Running your support group
Speaker ideas for your Breathe Easy group
Here are some ideas for speakers you might like to invite to your group.
Check out our guide on organising meetings for tips on getting the most out of your speakers.
- Lung health
- General health
- Exercise
- Community information
- Local interest and hobbies
- Related support
Lung health
Respiratory consultant
- Specialist subjects about lung health
- A day in the life of a lung consultant
- General questions and answers
- Updates on local lung health
Respiratory nurse
- How your lungs work
- Inhalers
- Nebulisers
- Managing an exacerbation
- Vaccinations
- Medications and how they work
- Keeping warm in the winter
Respiratory physiotherapist
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Exercise
- Airway clearance
- Breathing techniques
Oxygen supplier
- Home or ambulatory oxygen
Clinical commissioning group
- Your local health service
Practice nurse
- A day in the life of a practice nurse
General health
GP
- General question and answers
- A day in the life of a GP
- Making the most of your GP
- Exercise referral
Pharmacist
- Making the most of your pharmacist
- The services they offer
- Medication and inhalers
Occupational therapist
- Trips and falls
- Equipment to help your day-to-day life
Dietician
- Losing or gaining weight
- Healthy eating
Exercise
- Yoga, pilates, tai chi
- Dancing (line, belly, salsa...)
- Walking for health
- Asthma + Lung UK Active instructor
Community information
Local MP
- A day in the life of an MP
- Question and answer session
- Discuss local issues
Magistrate
- A day in the life of a magistrate
- Their experiences
Citizens Advice or local Job Centre
- Welfare and benefits support
- Finance and pensions
- What support is on offer?
Community police
- Safety in the home
- Crime prevention
- Local police services
Fire service
- Preventing fires in the home
Local interest and hobbies
- Local history society
- Family history society
- Museums, theatres, zoos, clubs, football club
- Bird watching
- Card making
- Gardening
- Board games
Related support
- PALS and the services they offer
- Mind, Rethink or local mental health srvices
- Carers Network
- Stop smoking team
- Age UK and services for older people
- Butekyo - a popular breathing technique
- Massage or reflexology