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Action for ME is looking for help in revamping their website at www.a4me.org.uk.  They want the opinions and suggestions of young people, age 16 to 25, to create a more interesting and interactive website. Please contact Leigh Fenton on 0117 927 9324 if you can help.

                        Gift Day and Funding

 

A huge ‘thank you’ for the response to ‘Gift Day’ To date we have received

£695. 00.  As you know we were in desperate need of funds and were unable to print and post the Autumn Newsletter. 

 

Denis has attended Funding Road Show’s in various areas of the region for help and advice in applying for funding through grants. 

Numerous organisations offering finance were in attendance and help and guidance for filling in the long and complicated forms was available.

We have applied to the Council for a large grant over three years to

financially assist in the future running of the Network.

The deadline was 31st October 2006 but we will not hear if we are

successful until early in 2007

A further smaller grant from ’Awards for All’ is also being applied for; through the Voluntary Sector, again it will be early in 2007 before we know if we are successful.

Letters for Sponsorship of the Newsletter have been circulated around

businesses in Dumfries & Galloway. 

 

                       Winner of the ‘Doggie Quiz’ 

                  Mrs Marion Costello from Dumfries. 

ME Conferences 2007.

 

Hampshire-based Invest in ME, and ME Research UK, are planning 2 events for May next year, either side of ME Awareness week. Invest in International ME Conference 2007 in London will be at the start of the month, Then at the end of May There will be a Conference in Edinburgh  on ME/CFS Biomedical Research

  Details in the New year