up to £25,000!
Buy tickets through the OUCH (UK) page to help our cause.
Play for a chance to win cash prizes and OUCH (UK) receives 50% of every ticket sold from our page!
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...
Read More Posted: March 9, 2021
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...
Read More Posted: March 5, 2021
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 lifelong...
Read More Posted: March 2, 2021
More volunteers are invited to participate in the Warwick Study of Mental Defeat in Chronic Pain, based at the University of Warwick. The study is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and is investigating how mental defeat can influence pain sensation, sleep patterns, social activity, physical activity and general health and wellbeing in individuals who have chronic pain. The researchers are currently looking for volunteers with chronic pain to complete a short online questionnaire. The questionnaire has three completion time points and participants will receive a £5 Amazon voucher for each time point that they complete. To find out more, please click the button below.
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Read More Posted: January 26, 2021
As some of you may know, this month is the 1st Anniversary of the OUCH (UK) YouTube Channel.
To mark this special occasion and for the first time in the history of OUCH (UK), we will be doing a live stream on the channel on Friday 29th Jan 2021 @ 11.00am
We are going to have some very special guests, including the premiere of the pre-recorded podcast with Professor Peter Goadsby who talks about how Covid is affecting Cluster Headaches Sufferers.
Below is a schedule and a link to the channel, so make sure you are subscribed and click the bell...
Read More Posted: November 10, 2020
This year, the Board of Trustees has chosen Corin Ridout to receive this award. In the past, Corin has raised lots of funds and awareness for us on behalf of his brother Glen, a cluster headache sufferer. These events included the London Marathon, Ride London and Swim Serpentine. Sadly, Glen passed away not long before this year's virtual London Marathon but Corin was determined to carry on in Glen's memory. We felt that this was a wonderful example of going the extra mile that we've always associated with the Mike Pollock award and that he is a very deserving recipient.
Heartfelt thanks to you, Corin, to your family for the continuing support of the charity and to everyone who made such generous donations to this latest event....
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