Our August Media Roundup

'Trek for Charlie' hand in petition to Number 10 Downing Street calling for free prescriptions for everyone with cystic fibrosis

RAF Squadron leader Nick Smith and fellow RAF serviceman Liam Summerfield walked 265km in five days to 10 Downing Street with a petition, which over 15,000 people from the community signed, calling for free prescriptions for everyone with cystic fibrosis. Nick spoke to the Express about his challenge this month, which he's calling 'Trek for Charlie' after his daughter Charlotte, who has cystic fibrosis.

You can find Nick's Just Giving page here.

Charlie Merriman and Yvonne Hughes perform at Edingburgh Fringe

Two comics with cystic fibrosis performed at Edinburgh Fringe this month. Charlie Merriman performed his one- man comedy show 'WONDERDRUG: a comedy about cystic fibrosis' and Yvonne Hughes from Scotland performed standup comedy at the Fringe, having only taken up comedy three years ago.

You can watch the live stream of Charlie's show here and you can find some of Yvonne's work on instagram here. 

Children's book written based on a boy with cystic fibrosis

A new children’s book written about a boy with cystic fibrosis has been published this month. The book, Amazing Albert The Hero! Was written by Juli Frances Taylor and BBC Radio Oxford presenter Adam Ball and based on Adam's son, Albert.

You can find out more about Amazing Albert The Hero here and you can buy the book here. 

NHS England announce COVID-19 booster jabs for people with cystic fibrosis

Last but not least, NHS England have announced that people with cystic fibrosis are eligible for the Autumn COVID-19 booster jabs. The jabs will be available from the 11th of September for people with CF, following confirmation from NHS England.

You can read more about this here. 

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