Exciting times

A recent restructure has seen Dentaid take on new expertise in marketing, communications and project management.  A number of new part-time staff have joined the charity, based in Landford on the Wiltshire/Hampshire border, offering essential skills without increasing staffing expenditure.

In 2016, its 20^th anniversary year, Dentaid plans to increase the number of projects it supports around the world and also launch its Sugar Smart campaign in the UK. The campaign will be aimed at families to help them make sensible choices about sugary foods while highlighting the similarities between the condition of children’s teeth in this country and parts of the developing world.  Dentaid is also relaunching its Bright Bites education resource with information and lesson plans for teachers and scientific experiments, an online game and oral health advice for Key Stage 2 pupils.

In the last 20 years Dentaid has worked in 70 countries and is always looking for new projects and areas where it can help. The charity is in the process of finding a team of dentists registered to work in France to travel to the refugee camps near Calais where there is a desperate need for dental care.