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  10 year birthday bash!

  This October we’ll be celebrating DVP’s 10 year birthday in style at the stunning Wembley Stadium!

  
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  The Dentists on ITV 1

  – Dr Ian Wilson, Founder I found ITV’s documentary ‘The Dentists’ last week both illuminating and upsetting. The fact that 90% of adults in the UK suffer from the pain of dental related disease, and the majority, it seems, due to our never ending battle with the fallout from the UK’s addiction with sweets and […]

  
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  Supervision visit – June 2014

  Last week Inno, Stellah and I went on a supervision visit to what used to be known as Kahama District. Starting from July 2013, Kahama District was divided into the 3 districts of Kahama Town, Msalala and Ushetu Districts, and the main aim of this visit was to find out which of the Health Workers […]

  
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  Why I travel (quite a lot)

  – Mark Topley, CEO This week I’m in the UK again – 14 packed days talking about what we’re doing and why – and why people should be concerned about the millions in pain worldwide every day because of untreated dental disease. Because I am often in the UK, some people comment that I travel […]

  
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  Bridge2Aid’s 2014 Golf Tournament is on!

  The Bridge2Aid 2014 Golf Tournament is on!  We’re delighted to announce our hugely popular annual Golf Tournament will be held at Hankley Common Golf Course, in Farnham Surrey, on Wednesday 27th August 2014. Voted the 50th best golf course to play in the UK by Golf World Magazine, Hankley Common provides the perfect setting for […]

  
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  Sengerema and Geita Supervision visits

  Last week, Stellah and Inno visited Sengerema and Geita to meet with some of the trained Health Workers following their successful completion of our dental training programme. It was a busy few days – in Geita, they visited the villages of Bukoli, Nyarugusu, Katoro, Nyang’wale, Nzera, Kashishi and Kasota. They were also able to meet […]

  
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  200 enjoy Morecombe Bay walk

  The rain didn’t deter 200 hardy walkers on Saturday June 7th, as they set out across the sands of Morecombe Bay to raise funds for our training programmes in East Africa. The walkers braved heavy rain and winds as well as the challenges of the infamous sands as they waded thigh-deep through the tepid waters […]

  
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  Food for thought

  – Mark Topley, CEO Last week I took a few days off to coincide  with the kids’ half term break and headed to the Serengeti. On the second and last day we killed the morning at the lodge before the long drive back, and were treated to this great view of the annual controlled burning […]

  
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  Smile in pink 2014!

  On Friday June 6th 2014 we held our first ever national day in partnership with the British Dental Health Foundation for National Smile Month 2014. Over 320 practices up and down the country (plus our own Hope Dental Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania) spent the day in pink, with various pink raffles, pink bake sales and […]

  
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  Exciting times

  – Mark Topley, CEO It’s a very exciting time for me at the moment as the work to relocate Hope Dental Centre (HDC) to a new building has been moving on at pace. The work enters its final stage this week as the internal and external renovations are now ready for the installation of equipment. […]

  
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