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Dorchester
Branch
Dorchester and District BackCare (DDBC)meet quarterly in the Children's Centre,
Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester.
The entrance to the Children's Centre is the first turning on the right,
after the traffic lights, on Damers Road. The meetings are held in the mornings,
between 10.00am and 12.30pm, when anyone can drop in as they please.
Local membership is £5 per year, with a charge of £1 for each meeting attended.
National members do not need to pay the meeting charge. Refreshments are provided.
We have a selection of books, re pain management, exercises and dietary advice, plus a
selection of Magnatherapy devices, which the members may borrow.
We also arrange meals out and other social events.
We welcome anyone who has problems with their back, or any other skeletal or muscular
problem, plus carers and those who wish to prevent future back problems.
Help is also available for anyone who needs to complete benefits application forms.
Programme of Events
2007 |
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| 8th March |
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Meeting 10.00 - 12.30
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| 12th April |
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Meeting 10.00 - 12.30
Visit from David Kitleigh of Posturite |
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| 3rd May |
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Meeting 10.00 - 12.30
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| 28th June |
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Meeting 10.00 - 12.30
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| 6th September |
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Meeting 10.00 - 12.30
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| 25th October |
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Meeting 10.00 - 12.30
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| 22nd November |
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Meeting 10.00 - 12.30
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Venue
Seminar Room
Children's Centre
Dorset County Hospital
Williams Avenue
Dorchester
Entrace via glass doors facing car park
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Contacts
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Secretary Maureen Morton, tel:01305 823341, email: maureenmorton@btinternet.com
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For
more information, please email
the national office of BackCare
at Teddington.
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Once, I use to be so fit,
Dashing about, no time to sit
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Then, alas, as time went on
My former self, I could not rely upon.
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And then my back began to ache,
My head, it felt that it would break
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With legs of jelly and hands so weak,
Walking so far would take all week!
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The job, also, it had to go -
Was there a lighter one? - Oh no!
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But now I have a little hope,
A self help group, to help me cope
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To make Friends, anew, to be less broody,
Being in pain makes me moody.
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Though better, my pains are not,
At least I feel that I can trot!
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Maureen Morton, March 2003
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