New Partnership
CWA is delighted to announce a partnership agreement with the Lyme Resource Centre (LRC).
CWA and LRC share an ambition to encourage people to enjoy the outdoors and specifically community woodlands safely. This includes people being aware of and protecting themselves from the risk of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
CWA and LRC will work together to ensure that community woodland group members and the public who enjoy the woods are better protected from tick borne diseases by
• Raising awareness of ticks and tick-borne disease.
• Improving understanding of prevention of tick bites
• Providing information on detecting tick bites and techniques for the safe removal of attached ticks
• Educating the public about the early signs and symptoms of Lyme disease and the action they should take to seek appropriate care
The aims of the partnership will be achieved by CWA and LRC working together through the provision of LRC developed resources, free of charge, to member community woodlands for local use best suited to their circumstances.
Norman Lannigan LRC Trustee said “We are delighted to have formed this partnership which we hope will be the first of many with groups who share our ambition of enabling enjoyment of the outdoors whilst protecting the public from the threat of ticks and tick-borne disease. We know that 22% of people who responded to our patient survey and who were diagnosed with Lyme disease recall their tick bite following a walk in woodlands so this partnership is particularly important.”
Andy Rockall, CWA Director, said “I very much welcome this new relationship with the Lyme Resource Centre which will encourage people to go into woodlands with better knowledge of ticks and tick-borne disease which are to be understood and respected not feared. Ticks are no reason to stay away from the many wonderful community woodlands across Scotland.”
The CWA is a Scottish charity, a membership organisation with community woodland group members that own and manage woodlands across Scotland.