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By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Charity Support, Newsletter

Helping people in India

Earlier in 2024 I visited the West Bengal and Jharkhand regions of North East India. This was a long held dream to visit India, but I didn't want to just see the country - instead I wanted to utilise my skills to help people in the local communities there. Starting in Kolkata word quickly spread and family member after family member came to see me. But it was in a small village near Ranchi that word seemed to go viral.

 

We'd managed to organise a cricket game for the afternoon, but on my return to the family home I was staying at there was a lounge full of people waiting to be seen. It wasn't until after midnight that everyone had been seen on that occasion!

Overall it was an amazing experience and particularly enjoyable because I could use my skills to help those people in communities who had no access to this kind of help.

And a huge thank you to the families who provided accommodation and such excellent translation services!

 

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Charity Support, Newsletter

‘Charities of the Year’ receive donations as a result of recommendations

Shawmind and Beaumond House receive donations

In March 2020 the second 'Charity of the Year' campaign started with Beamond House Hospice Care continuing to be supported. They were joined by local mental health charity, Shawmind. Due to the pandemic the 'year' has been extended to ensure both charities are supported as well as we possibly can.

Since launching Back To Life Clinic I have committed to: Donate £5 to the Charities of the Year for every new patient who attends because they have received a recommendation from a client.

I am very pleased to say that in September 2021 we donated a total of £185 to these two excellent local charities. This was due to the kind word-of-mouth recommendations from our clients. So THANK YOU on behalf of the charities for recommending Back To Life Clinic.

Beaumond House CoY page

Shawmind CoY page

 

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Charity Support, Newsletter

Beaumond House Christmas 2020 Advent Calendar Message from Back To Life Clinic

Back To Life Clinic's Christmas message for the Beaumond House 2020 Advent Calendar

As well as supporting Beaumond House throughout 2020 we are raising more funds in December by taking part in the Beaumond House Advent Calendar campaign. To raise funds we will be donating £5 for every client who attends their appointment in a Xmas jumper in December!

As part of the Advent Calendar we also said we would provide a free present to everyone by taking you through some simple stretches to alleviate some common Christmas time related issues. You can find that video here.

If you'd like to help us to raise more money for Beaumond House and our other charity of the year (ShawMind), then please book your appointment today.

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Back Exercises, Charity Support, Health Information, Neck Exercises, Newsletter, Stretches

Christmas present for the Beaumond House Advent Calendar

Back To Life Clinic's 'Christmas Present' for the Beaumond House Christmas 2020 Advent Calendar

As well as supporting Beaumond House throughout 2020 we are raising more funds throughout December by taking part in the Beaumond House Advent Calendar campaign. To raise funds we will be donating £5 for every client who attends their appointment in a Xmas jumper in December!

As part of the Advent Calendar we also said we would provide a free present to everyone by taking you through some simple stretches to alleviate some common Christmas time related issues. In this video we take you through some easy neck stretches to help alleviate neck stiffness and related headaches (cervicogenic headaches), as well as upper back stiffness.

If you'd like to help us to raise more money for Beaumond House and our other charity of the year (ShawMind), then please book your appointment today.

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Charity Support, Newsletter, Other, Work Related

Charity of the Year Update

The first Back To Life Clinic charity of the year initiative supported two amazing local Newark charities – Beaumond House Hospice Care and the Children’s Bereavement Centre. Here are a few highlights of the support BTLC has been able to provide:

 

Events and donations

One activity that has relied on the fantastic support of the many wonderful BTLC clients has been the £5 donation for every new patient that came from a recommendation. I am pleased to say that 36 new patients were recommended to come to the clinic. Through the year we’ve also participated in the Beaumond House Ball and their Be Bright Blue event – donating 50% of new patient treatment fees that day to Beaumond House. We’ve also supported the charities’ own events through donating top fundraiser prizes to help incentivise others to raise more! These activities helped us donate over £400.

 

The most enjoyable event during the year though, was the first annual Newark Dragon Boat race which supported both Beaumond House and Children’s Bereavement Centre. You needed a team of at least 12 to take part so BTLC joined several other local companies from the Newark Business Club to form ‘The Winning Team!’. Unfortunately, we didn’t win the race, but we did live up to our name by winning the highest team fundraising prize. Together our businesses raised over £2,700. Ian even helped raise extra money by providing massages during the day for dragon boaters and spectators!

 

Free desk assessments and treatments for staff

The year of support started with providing free corporate desk setup assessments for the team at Beaumond House. It was great to see the change in the team’s health and wellbeing after adjusting their desks and chairs to ensure they were better positioned. The staff were also taken through some exercises to help keep them pain free at work. At the same time several members of the nursing and fundraising teams who needed more support were given free treatments.

Chief Executive Debbie Abrams said “Ian has generously donated his time and talents to staff at Beaumond House Community Hospice these last few weeks. We are all much healthier thanks to his expertise. We are very grateful. Thank you Ian.”.

Throughout the year this gift-in-kind donation amounted to £3,500.

 

Our first ‘Charities of the Year’

I am really proud to say that this support for our two chosen charities totalled over £4,000 in direct donations and gifts-in-kind from BTLC plus the Dragon Boat team total of over £2,700. I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has helped support these activities throughout the year, we’ve certainly enjoyed helping such great charities.

 

What this support could help the charities to provide

childrens-bereavement-centre

For Newark’s Children’s Bereavement Centre:

  • £6 would supply a grieving child with a comfort bear
  • £10 would pay for a child to attend an activity/workshop
  • £25 could pay for a support session for a child
  • £200 would pay for 8 play therapy sessions for a child

For Beaumond House Hospice Care:

  • £5 would pay for afternoon tea and cake for a patient, plus a memory box to put their treasured items in
    £8.70 would pay for one hour of bereavement support
    £15 would pay for a day-therapy patient to have a lovely cooked lunch, nutritious snacks, teas and coffee during their day
  • £36 would cover the cost of a Health Care Assistant to plan, coordinate and run the day-hospice activities
  • £400 would pay for 24 hours of inpatient care

Our 2020-21 ‘Charities of the Year’

With the need for mental health support growing throughout the current pandemic, our chosen charities for 2020-21 are ShawMind (a local mental health charity) and Beaumond House Hospice Care once again.

You can help us to raise more for these amazing charities by recommending Back To Life Clinic to new potential patients. We will then donate £5 after their first appointment.

 

We look forward to more opportunities to help raise awareness of, and funds for, these two great charities throughout 2020-21.

THANK YOU

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Charity Support, Health Information, Newsletter, Other, Work Related

Newark Advertiser interviews osteopath Ian Jenkinson

Julia Jones of the Newark Advertiser recently visited Back To Life Clinic. She was here to find out about the extensive safety and hygiene measures being implemented to keep our customers and staff safe. With the heightened alert status now imposed across Nottinghamshire, these safety procedures are even more important. (You can access more information about these here).

Julia also highlighted one of my key messages, "people don't need to be suffering and living in pain". Instead, more often than not, there is something we can do about it. Hopefully then we can debunk myths like, 'I should expect to be in pain, I'm getting older'. It would be great to see that more people are seeking help from myself, or other therapists, to help them live happier, healthier, pain-free lives.

You can read the full article on the Newark Advertiser website.

By Ian at Back To Life Clinic Charity Support, Health Information, Newsletter, Other, Work Related

Newark Advertiser article about Back To Life Clinic and osteopath Ian Jenkinson

Newark Advertiser Osteopath Article

Julia Jones has written a lovely article about Back To Life Clinic for the Newark Advertiser. The article coincided with the opening of the new clinic premises at Northgate Business Centre.

The article looks at:

  • What the benefits are, for people who are in pain, of visiting osteopath Ian Jenkinson
  • Why people shouldn't believe that getting old means they should accept and expect pain
  • Why Ian is so committed to helping free people from pain

Read the full article by clicking on the photo above, or see the Back To Life Clinic facebook page.

By BrandNewark Charity Support, Newsletter, Other

Supporting Beaumond House Community Hospice and Newark Children’s Bereavement Centre

Can you help me raise more money for Beaumond House Community Hospice and Children's Bereavement Centre!?

I've spent the last 9 weeks volunteering my services to treat members of the Beaumond House nursing and staff teams. I'm now looking to raise money for them and the Children's bereavement centre in Newark. For every new patient that comes from a recommendation I will donate £5 to these fantastic charities. Help me spread the word!

By BrandNewark Charity Support, Health Information, Other

Inspiring the next generation of osteopaths

I'm here at the Newark and Lincolnshire Future First school careers expo to inspire the next generation of Osteopaths and Physiotherapists.

It's National Stress Awareness week and one thing that helps me with stress is doing a job I love. We're expecting 1,000 teenagers from Magnus Church of England School, Newark Academy, The Minster School, Southwell, Toot Hill School, Sir William Robertson High School, Hill Holt Wood, The Dukeries Academy and The Joseph Whitaker School - so hoping I can inspire some of them to find a career they love too!