Unsere Zusammenstellung von Fotos und Videos von den größten Veranstaltungen, Kampagnen, Spendenaktionen und mehr zum Welt-Parkinson-Tag 2024.
15 April 2024 By Laura Vickers-Green
Jedes Jahr denken wir: “Wow, das war der beste Welt-Parkinson-Tag aller Zeiten!”, und dann kommt das nächste Jahr und die weltweite Parkinson-Gemeinschaft ĂĽbertrifft wieder einmal unsere Erwartungen. Das war auch beim Welt-Parkinson-Tag 2024 nicht anders.
Von einer Kampagne, die auf der ganzen Welt fĂĽr Schlagzeilen sorgte, bis hin zu Meilenstein-Events, erfolgreichen Spendenaktionen und Parkinson-Gemeinschaften, die zusammenkamen, um Musik, Sport und Tanz zu genieĂźen – hier sind unsere globalen Highlights vom Welt-Parkinson-Tag 2024:
Worldwide
Wahrzeichen fĂĽr Parkinson beleuchten
Zum Welt-Parkinson-Tag wurden wieder wunderschöne Gebäude auf der ganzen Welt beleuchtet, und 2024 gab es eine Reihe von Farben, um das Bewusstsein für Parkinson zu schärfen: Großbritannien, die USA, Italien und Kanada leuchteten blau, in Spanien war es rot, Australien färbte seine Wahrzeichen lila und in Dänemark war es grün.
(Mehr australische Wahrzeichen leuchten lila fĂĽr den Welt-Parkinson-Tag 2024Â hier)
2. The “Sit to Stand” challenge
Once again Stand Up To Parkinson’s hosted a global exercise challenge, encouraging people around the world to collectively complete 2 million “sit to stand” exercises for Parkinson’s awareness.
EUROPE-WIDE
3. Parkinson’s Europe launches Summer Of Sport
We were blown away by the response to our new video showing the power of everyday people with Parkinson’s taking on a new sport and finding a sporting community they can enjoy belonging to. Watch the video below and find out more about what’s coming up in the Summer of Sport.
UK
4. The Movers and Shakers take their Parky Charter to the UK Prime Minister
After amassing over 20,000 signatures on a petition supporting their Parky Charter, the hosts of the Movers and Shakers podcast (including TV presenters Jeremy Paxman and Rory Cellan-Jones, and comedy writer Paul Mayhew-Archer) presented the charter to 10 Downing Street, home of the UK Prime Minister:
5. Parkinson’s UK takes over Picadilly Circus
After a week-long digital campaign called There Isn’t One Parkinson’s Journey, featuring moving and enlightening videos telling the stories of a range of people living with Parkinson’s, Parkinson’s UK then took over the Picadilly Lights billboard at London’s Picadilly Circus during the evening of World Parkinson’s Day 2024 with a short film and over 100 photographs of people with Parkinson’s:
6. Brunel University releases new Parkinson’s psychotherapy research paper
The study investigated whether a type of psychotherapy called compassionate mind training – a form of mindfulness – could enhance the well being and quality of life of people with the condition, with results showing that the therapy helped fight against the stigma that is often felt by people with Parkinson’s:
Spain
7. Parkinson’s Walking Football tournament between Spain and the UK
This friendly tournament for World Parkinson’s Day took place in Bilbao, Spain, with the Spanish side up against the England national Parkinson’s football team:
8. FEP launches “Reivindiquemos la Inteligencia Emocional” campaign
Launching the campaign with a moving and thought-provoking video, “Reivindiquemos la Inteligencia Emocional” aims to encourages a more humane approach to Parkinson’s, valuing the emotional skills we possess to tackle the condition in a more personal, empathetic way. Find out more on the Inteligencia Emocional website.
Germany
9. The Berlin Symphony Orchestra play at the Yuvedo Foundation’s World Parkinson’s Day 2024 event
Wie das beeindruckende Video unten zeigt, war das Konzert der World Parkinson’s Night etwas ganz Besonderes. An der Veranstaltung nahm auch der deutsche Gesundheitsminister Karl Lauterbach teil.
Ireland
10. First-ever national audit of Parkinson’s care in Ireland published
This milestone study was eagerly welcomed by the Irish Parkinson’s associations, including our Member Organisations Parkinson’s Ireland and EOPD.IE:
11. Parkinson’s Europe Vice President Gary Boyle by FutureNeuro
Portugal
12. Young Parkies Portugal launch new Parkies At The Table series
In this video series, a chef, an expert and a member of the public sit down together over a meal to discuss Parkinson’s, encouraging a wider conversation on the condition throughout Portugal, removing stigma, and sharing delicious recipes from Portuguese chefs at the same time! The first episode is now live on YouTube.
The Netherlands
13. Parkinson Vereniging’s annual World Parkinson’s Day conference
Highlights of this event included a poem read by Peter van den Berg, who lives with Parkinson’s (you can read the poem here), and Dutch neurology professor Bas Bloem and ParkinsonNet’s Marten Munneke both receiving a prestigious “koninklijke onderscheiding” (royal decoration) award.
Switzerland
14. Parkinson Schweiz veranstaltete Konferenz zum Welt-Parkinson-Tag 2024 in Lugano
Die Veranstaltung (von der du unten ein Videointerview sehen kannst) fand in der USI in Lugano statt, wo ĂĽber 100 Menschen anwesend waren.
Croatia
15. Doppelevent in Zagreb und Rijeka
Unsere Mitgliedsorganisation Parkinson i Mi hat am Welt-Parkinson-Tag in Kroatien zwei Veranstaltungen an zwei Orten – Zagreb und Rijeka – durchgefĂĽhrt, darunter Aufklärungsarbeit, ein Kunstworkshop, Vorträge und Tanz!
There’s lots more photos and videos on their Facebook page.
USA
16. PD Avengers senden 24-Std. “Spark The Night” Livestream
Der von Larry Gifford moderierte Live-Stream bot inspirierende Interviews, Musik von Grammy-prämierten Künstlern und eindrucksvolle Dokumentationen.
Forschungsarbeit liefert eine neue Theorie fĂĽr die Entstehung von Parkinson
Die am Welt-Parkinson-Tag veröffentlichte neue Forschungsarbeit der Universität von Rochester (USA) legt den Schwerpunkt auf mögliche Umweltursachen für Parkinson wie Pestizide, Luftverschmutzung und verunreinigte Lebensmittel und Trinkwasser.
Australia
18. Shake It Up Australia campaign raises $21,000 on World Parkinson’s Day 2024
The Australian organisation’s fundraising activities on World Parkinson’s Day took their monthly total donations so far to over $150,000.
New Zealand
19. Cure Parkinson’s NZ releases feature-length documentary “1 in 37”
Telling the personal stories of five people living with Parkinson’s in New Zealand, this hour-long film was released on World Parkinson’s Day, and can be viewed in full below:
Kenya
20. Milestone event takes place in Kenya
This first event of its kind was hosted at the Mama Grace Onyango Social Centre in Kisumu County, featuring experts, caregivers and people with Parkinson’s coming together as a community to raise awareness.
You can see more photos from the event on Facebook.
There were hundreds more World Parkinson’s Day events taking place across the world – we were grateful for every single one of them. Browse more events on our Parkinson’s map or on social media using the hashtag #WorldParkinsonsDay.
