MANSFIELD Parkinson’s support group recently held their first trivia event at the Delatite Hotel.

Around 20 people including family, friends and carers attended the event on May 14.

Chairman Charles Gilbert organised the day and his friend Bryan Samual hosted the event.

“When we come here everyone has Parkinson’s, you don’t need to talk about it, but what you do have is a really good time,” said Mr Gilbert.

“The group has been going for five years, it was run by the hospital when we first came here, funding cuts happened, and we lost our head woman.

“It would have disappeared if we hadn’t taken it over ourselves."

The chairman would love to see more people attend and help break the stigma surrounding Parkinson’s .

President of the Mansfield Carers and Special Needs Support Group Colleen Reynolds also attended the trivia day.

"The Mansfield Carers and Special Needs Support Group meets regularly for coffee and we also run NDIS round tables where we discuss issues of concern," Ms Reynolds said.

“It’s all about engagement and supporting each other, because caring and being affected by some sort of condition is very isolating, so it’s really important to keep connections.

"Both the Mansfield Carers group and the Parkinson's support group operate independently, but they support each other," she said.

The Mansfield Parkinson’s group meets on the second Tuesday of the month between 12 to 2pm at the Delatite Hotel.

All are welcome.