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a service, it’s a case of multi- tasking. Every team member at some point was involved with the activities of the day. We have 24 members of staff in- cluding four BDS students from our outreach practice. We have two practices, one an NHS/private practice the second an outreach practice, both practices were involved. Description of the Event Our aim was to offer advice and support to the people of Sheffield by going as ‘Dentists on Tour’. I ordered hats and umbrel- las with the logo ‘Dentists on Tour ask for advice’ printed on them. Each member wore either a NSM tee shirt or a fancy dress outfit all dentally themed and of course Cour- age the Cat outfit for termi- nally ill children. We filled the stall with in- formation regarding all as- pects of dental care, informa- tion contact details for people without a dentist, held com- petitions, free raffles, deliv- ered the YUK factor by show- ing frozen plaque through the microscope, Mouth Cancer Awareness leaflets, also we had a smoking cessation advi- sor on hand from NHS Shef- field and of course our den- tists patrolled as dentist on Tour. It was a fun packed day, even to the point of one passer by joining us and shouting de- tails of the event. Another lady was shouting for the collec- tion of money, we had our own town criers. I was amazed at how the City pulled together. The idea had really esca- lated and somehow I had end- ed supporting more charities than I had originally anticipat- ed. Quite often I hear myself say ‘Shall we just do ..... and end up with more than I bar- gained for. Oh well.... Last year my original idea of supporting only National Smile Month ended with sup- porting in total four charities, two local and two National but for me this made this event what it was. The Lord Mayor came out of his office in full regalia and supported our actions. This was an unexpected bonus. The local Newspaper came and we received coverage from the Radio Station as promised. Our final figure was 4,357 people approached the stand, this figure is an under estimation as sometimes the stall was too full to count cor- rectly. Charities need all the sup- port they can get, we have the opportunity of supporting BDHF, this is a win - win situ- ation as not only are you do- ing a great think but it adds that something special to your practice and you will be sur- prised how involved many pa- tients get. Just try it, you have noth- ing to lose. DT About the author Jane Armitage is an award-winning practice manager and has almost 40 years industry experience. She is currently a practice manager for Thompson & Thomas, and holds a Vo- cational Assessors award. She is also a BDA Good Practice Assessor, BDA Good Practice Regional Consultant, and has a BDA Certificate of Merit for services to the profession. She has her own company, JA Team Train- ing, offering a practice management consultancy service, which includes on-site assistance covering all aspects of practice management with a path- way if required for managers to take their qualification in dental practice management. If you’ve any memo- ries of the early 1970s or any specific choices of topics you’d like addressed, call Jane on 01142 343346 or email ja- nearm@tiscali.co.uk. ‘Quite often I hear myself say ‘Shall we just do ..... and end up with more than I bargained for. 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