World Parkinson's Day: The Big Sing!

Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's

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Society & Culture, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Pd, Medicine, Science, Health, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

On this very special episode of Movers and Shakers, the gang head out of the Notting Hill pub to take, once again, to Downing Street. But handing over the latest petition is only the start of an action packed day – from there, it's on to the Houses of Parliament to convene with hundreds of Parkies for The Big Sing! This episode is a little journey through the day, as we speak to people who made the trip down to London about their experiences and hopes for the future. Plus, Mark Mardell is up in Huddersfield, as the WPD celebrations spread across the country.

Don't forget to sign the Parky Charter petition by going to ParkyPetition.com!

Sponsored by Boardwave, who support Cure Parkinson's.

Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

Sound mixing by Ewan Cameron.

Music by Alex Stobbs.

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0:00.0	Podo.
0:02.0	You're listening to Movers and Shakers, a podcast about living with Parkinson's.
0:12.0	The show is generously sponsored by Bordwave, an exclusive European networking community for software founders and CEOs.
0:19.0	Boardwave is a passionate supporter of Cure Parkinson's.
0:22.7	For more details on the charity's progress around research and its fundraising,
0:27.3	please visit cureparkinsons.org.org.org.
0:35.4	Hello everybody. I'm Gillian Nacey Solomon and welcome to a special edition of Movers and Shakers.
0:41.5	We are live outside Parliament today.
0:45.2	We've just been to Downing Street and handed in the petition as far as it stands so far.
0:50.0	Over 20,000 signatures for which we're hugely grateful.
0:53.6	But now comes the really big thing.
0:56.0	We are going to turn the big thing into the big sing, and we have, I don't know how many people here,
1:03.0	300, 400, maybe even 500 people here, to sing with us and to make a real difference
1:09.0	and to make those people in Parliament sit up and take notice.
1:12.1	And we're all utterly gobsmacked. There are hundreds of people. I don't want to get
1:16.6	to Donald Trump about it, but it's the biggest crowd ever seen outside Parliament, almost.
1:22.0	People have come from all over. And let's hear a little bit about who they are and where they've
1:26.8	come from. Hi, my name's Matt Eagles. I've come down from Cheshire today.
1:31.4	I'm currently celebrating my 50th year since my diagnosis with Parkinson's.
1:37.4	We're a year on, I think, from delivering the first Parkey Charter petition.
1:41.1	How do you think things are going? Are you feeling positive?
1:43.1	I think you have to.
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