May Annual Lyme Awareness Month
May Awareness 2025
Find us on social media for updates on LRC activities during Lyme awareness month 2025
Light up for Lyme 2025
Every year in May, a large number of buildings and landmarks across the UK, Republic of Ireland and beyond support Lyme Disease Awareness Month by Lighting up for Lyme.
LRC alongside our friends at LDUK and the patient communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland are grateful for their support.
These are the locations that have been confirmed so far.
Please let us know of any other venues that might be interested in joining ‘Light up for Lyme’ and remember to send in your photos to our social media accounts or email us at admin@lymeresourcecentre.com.
Scotland
Aberdeenshire Council Buildings and Marischal College | 01/05/2025 |
Renfrew Town Hall | 27/05/2025 |
Bascule Bridge, Renfrew | 27/05/2025 |
Houston Square Bandstand, Johnstone | 27/05/2025 |
Tweedie Hall, Linwood | 27/05/2025 |
England
Hotel La Tour, Milton Keynes | 01/05/2025 - 31/05/2025 |
Alexandra Palace (mast), London | 02/05/2025 |
Nottingham Council House | 02/05/2025 |
Oxford Castle and Prison (mound) | 02/05/2025 |
St Edmundsbury Cathedral | 02/05/2025 |
Weymouth Pavilion | 02/05/2025 |
Southampton Guildhall | 03/05/2025 |
Acresfield Health Club & Spa, Garstang, Preston | 04/05/2025 |
Tower 42, London | 05/05/2025 |
Sefton Park Palm House, Liverpool | 07/05/2025 |
Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol | 09/05/2025 |
Centre: MK (carpark), Milton Keynes | 09/05/2025 |
Cranbrook Union Windmill, Kent | 09/05/2025 |
Theatre Royal Windsor | 13/05/2025 |
The Cambridge Guildhall, Market Hill, Cambridge | 23/05/2025 - 25/05/2025 |
Wales
Cardiff Castle | 01/05/2025 |
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth | 09/05/2025 |
Republic of Ireland
Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary | 01/05/2025 |
Kilkenny Castle Park, County Council Offices and Courthouse | 12/05/2025 - 13/05/2025 |
May Awareness 2024
Scotland
England
Republic of Ireland
Edinburgh Castle | 03/05/2024 |
Glasgow Science Centre | 18/05/2024 |
Marischal College | 24/05/2024 |
Renfrewshire | 27/05/2024 |
Wallace Monument | 01/06/2024 |
Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol | 03/05/2024 |
St Edmunds Cathedral | 03/05/2024 |
Tower 42, London | 03/05/2024 |
Liverpool Town Hall | 03/05/2024 |
Oxford Castle and Prison | 11/05/2024 |
Nottingham Council House | 24/05/2024 - 28/05/2024 |
Weymouth Pavilion | 27/05/2024 - 31/05/2024 |
Rock of Cashel | 01/05/2024 |
May Awareness 2023
Rico Franchi - Chapters
To draw a busy #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth to a close, we’re excited to share this new song from @RicoFranchi, using his music as both an outlet for his own pain & anxiety as a result of Lyme infection, but also as a way to raise awareness of Lyme disease.
Expanding Outdoor Tick Awareness:
Scout Adventures and Edinburgh City Council join the cause
During May, Scout Adventures at Fordell Firs (Fife), Lochgoilhead (Argyll) and Meggernie Estate (Perthshire) have installed our signs at their outdoor centres to educate their visitors about ticks and Lyme disease and did a fantastic job sharing the message online.
Edinburgh City Council was another significant request we supported, sending them 20 signs for their urban and country park portfolio, as well as posters for their notice boards.
We were pleased to help lots of smaller organisations and individuals showing an interest and taking signs for local trails / community groups.
Thank you to all those helping to raise awareness of ticks and tick borne infections.
Light up for Lyme 2023
The Lyme Resource Centre have worked with local authorities and other bodies to enable the lighting of public buildings and other landmarks in green during Lyme Disease awareness month of May. The lighting of the buildings is accompanied by a communications and publicity strategy which answers the question from the public as to why the buildings and landmarks are lit up green. The purpose of this is to raise awareness of Lyme Disease among the public and to encourage them to access further information resources to promote the prevention of tick borne disease, safe removal off ticks and the early recognition of symptoms when a tick bite is detected.
Some examples of public buildings and landmarks in Scotland are illustrated below and include :
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Falkirk Wheel
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The Kelpies Falkirk
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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
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Titan Crane Clydebank
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Wallace Monument Stirling
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Milngavie Town Hall
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Kilsyth Bandstand
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Bearsden Halls
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Ness Bridge Inverness
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Marischall College Council Headquarters, Aberdeen
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Strathclyde University Wolfson Centre
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Strathclyde University Technology Innovation Centre
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Church Street Dumbarton
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Bowline, Bowling
Parliamentary Motion - May 2023
EVELYN TWEED MSP- Motion S6M-07769
Evelyn Tweed Scottish National Party Stirling
Members' Business Motion Lodged: 14/02/2023 Due in Chamber 17/05/2023
National Lyme Disease Awareness Month
That the Parliament acknowledges that May 2023 is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month; notes that Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks, which are tiny spider-like creatures found in woodland and moorland areas that feed on the blood of birds and mammals, including humans; understands that many people with early symptoms of Lyme disease develop a circular rash around the tick bite three to 30 days after being bitten, often described as looking like a bull’s eye on a dart board, whilst some people may develop several rashes in different parts of their body, and around one in three people will not develop a rash; further notes, however, that diagnosing Lyme disease is often difficult as many of the symptoms are similar to other conditions; acknowledges that NHS Scotland advises
that Lyme disease is treatable, however, that without treatment, more serious and longer-term symptoms may develop, including pain and swelling in joints, nerve problems, memory problems, difficulty concentrating and heart problems; understands that there is currently no vaccine available and that the best way to prevent Lyme disease is to adopt simple measures when in the countryside or near wildlife, including tucking trousers into socks and wearing insect repellent, and notes the calls encouraging anybody who is concerned that they have contracted Lyme disease to contact their GP and for everyone to take precautions when in the countryside.