Message in a bottle guide

If you take medicine or have a health condition, it’s important that emergency workers know about it if you get sick at home.

Message in a Bottle is a simple way to share this information.

What goes in the bottle:

• Your full name
• Your doctor’s name, address and phone number
• Any medical conditions you have
• Any medicines you take
• Any allergies
• Who to contact (family or friends)
• If you have pets, what help they need

What to do:

• Fill out the form with your details.
• Put the form in the special bottle.
• Put the bottle in your fridge.
• Stick the green cross sticker on your front door so emergency workers know to look in your fridge.

Where to get a bottle:

• Pharmacies in Wokingham
• Tesco Wokingham
• Morrisons supermarket
• Some libraries in Wokingham

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service are also offering them when they make house visits

Visit the Lions message in a bottle website for further information about the scheme, order a bottle to be posted to your home (postage will need to be paid) or download a new form to go in your current bottle.