Crossed Grain

SUPPORTER NEWS | 4 Coeliac UK, 3rd Floor Apollo Centre, Desborough Road, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 2QW. A charity registered in England and Wales (1048167) and in Scotland (SC039804) and a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (3068044). www.coeliac.org.uk facebook.com/CoeliacUK 0333 332 2033 @Coeliac_UK youtube.com/UKCoeliac generalenquiries@coeliac.org.uk www.coeliac.org.uk @CoeliacUK dietitian@coeliac.org.uk DISCLAIMER All information is supplied in good faith and is believed to be correct at the time of going to press but Coeliac UK is not responsible for any errors. No correspondence will be entered into. Get in touch We always love to hear from you! So send your feedback and ideas to publications@coeliac.org.uk . Or contact us via phone (10.00am-4.00pm, Monday to Friday), email or social media for any other enquiries. With thanks to all of you, the Gluten Free Lottery has raised over £1 million to support our work since it started. This fabulous amount means that we’ve been able to continue to provide many of our vital services, as well as campaigning for everyone who needs a gluten free diet. The draw for the Gluten Free Lottery takes place on a Friday every week and each entry costs just £1. What’s even better about the Gluten Free Lottery is that 60p from every £1 entry comes to Coeliac UK to support our work. That’s at least 10p per entry more than any other well known lottery scheme! Any UK resident can join in as long as they are aged 18 years or over. For each entry, you’ll be given a unique 6 digit number that is exclusive to you. There’s a great chance of winning a prize every week, with prizes ranging from £5 right up to a whopping £10,000! You could be a winner like Pablo. You can easily set up a regular payment by direct debit, simply visit https://lottery.coeliac.org.uk or call the Gluten Free Lottery Helpline on 01628 201287 How the Gluten Free Lottery supports our crucial work Pablo won £1,000 on the Gluten Free Lottery in September 2022 You may have heard about our recent report into the cost of the gluten free diet. If you haven’t, you can read all about it and how you can get involved here: www.coeliac.org.uk/cost-gf-food However, it’s not just cost that poses a barrier to maintaining a gluten free diet. We know it’s often hard to find the gluten free products you are looking for and you need to go to multiple shops to find what you need. According to Coeliac UK’s Shopping Habits survey from 2022, which was completed by over 6400 people, 84% of respondents admitted needing to visit more than one retailer to complete their gluten free shopping requirements and 90% said they experienced problems with products not being available when they wanted to purchase them. We want to understand this challenge better so we can expand on what the cost project has already taught us and take that message to policy makers and the food industry. So, to coincide with this May’s Big Help Out , the national community volunteering project www.thebighelpout.org.uk , we’re asking our community to get involved by volunteering to visit your local supermarket and filling out a survey on the availability of gluten free products. If you’d like to get involved, please register your interest at www.coeliac.org.uk/form/big-help-out and we’ll be in touch as soon as the survey is live. If you are interested in supporting the gluten free community where you live please do get in touch with your local group at www.coeliac.org.uk/local-groups as they are always looking for more support. We’re also recruiting for volunteer Local Meet Up hosts and will be holding information sessions over Zoom about this role on Tuesday 9 May at 2.30pm and Wednesday 24 May at 7pm do get in touch with us at volunteering@coeliac.org.uk to find out more. Can you help us with the next steps of our affordability and accessibility campaign?