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Welcome to our blog! Each week a new episode is released we upload a new episode page, as well as a host of other exciting posts. Here you can find guest blog posts, extra information about the Charter, Gillian's "Poetry Corner" - where you can find all of Gillian's spectacular poetry, plus one or two from our special guests - and "Mark's Musings, to get Mark's personal thoughts on the matter in question.


Do you like cricket and live in Kent? Coming this April 2024
Cricket For All have funding from Sport England to deliver cricket for adults in Kent who live with Parkinson's, MS and similar...
Guest Writer
Mar 27, 20241 min read


The Benefits System
The benefits system can feel, at times, like an unnavigable maze, especially for people with Parkinson's whose conditions are so varied...
Mark Mardell
Mar 23, 20242 min read


WINNER FOR PODCAST OF THE YEAR!
Big news, breaking news: we’ve won the Podcast of the year award from the Broadcasting Press Guild against stiff competition. And it is...
Guest Writer
Mar 21, 20241 min read


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Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Mar 20, 20241 min read


Palliative Care
Palliative care: two words that strike fear into most people. But are we thinking about palliative care all wrong? On this week's episode...
Guest Writer
Mar 16, 20242 min read


Support our Parky Charter
Here's our Charter - ‘ The Parky Charter’ - describing five things that people with Parkinson’s need from the government but are not...
Guest Writer
Mar 12, 20241 min read


Tech Again
Due to a failure of imagination within the Movers & Shakers team, we've somehow allowed Rory to do a second episode all about Parkinson's...
Rory Cellan-Jones
Mar 9, 20244 min read


World Parkinson's Day 2024
The Movers & Shakers support Parkinson's UK in shining a light on all the different faces of Parkinson's. As part of their campaign...
Guest Writer
Mar 7, 20241 min read


Poetry Corner
A Little List (for singing when chained to the railings of Downing Street) As some day it may happen to you or even me I've got a little...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Cognitive Decline
The Movers and Shakers are back in the pub and this week they're staring fear square in the eyes, and talking about a major fear:...
Mark Mardell
Mar 2, 20245 min read


Poetry Corner
Coming to Terms “You’ll come to terms with the illness one day” So they say At first I believed them. “Acceptance is the only route Go...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Feb 26, 20241 min read


Poetry Corner
A Chance Encounter A Chance Encounter She says, “You’re looking well” Inside my mind I check myself out I forget what I heard five...
Guest Writer
Feb 26, 20241 min read


Sport
From high-octane skiing to walking football – via table tennis lessons and golf's Parkinson's mulligan – the Movers and Shakers have...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Feb 24, 20245 min read


PureGym Partnership
We are pleased to announce that we have been in touch with PureGym - the largest chain of gyms in the country - and they have very...
Guest Writer
Feb 22, 20242 min read


The Embarrassing Bits
Each week Rory Cellan-Jones guides us between the laughs and moans in the pub. Here is Rory's summary of this week's episode. When Paul...
Rory Cellan-Jones
Feb 17, 20245 min read


The Parky Charter
It will be tweaked. We want to hear your thoughts. E mail us at admin@moversandshakerspodcast.com The Parkinson’s community has been too...
Mark Mardell
Feb 9, 20242 min read


Gillian's thoughts on the NICE summary
NICE summary Your responsibility Local commissioners of health care have responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when...
Gillian Lacey-Solymar
Feb 9, 20243 min read


Paul's DBS Diary
Watch Paul's DBS Journey: The Big Switch On! Before season three starts next month, we wanted to bring you an update on the marvellous...
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Jan 27, 20241 min read


A Patient's Plan
Draft guidance for newly diagnosed people with Parkinson's by Sharon (listener) Dear (Newly diagnosed patient’s...
Guest Writer
Dec 17, 20233 min read


Parka Carta
High Court Judge (retd) Sir Nicholas Mostyn sets out a social contract between the British state and people with Parkinson's disease The...
Sir Nicholas Mostyn
Dec 17, 20232 min read
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