With best wishes and many thanks to everyone supporting our fundraising for the
Invest in ME Research Christmas / New Year Funding Appeal.
As the charity explains on Day 24 of their Advent Calendar for ME the main objective of the appeal is to raise funds for another PhD studentship and further the development of A Centre of Excellence for ME.
Merry Christmas everybody and thank you for supporting Invest in ME Research!
Offer for businesses donating for the first time through Work for Good.
Invest in ME Research is a charity member of Work for Good, a social enterprise created to make it easy for businesses to incorporate philanthropy into their day to day work and to donate to charities through this platform.
A very generous donor (who wishes to remain anonymous) has pledged to double donations via Work for Good from now until Christmas.
The match donor will double a maximum of £1,000 per business, first come first served, whilst funds remain for any business making donations through the Work for Good platform for the first time.
“This gives you and your business a great opportunity to make your first donation(s) to the causes you care about through Work for Good. By doing so, your money will go further since we’ll match what you give. How’s that for an early Christmas present?!” More here.
Work for Good is the brainchild of Rupert Pick, who was inspired to give back to the amazing hospital staff who care for his daughter Ottie. Ottie was born 10 weeks premature, weighing less than 3lbs and with two rare genetic conditions that affect both her bones and her heart. When Rupert decided to donate the fees from his next workshop to the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, it made him wonder about all the wonderful things that could happen if only more businesses chose to give through their work. Read more here, how it works for businesses here, FAQs here and find the Invest in ME Research page here.
Best Christmas Wishes to Ottie, Rupert and all involved at Work for Good.
Please spread word of this opportunity and the kind matching donations offer to any businesses you may know. Let’s #DoGoodatChristmas!
Thank you for supporting Invest in ME Research!
P.S. Don’t forget the PayPal Matching Donations on Giving Tuesday starts just after midnight tonight so be quick to hit the donate button before the max £50,000 for all charities is reached.
Invest in ME Research is a charity enrolled with PayPal Giving Fund. This #GivingTuesday (27th November) PayPal are doubling donations received through the PayPal fundraising page and app, up to a maximum of £50,000 total matching donations on the day. A Paypal account is not required to use this #GivingTuesday option. Donations can be entered using debit/credit cards. The match only applies to donations received through the PayPal fundraising page or the PayPal App. It doesn’t apply to donations made using PayPal on websites or platforms. The offer is limited up to £5,000 per benefitting charity and up to £1,000 from a single donor. The donations match will start at 00:01 GMT on Tuesday 27 November 2018 and will be in effect until they reach their match limit of £50,000 or at the end of Giving Tuesday, 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 27 November 2018. Paypal will simply collect and double the donations that are received to benefit Invest in ME Research. The charity is on PayPal at: paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/15464
Thank you for supporting Invest in ME Research!
That excellent Eaton-Jones fellow is celebrating his birthday by fundraising for Invest in ME Research. Barnaby wrote,
“On Saturday, I turn 45. Every year is a struggle for most people with health issues but this is a charity about the most underfunded and maligned of diseases that affects so many people that it *should* be up there with the more ‘known’ ones. I’ve suffered with it for over 25 years and I have fought for better awareness and understanding. Of all the many M.E. charities, this one – for me – seems to be doing the most to get to the root of this disease and work out a way to somehow give all level of sufferers hope for the future. If you can spare the minimum donation of £4, I’d be most grateful. But, I also understand if you can’t in these times of austerity and uncertainty. Thanks for reading and, if you’re able to, thank you for supporting.”
Barnaby’s Facebook Fundraiser is open for two weeks and if it doesn’t give you the option to donate in your currency you can follow his friends’ kind lead and donate via our current JustGiving page Let’s C Research!
There’s also some exciting news. It has been Barnaby’s lifelong dream to have something broadcast on BBC Radio and it will happen! ‘I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again…. Again!’ airs on BBC Radio 4 Extra from 21st December. See the tweet below for dates and times for the four weekly episodes and read all about it here.
IT'S OFFICIAL! 'I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again… Again!', BBC Radio 4 Extra. Broadcast dates…
Episode One: 21/12/18, 8:00am.
Episode Two: 28/12/18, 8:00am.
Episode Three: 04/01/18, 8:00am.
Episode Four: 11/01/19, 8:00am.
All repeated at 12:00pm and 7:00pm on the same day. pic.twitter.com/gPX6pc5EWY— ISIRTAA (@ISIRTA_Again) November 24, 2018
Best Birthday Wishes Barnaby Eaton-Jones and congratulations on your news!
Thanks everyone supporting Invest in ME Research!
💙 Proceeds as usual to Invest in ME Research 💙
Lovely Lynne Allan wrote: I have reduced everything, please feel free to take a peek & a share would be much appreciated: etsy.com/uk/shop/ME2UDezignz
Lynne has donated an amazing £1590 to Invest in ME Research via her current fundraising page on JustGiving, “I am making & selling Jewellery to raise Funds & Awareness into ME in aid of Invest in ME – an independent non-profit UK charity organising, funding and campaigning for bio-medical research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.), as defined by WHO-ICD-10-G93.3. They have links nationwide and also internationally. I will use this page to pay directly into Invest in ME for Jewellery sold & dontions will go directly too them as well.”
Whether for Christmas presents or to help create a better future for people with ME, please have a browse and share widely: etsy.com/uk/shop/ME2UDezignz
Thank you Lynne and everyone supporting Invest in ME Research!
