Morning
Morning how are you?
I'm good how are you?
I'm okay
Clare
Yeah
How are you coping with not being able to have a haircut
because I am discovering that short hair and no hairdresser
I know it's really difficult isn't it
Nice to meet you Patrick
Hello Dee, Hi Clare
Yeah Patrick this is Dee, Dee this is Patrick
Morning David/Jane
Morning - Oh yeah, that's me
And here's Elaine
Hello
Sorry my machine decided to update
The global pandemic has given us
I guess a direction that means that we're looking at
how people are staying connected
We're not going for any grand gestures here
We're actually trying to say we've had a crap year
Everybody has had a crap year
Within Parkinson's probably slightly worse
but we've had people reaching out
doing this sort of thing
and it's not your big thing to get noticed
It's the wee small things
It's the tea bags in a cup
It's the dance classes
It's the zoom classes where you end up in a choir
whether you can sing or not
We've got seven weeks to go now, is that right? Seven weeks
And when you're having a wobbly day like this
there are a few things that we can do differently aren't there?
It's important to remind people
the fact we've all got Parkinson's, it's not really easy to
with the best intentions
with all the enthusiasm in the world
we're limited by our physical disabilities now
How are we going to engage with people who aren't online
Is the theme connection through isolation
I want to hear are we
so many dynamic fantastic people with Parkinson's
We are adding to our community
Maybe there's creativity
there's choirs
maybe there's sporting things
maybe there's craft things
maybe there's social things
maybe there's health events
all of those kind of things where
different parts of the community have stayed together
And is it going to be a scripted thing
How would we moderate it
will it be panel discussion
we know that there are lots of options
We've realised
that initial vision for some kind of international event
that perhaps passed the baton around the globe
during a 24 hour period would be
incredibly incredibly difficult to achieve
My understanding is that we start with the song
I've got goosebumps after that
Brilliant
Wouldn't it be good to get David on to chat about it?
He's been trying to avoid that Dave
Okay
I just think you created it
It was your thought process
So it'd be nice to hear you, how it all came together
Welcome to Together Apart
as we celebrate the achievements of our community
in this most difficult of years
Everything you see this morning
has been shaped by members of the Parkinson's community
We've actually broken down so many barriers during the pandemic
Music's one thing that helps me with Parkinson's
more than anything else
It was just my way really to connect with people
This is what I want to give people today
on World Parkinson's Day
It's full of hope
Anything that you can do to make yourself more active
is going to make a really big impact
on your Parkinson's symptoms
It's so inspiring to show what's possible
when we all work together
The insights in what is happening in the brain
are further than ever before
Hi I'm Larry Gifford
I have young onset Parkinson's
And stay strong everybody and raise your voice