Please consider making a donation to The Cheyne Gang so that we can continue supporting over 200 members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our traditional means of fund-raising have been severely restricted since the pandemic impacted our usual ways of operating in March 2020. All donations help us stay connected with our members and provide services that benefit their health and mental well being.
The Cheyne Gang is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO). Our SCIO number is SCO47259
The Cheyne Gang
The Cheyne Gang is a community singing group for people living with long term respiratory conditions such as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), Asthma, Bronchiectasis - in fact any respiratory condition that causes long term breathlessness.
If you are interested in discovering how singing can help please explore our site.
The Cheyne Gang would like to acknowledge the organisations and individuals who provide both financial and moral support, a full list of our supporters can be found here. They can also be viewed on our information page along with details about our team, our locations and more detailed information about The Cheyne Gang.
Please visit our Home Exercises page for free weekly activities and breathing exercises.
For information about living with COPD during the COVID-19 pandemic please follow this link
The information is provided by Pharmacies Ltd, a research organisation that we are very proud to be partnered with.
How to manage post-viral fatigue after COVID-19
Practical advice for people who have recovered at home
An excellent resource published by Royal College of Occupational Therapists. Click the highlighted text to view the file.
UPDATES
18/11/20
We proudly present our song and video that was inspired by our members’ experiences during the lockdown. The song is written by Caro Overy, the singing group leader for our Leith Group.
Love and Friendship Always Find a Way
OUR HEALTH projects create community-based research that invites local communities to set real-world research questions around health and well-being
Our Health is a student group from Edinburgh University that has been collaborating with The Cheyne Gang since January 2018.
Our Health now have their own page on our website to stay in touch and keep us up to date until it is time for us to meet again.
Visit their page to find out more.