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Walk for ME 2020

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Do you know anyone who might like to do a sponsored walk or other activity in 2020 to help raise awareness of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and biomedical research funds for Invest in ME Research?

Sarah-Louise Fittall Jordan, Luke Remnant, Ian McPhee and Geoff Allen, have launched Walk for ME 2020, their 8th consecutive year of fundraising in which they have raised over £150,000 for ME research thanks to walkers, runners and swimmers across England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man as well as in France, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and on both coasts of America!

The original idea behind Walk for ME was that friends and family of an ME sufferer did a sponsored walk on their behalf, hence the name. Since then, supporters have chosen several other activities too, in their quest to help the team raise money for biomedical research into ME.

The hope is that this will be a fun event even though it is poignant. The whole idea is that a friend or family member is doing something that their loved one would love to be able to do but can’t because of their illness.

Walk for ME has its own fundraising page for Invest in ME Research on JustGiving and a team page for fundraisers to join. This makes it easier for them to keep tabs on totals raised but if you prefer to use another fundraising platform just let them know the link.

To create your own page and join the Walk for ME fundraising team on JustGiving in suppport of Invest in ME Research:

1. Go to justgiving.com/investinm-e
2. Click the box ‘fundraise for us’
3. Either log in to your account or sign up if you’re new to JustGiving
4. Click on ‘personal challenge’ under ‘What are you doing?’
5. Follow the steps and choose your JustGiving web address
6. Click on ‘create your page’
7. Personalise your page. You can say who you are walking for and why
8. Then go to justgiving.com/teams/walkforme2020 and scroll down and click on ‘Join the team’
9. Select your fundraising page to add it to the team
10. You can then send your own JustGiving address to friends to raise sponsorship. Any target you set on your own page will automatically add to the team target.

You can find Walk for ME on Facebook and Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Walk_4_ME/status/1212000928322248705?s=20

A big THANK YOU Team Walk for ME and supporters!

Our 40 x £1k Fundraisers Challenge

Welcome to Pets Walkies for ME 2019!

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All pets are welcome to join Team Walkies for ME, an adorable offshoot of the annual May ME Awareness and Fundraiser Walk for ME.

Walkies for ME is arranged by Ian McPhee. The team comprises a group of wonderful pets whose humans have Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

These lovely dogs, cats, horses and others will be doing a walk on their human’s behalf or resting with them, providing comfort and love.

They have their own JustGiving page justgiving.com/fundraising/walkies-for-me-2019 and are raising funds for Invest in ME Research charity.

You can, of course, create your own fundraising page for the team, like Cheyenne Hope’s for dynamic duo Lizzie and Kenzo planning to do 31 walks in 31 days for Invest in ME Research!

Walkies for ME also has a Facebook page facebook.com/WalkiesforME/ where folks can share photos of their pets and where you can let the team know if your pet would like to join in. All Pets Are Welcome!

Thank you for supporting Invest in ME Research!

Invest in ME Research is an independent UK charity finding, funding and facilitating a strategy of biomedical research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME or ME/CFS). The charity is run by volunteers – patients or parents of children with ME – with no paid staff. Overheads are kept to a minimum and all funds raised to go to promoting education of, and funding for, biomedical research into, ME. Our efforts are focused on setting up a UK Centre of Excellence for ME which will provide proper examinations, diagnosis and in time treatment(s)/cure(s).

Walk for ME 2019

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Team Walk for ME welcomes you to their 7th consecutive year of fundraising!

 

 

The original idea behind Walk for ME was that friends and family of an ME sufferer did a sponsored walk on their behalf, hence the name. Since then, supporters have chosen several other activities too, in their quest to help the team raise money for biomedical research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

Walk for ME has had walkers, runners and swimmers across England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man as well as in France, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and on both coasts of America. So far they have raised over £127,952 including gift aid. Every penny goes towards the search for a cure.

Walk for ME is run by Sarah-Louise Fittall Jordan, Luke Remnant and Ian McPhee. They hope this will be a fun event even though it is poignant. The whole idea is that a friend or family member is doing something that their loved one would love to be able to do but can’t because of their illness.

In 2019, Walk for ME is again kindly supporting Invest in ME Research.

They have created a JustGiving fundraising page for anyone who would like to support or take part in Walk for ME 2019 but does not want to set up their own fundraising page: justgiving.com/fundraising/teamwalkforme2019

To create your own page and join the Walk for ME fundraising team on JustGiving in suppport of Invest in ME Research:

1. Go to justgiving.com/investinm-e
2. Click the box ‘fundraise for us’
3. Either log in to your account or sign up if you’re new to JustGiving
4. Click on ‘personal challenge’ under ‘What are you doing?’
5. Follow the steps and choose your JustGiving web address
6. Click on ‘create your page’
7. Personalise your page. You can say who you are walking for and why
8. Then go to justgiving.com/teams/walkforme2019 and scroll down and click on ‘Join the team’
9. Select your fundraising page to add it to the team
10. You can then send your own JustGiving address to friends to raise sponsorship. Any target you set on your own page will automatically add to the team target.

Many thanks to Sarah-Louise, Luke, Ian and all joining Team Walk for ME.

Thank you for supporting Invest in ME Research!

Update: Huge thanks to Lauren and family as the first to sign up for 2019!

Lauren, her husband and two children, her mother, sister and her two children, and her aunt will all do a two-mile walk to raise money for Invest in ME Research. The walk will take place near her mother’s home close to Orlando, Florida. Read Lauren’s story here: justgiving.com/fundraising/lauren-pwme
 

 

Walk for ME at Chorlton Water Park

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Salford and Trafford ME Group welcome others to join their Walk for ME 2017
Tony Fryer

Tony Fyer and Julie Byron of the Salford and Trafford ME Group (SATMEG) are walking around Chorlton Water Park for May ME awareness and raising funds for Invest in ME Research.

They would love other people to join them on their walk, so please do get in touch if you live in, or know someone who lives in, the Manchester area and would like to be involved. Julie wrote:

Both myself and my son Joe suffer with ME which has robbed us of my job and Joe’s school life. There is no effective treatment for ME and a complete lack of understanding of the condition.

We are hoping that research will lead to greater understanding, treatments and ultimately a cure so we and the 250,000 others struggling to live with ME can claim their lives back.

David, I and the dogs are walking around Chorlton Water Park, this is a relatively short walk but my ME means I’ll need to rest along the way – for many this is an easy walk but for me it will be a challenge.

We’re hoping to be joined by others in the Manchester area to raise awareness as well as much needed funds.

Julie’s JustGiving page is here: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Julie-Byron

Tony’s JustGiving page is here: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Tony-Fryer

Julie Byron

Please share widely. Thank you for your support!

About Walk for ME

Welcome to Walk for ME 2017!

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To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Walk for ME annual event for May ME Awareness, the team will donate £5 to the first 5 people who set up fundraising pages and join the Walk for ME 2017 team on JustGiving.

They wrote –

We’ll also donate £50 to the first page to reach £50!

Hope you’ll come and join the team.

Happy 2017 from Ian, Sarah-Louise and Luke x

To support our fundraising for Invest in ME through Walk for ME 2017, follow the instructions below on how to set up your page on JustGiving and join the Walk for ME 2017 team below. You can also follow the Walk for ME 2017 event on Facebook for all their news and updates!

1. Go to www.justgiving.com and click on “make your page”
2. Select ‘Personal challenge’
2. Either log in to your justgiving account or click “No – I’m new” to set one up
3. Search for the ME charity you wish to support (please select Invest in ME to support our cause – https://www.justgiving.com/investinm-e)
4. Click on personal challenge and follow the online steps
5. Choose your justgiving web address
6. Click on “create your page”
7. Personalise your page. You can say who you are walking for and why you are walking
8. Then go to www.justgiving.com/teams/walkforme2017 scroll down and click on “Join the team”
9. Select your fundraising page to add it to the team!
10. You can then send your own justgiving address to friends to raise sponsorship. Any target you set on your own page will automatically add to the team target.

If you have any difficulties you can contact the justgiving support team on 0845 078 2063 or email the Walk for ME team at theteam@walkforme.co.uk
or find Walk for ME on Facebook.

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If you have a pet and would like to join George and Graham by doing a Walkies for ME 2017 for Invest in ME Research then you are welcome to use this link to the page they have set up, which is already part of Team Walk for ME 2017 – https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Walkies-for-ME1

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Click here for our page about Walk for ME.

A huge thank you to Team Walk for ME for 5 amazing years!