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Dental Nurse Dawn visits local preschool
Yesterday our Dental Nurse Dawn visited Herons Preschool, in Waterbeach, for an oral health session talking to the children about all things teeth! The children learned about sugars in foods, how to brush your teeth and what makes your teeth happy or sad and healthy or unhealthy. They especially loved brushing Henry the horse’s teeth…
Announcing our Fundraising total of £1896 for Cancer Research
On Saturday 15th October a group of us from Devonshire House took part in the Cambridge Shine Walk to raise funds as a practice for our group charity Cancer Research UK. We are proud to have raised an amazing £1896.28 for this amazing charity and would like to thank everyone who sponsored us. Special thanks…
Cambridge Shine Walk – Raising funds for Cancer Research
On Saturday 15th October a group of us from Devonshire House took part in the Cambridge Shine Walk to raise funds as a practice for our group charity Cancer Research. We had a great evening spending time together outside of work and raising funds for such an amazing cause. The 10km illuminating night-time walk took…
No smoking day
Colouring Competition Winner
Winning entry of Devonshire House colouring competition at St John’s school
Supporting Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
We are delighted to have hired the fantastic conference facilities for the first time to help raise money for the hospice charity. A highly recommended meeting venue with lots of free parking next door at the Babraham park and ride site. Great for our team training events, looking forward to our next event here. …
Jo launches Raise a Smile video challenge
Raisin Awareness is Jo’s campaign to have dried fruit removed from the free fruit snack selection at primary schools. Over 2 million children, in 16,600 primary schools in England, are given raisins and sultanas as a snack six times a year, increasing their risk of tooth decay. Well done Jo for launching such a great campaign which…
Coptic Dental
We are delighted to be able to support the charity Coptic Dental by donating to their amazing project. Their goal is to provide free mobile dental clinics in rural communities in Egypt where 70% of children have untreated dental decay. The charity is already half way to their goal of £50,000 for their first clinic.…
Hygienists’ Mouth Cancer Walk
Well done to our lovely Hygiene team who took part in the Mouth Cancer Fundraiser 10K Walk on Sunday to raise as much money and awareness as possible. Although disappointed not to be able to walk as a team, they enjoyed walking routes of their choice in pairs or individually. Donations are still welcome for this great cause…
Jo visits local pre school to talk about going to the dentist
Our Oral Health Advisor Jo was delighted to visit Pendragon Pre-school this morning as part of their “People who help us” topic.Jo talked to the children about what happens when you visit the dentist and enjoyed playing toothbrushing & tooth-friendly snacks games with them.
Dental nurse campaigns against giving raisins as a snack to young children
Jo Dawson, Devonshire House Dental Nurse Oral Health Educator and determined member of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry is trying to change the policy of the Government-funded School Fruit and Vegetable Service (SFVS) which gives out dried raisins as a snack on the first day of each half term. Children between the ages of 5-7…
Christmas Jumper Day
Thank you to everyone at our two practices and dental laboratory who took part in Christmas Jumper and Socks Day on Friday. We raised an amazing £75.21 for Save the Children.
Devonshire House raise funds for Addenbrooke’s
Devonshire House staff help raise funds for Addenbrooke’s Neurological Critical Care Unit. Thank you to everyone who has donated money and toiletries to our collection appeal. The total raised between us and Haverhill cycling club is £1,658. One of our nurses who recently lost a family member on the unit, has headed the fundraising campaign.…