Another big thank you, this time to Alison Parham for organising a number of interviews at Allergy UK and to all of the members I spoke to.
I was invited up to Sidcup, Kent to the Allergy UK offices where I spoke to CEO Jim Bennett, Deputy CEO Lindsey McManus and Fundraising Manager, Rebecca Carey.
We spoke about why the Allergy UK charity was set up and what it hopes to achieve, including training allergy nurses to take pressures off of GPs and give extra help and support to those suffering from allergies. We also discussed the increasing use of the Internet by patients to diagnose their various allergic conditions, as well the inspirational stories of those who have helped raised funds for the charity.
The interviews will be used throughout the multimedia project for both my written piece, which will address the increasing use of the Internet for self diagnosis and my main radio piece, which will explore the issues of steroid addiction and why it happens.
