Poo with Pride
May 19th is World IBD Day. It’s a chance for us to raise vital awareness of Crohn’s and Colitis, the two main forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Do you want to know more about Crohn's and Colitis?
Maybe you're newly-diagnosed and want to know what comes next?
Alternatively, if you’d like to help us raise awareness of the conditions this World IBD Day, please read on.
There are over 500,000 people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the UK.
Everybody’s experience of the conditions is different, but you are not alone.
World IBD Day is a great opportunity to tell people what life living with Crohn's or Colitis is like.
By raising awareness, we can increase support for everyone in our community. Whether it's the perfect time to share your own experience or if you want to show your support for family or friends living with IBD, why not join us in raising awareness by using our online toolkit?
Our toolkit has everything you'll need to show your support for World IBD Day. From fundraising posters, to social media graphics and email signatures, we're sure you'll find something that suits.
This World IBD Day, it's time to Poo with Pride.
Whether it’s in a public toilet, at work, at school, or round at a new partner or friend’s house – we have all needed a poo and tried to disguise it.
Perhaps you like to run the tap to drown out the noise? Prefer coughing in time with the plop? Or maybe you stuff the toilet with paper to soften the sound of the splash?
Wherever you are, whoever you’re with, there’s no shame in pooing.
After all, everybody does it.
It’s time to break the poo taboo and stop hiding our bathroom habits.
So join us this World IBD Day across our social media platforms as we share our poo confessions and change the conversation.
Let’s work together to flush away the fear.
We're using this campaign as an opportunity to launch our TikTok account. Drop us a follow to see what content we've got lined up for you over World IBD Day.
Take the IBD Patient Survey and help reveal the true picture of life with IBD since COVID-19
The IBD UK 2023 Patient Survey is now live.
We need everyone living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) to tell us their experiences of treatment and care to establish the first accurate picture of IBD care and treatment in the UK since before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first step to improving IBD services.
Have your say anonymously on whether your care and treatment for IBD is personalised, high-quality, safe, and consistent.
IBD UK is a partnership of 17 patient and professional organisations working together to improve care and treatment for everyone affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Formed in August 2017, their first priority was to develop and publish new standards that define what good care should look like for people with IBD.
IBD UK believes that everyone with IBD deserves consistent, safe, high-quality personalised care, whatever their age and wherever they live.
The Patient Survey is an opportunity for everyone living with IBD to anonymously share their experiences so that IBD UK can establish the first comprehensive picture of IBD care and treatment in the UK since the pandemic. This is the first step to improving IBD services.
Your Crohn’s and Colitis journey is unique. It is also important. So, if you feel comfortable, why not talk to a friend, family member or colleague about it? Or tell your social media network? You can also share your story with us: we’d love to hear it.
Perhaps you’re here because you have just started worrying about new symptoms you’re having.
We know the warning signs of Crohn’s and Colitis can be embarrassing. They can also be alarming. It may even be tempting to ignore them. After all, nobody likes thinking about their bowels, let alone talking about them.
Our message is simple: If you have frequent diarrhoea, stomach pain, or blood in your poo, don’t suffer in silence. Take 30 seconds to check your symptoms.
The earlier you find out what’s wrong, the sooner you can get the help you need.
People living with Crohn’s and Colitis throughout their lives deserve the best possible support to live fuller, freer lives. And we're here, every step of the way.
Our World IBD Day events are not sold out but please join us at any of our future events to chat and potentially learn from others.
If any event is sold out. Please feel free to register for another one of our future events. You can attend any of these events, no matter where in the UK you are based.
Whatever your experience, you're not alone.
Join our social media communities and connect with others affected by Crohn's and Colitis. The experiences of our community help us stand up for you where it counts and make the greatest impact.
We know it can be difficult to live with, or support someone living with these conditions. But you’re not alone. We provide up-to-date, evidence-based information and can support you to live well with Crohn’s or Colitis.
Our helpline team can help by:
Providing information about Crohn’s and Colitis.
Listening and talking through your situation.
Helping you to find support from others in the Crohn’s and Colitis community.
Signposting you to specialist organisations.
Please be aware we’re not medically or legally trained. We cannot provide detailed financial or benefits advice or specialist emotional support.
Please contact us via telephone, email or LiveChat - 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (except English bank holidays).
If you need specific medical advice about your condition, your GP or IBD team will be best placed to help.
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