| Environmental Health News 18th July 2008 Sheffield Council have recently signed a lead authority partnership agreement with the Tattooing & Piercing Industry Union at TPI President, Graham Martins studio on Chapel Walk. To read the BMJ or the EHN report please click on the link. |
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| The Dan Aid Team would like to say a Special Thank You to everyone for signing our petition and helping us to reach our target. WOW! our final signature total is: 3,946 |
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| Welcome to our Front Page where we will be putting all our most recent Campaign Achievements, News Stories, Points of Interest and Quick Links |
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Check This Out! The Dan Aid Campaign, BBC Radio Sheffield, Sheffield Heeley MP Meg Munn, The Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board, Thou Art Body Piercing Studios and Sheffield City Councils, Health Protection Service All Working Together In Partnership In Sheffield To Improve The Body Piercing Industry |
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| WOW! We presented our petition to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown at Number 10 Downing Street on Tuesday 24th June 2008 The petition is urging Gordon Brown and his Government to enforce the new Bylaw across the whole of the UK through all the local Health Authorities to help regulate the Body Piercing Industry. |
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Mix & Mash @ Josephs Well, Hanover Walk, Leeds On Friday 13th June 2008 Louise Rigg, CSV Agent 4 Change, volunteer with BBC Leeds held the "MIX & MASH" fund raising event for Dan Aid at the popular music venue "Josephs Well" in Leeds. Five local bands and special guests "Firesuite" took to the stage from 8pm onwards. We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Louise for organising this and for supporting our campaign. For more information about this event please click on the links below. |
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| National News about Body Piercing, June 2008 Many debates about the controversial issues surrounding Body Piercing have been taking place through the media recently. Many of the daily tabloid newspapers ran articles covering this throughout the month with many local and national tv and radio stations having phone-ins and discussions, with many MP's proffessionals, parents and young people giving their views. |
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| "Tattooing and Skin Piercing" debate 11th June 2008 On Wednesday 11th June 2008 Madeleine Moon MP held a parliamentary debate on the issue of regulation of skin piercing and tattooing in Westminster Hall at 4pm. The debate raised concerns about the lack of regulation in this increasingly popular industry. The debate also raised concerns at the lack of any recognised qualifications for tattoo artists and skin piercers and the fact that there is no statutory age requirement for body piercing. Madeleine has very kindly written her own piece for our website. To read what Madeleine has to say, and to find out a little more about her please click on this link. |
| Madeleine Moon, MP for Bridgend |
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| British Medical Journal Survey of piercing sites other than earlobe, 12th June 2008 The British Medical Journal have this week, published the results of a survey they have been carrying out on 10,503 people in England aged 16 and over who have body piercings. The results make for interesting reading with one in ten adults having some kind of body piercing. Body percings are more common amongst young women with 46.2% nearly half the women surveyed having a body piercing. The survey also revealed that almost a third 31% of people between the ages of 16-24 reported suffering complications with one in seven 15.2% seeking professional help. The majority of body piercings (80%) were carried out in shops. Tongue piercings were the most likely to cause problems with 50% resulting in complications. Alamingly 9% of tongue piercings were carried out by non-specialists and many people reported that they had performed their own piercing or had got a friend or relative to do it. The survey found that the most common problem with body piercings were swelling, infection and bleeding. The survey concluded that the populatity of this practice could place a substantial burden on health services. |
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| WOW!! We are very pleased and proud to announce that on Tuesday 24th June 2008 we handed our petition to the Prime Minister at No 10 Downing Street. |
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| Christina with her children Will, George, Joe & Nici outside No 10 Downing Street |
| Meg Munn MP, Michelle Garrigan SCC, Julie Hague SSCB, Graham Martin TPI & Thou Art |
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