Tai chi participants exercise generosity to Foundation
The Haywood foundation has received generous donations of over £550 from participants at two tai chi and qigong classes facilitated by the Haywood Foundation, and offered free of charge. The weekly sessions in Leek and Burslem are available to anyone with arthritis and related conditions and re-started in early in 2022 following the easing of […]
Swimmers raise money for Foundation
A team of university staff have taken part in a fundraising event in the Leek, raising money for the Haywood Foundation and Versus arthritis. The group of eight, which was made up of staff from the School of Medicine at Keele University and family members, took part in the Leek Rotary Club’s Swimathon, staged at […]
New portal to help arthritis patients
The Haywood Arthritis Portal – a new online system for people with inflammatory arthritis treated by the Haywood Rheumatology team The Rheumatology Team at the Haywood Hospital have recently launched a new online system for people with inflammatory arthritis, called the “Haywood arthritis portal”. This exciting new system was developed using funding from the Haywood […]
Nutrition and Eating Well Event
The Haywood Foundation and the Port Vale Foundation Trust invite you to a free event: NUTRITION & EATING WELL 10am to 1pm – Friday 28th April 2022 At Tommy Cheadle’s Community Hub, Vale Park Hamil Road, Burslem, ST6 1AW Come along and find out all you need to know about nutrition, how it can improve […]
NASS Stoke-on-Trent sessions are back
National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) Stoke-on-Trent branch weekly sessions are back! Come along and join us for stretches led by our fantastic physiotherapists in our new venue. Please note that you must have a UK diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (Axial SpA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) to attend the sessions. Location: The Church of Light, Hanover […]
Bright idea puts patients’ feet first
The Haywood Foundation runs the ‘Bright Ideas’ scheme. We ask for any ideas that will enhance the lives of people living with arthritis and related conditions. The ideas don’t have to be complicated; they can just be simple solutions to everyday issues. Spinal extended scope practitioner, Lucy Huckfield (pictured), based at the Haywood Hospital, sees […]
Success on a plate for volunteers
Haywood Foundation volunteers, Sandra Ryan and Fiona Walker proudly show off their plates they made last summer as part of the British Ceramic Biennial (BCB),’Stoke Makes Plates’ project. Clay was supplied to participants who then made their own plates at home, returning them to be fired at Spode Works. Sandra and Fiona now have their […]
