Meets on the third Wednesday of the month, from 2pm to 4pm, at the Education Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 9QP.
Please contact the Midlands office before going to your first meeting by telephoning 0116 249 5780 or emailing . They will give you the group's contact details so that you can check the meeting is on.
2011 Programme
Wednesday 16 February: Open Meeting with tea, cakes, chat, and maybe a DVD - Brian
Wednesday 16 March: Family History – Jean Perry
Wednesday 13 April: Carvery lunch at The Rugger Tavern, Nuneaton, £9.50 (fare and meal, drinks and extras must be paid for separately), leaving at 11.30am
Wednesday 20 April: Caring for Carers - Crossroads
Saturday 7 May: Fundraising Coffee Morning and sale table, Loughborough Baptists Church, 10am to 12 noon. Please bring friends.
Wednesday 11 May: Ulverscroft Manor: a lovely, peaceful day out with a hot lunch. Morning tea or coffee is followed by a picturesque ride around the Charnwood Forest. £10, leaving at 10.30am
Wednesday 18 May: Anna Murphy - Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist
Wednesday 8 June: Breathe Easy Week – Bric-a-brac sale, tombola and plant sale. Volunteers needed!
Wednesday 15 June: Gardening for the disabled – Mike Eaton
Wednesday 13 July: Amerton Farm and Craft Centre: a great day out for everyone, £12, leaving at 11.00am
Wednesday 20 July: Open Meeting with ‘Dr G’ – ‘Medical Grade Comedy’
Wednesday 10 August: Afternoon cruise along the river trent on the ‘Crusader’. Only 12 spaces available. Take a packed lunch or eat at a pub. £14, leaving at 11.00am
Wednesday 17 August: Age Concern – Helen Williams
Wednesday 7 September: Trentham Gardens and Estates, near Stoke-on-Trent. Take packed lunch or eat at café or restaurant. £18, leaving at 10.30am
Saturday 10 September: Fundraising Coffee Morning and sale table, Loughborough Baptists Church, 10am to 12 noon. Please bring friends.
Wednesday 21 September: AGM with cake, chat (and election of Committee and Officers!)
Wednesday 5 October: Ulverscroft Grange (new!) tea rooms, community centre, charity shop and model railway. The day ends with a ride round Charnwood Forest
Wednesday 19 October: Sonal Patel – Dietician from Gelnfield Hospital
Wednesday 9 November: Fundraising Bric-a-brac, tombola with book sale, Glenfield Hospital main entrance, 9am to 3pm. Volunteers needed!
Wednesday 16 November: Severn Trent Water and E.o.N – return visit by request
Wednesday 7 December: Christmas lunch –Venue, time and price tba.
Latest News
Awareness Day
BE Glenfield held their 'Huff & Puff' awareness day at Leicester's Beumont Leys Shopping Centre, where they were joined by Smoking Cessation, Respiratory Physiology, a respiratory research team, and members of the pulmonary rehab team. Lung function tests were performed on 40 members of the public and group members spoke to a lot of people, including some potential new group members.
Breathe Easy Week 2010
Once again BE Glenfield held their annual Bric-a-Brac sale in the reception area of Glenfield 
Hospital, Leicester. Along with a tombola stall, they sold donated items, hand made wooden bowls and vases and held a plant and flower sale outside, with the help of their scare-crow lady, who was very kindly made by a group member’s family.The group did very well and raised over £600.
World COPD Day 2009
Ahead of World COPD Day, Breathe Easy Glenfield held a Bric-a-Brac stall on 11 November in the reception area of Glenfield Hospital. Group members donated many items to sell, including some beautiful wooden bowls and vases that had been handcrafted! As the Bric-a-Brac took place on Remembrance Day, a two-minute silence was held at 11am. £578.43 was raised in total!
The group have also recently purchased 90 patient information booklets for Glenfield Hospital. One 
will be put by every bed on the main respiratory wards. The booklets have been produced to improve communication between staff, patients and relatives. They contain useful information relating to the ward environment, nursing and medical staff, hospital services, standards patients can expect, and discharge information. They also give patients and relatives the opportunity to leave feedback so that services can be improved. The folders are very cost effective as individual sheets can be replaced if changes occur, rather than having to reprint the whole booklet. They can also be wiped clean so do not pose an infection control risk. Below, group members are pictured holding the booklets with Matron Judith Evans at their World COPD Day bric-a-brac event.
Breathe Easy Glenfield Win Award
Breathe Easy Glenfield have won a Breath of Fresh Air 08-09 Award for Outstanding Service over 15 years. The group celebrate their 15 year anniversary this year and have made a fantastic contribution to the local community since they were established, providing invaluable support and information to people affected by a lung condition and raising awareness of lung disease. The group's Treasurer Roy Davies is pictured receiving the award from Jeremy Bacon, the Midlands Support and Development Manager.
Breathe Easy Week 2009
Breathe Easy Glenfield held a sale and tombola stand in the foyer of The University Hospitals of Leicester Glenfield Hospital (pictured left).
Throughout the day the group were able to able to sell hand crafted wooden bowls and bedding plants along with an array of items that had been donated for the cause. The day proved to be a great success and the group were able to raise a total of £600, whilst also carrying on the essential work of reminding their "customers" of what Breathe Easy is all about.
