Breathe Easy Darlington is celebrating a five figure funding award from the National Lottery Community Fund for its “Living well with respiratory Ill health” project.
Largely self- funded previously, this award means Breathe Easy Darlington’s membership community, who all have chronic respiratory health conditions, can continue with weekly pulmonary rehabilitation classes for the next 12 months. Classes in Yoga and singing, and more social outings will be added for those with respiratory ill health resident in Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire and County Durham.
Ann Boyd Secretary of Breathe Easy Darlington said: “Like all voluntary organisations we are struggling with rising costs. This funding reduces the cost burden on our existing members and encourages new people to join. We are the only organisation outside of the NHS to offer pulmonary rehabilitation exercise classes, which have been proven to help control and reduce breathlessness, lowering GP visits and hospital admissions.
“We thank everyone who buys a lottery ticket and contributes to the funding to organisations like us.”
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