FIRST EVER FOOD FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO ‘FREE FROM’ PRODUCTS LAUNCHES AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE Date: Friday 25 – Sunday 27 November 2011 Time: 11am – 8pm daily (6pm on Sunday) Venue: Southbank Centre Square, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX How to find it: Southbank Centre Square, behind the Royal Festival Hall. The venue is five minutes walk from Waterloo & Embankment tube … [Read more...]
Top 10 highlights from The Allergy & Gluten Free show 2011
This year's Allergy and Gluten Free Show was the biggest and best yet. I've been going for years and it seems the allergy world is growing fast. It was positively buzzing with activity; loads more exhibitors, hundreds more visitors, broader seminar programme, demonstrations, cookery workshops and a whole lot more. If you didn't make it this year, here are my top ten … [Read more...]
The Missing Link – Understanding allergies, asthma and hay fever
This week is National Allergy Week from 11th - 17th April 2011, where allergy charities and organisations put extra effort into raising awareness of allergies, the causes, triggers and the possible treatments available. Supported this year by Dettol and Care Allergy Defence, Allergy UK have just released their latest report The Missing Link to add grist to the mill. It's … [Read more...]
Allergy lobbying at the Houses of Parliament
The National Allergy Strategy Group (NASG) organised a Parliamentary Reception on November 3rd 2010 entitled: "Allergy: the effect on quality of life". The NASG is an alliance of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI), the patient charities, Allergy UK, The Anaphylaxis Campaign and the Allergy Alliance and Industry Partners. Together they work to … [Read more...]
National Indoor Allergy Week – what will you do?
I had never heard of National Indoor Allergy Week before, but I realised last week that it happens every year on the last week of October and focuses on raising awareness of the various things that can cause indoor allergies and sharing tips and tricks for sufferers about how to cope. Indoor allergies can be triggered by house dust mites, mould, pets and their dander and … [Read more...]