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posticon Befriending project

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Hi! My name is Kalpana and I’m the new Volunteer Coordinator at DGMEFM Network.

 

I’m looking for volunteer befrienders who would like to join the befriending project.

 

If you can spare some time to befriend a person with ME, Fibromyalgia or long covid with post-exertional malaise and help them to …

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posticon Facebook Group Activity in February

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during February:

 

Breaking Isolation workshop:

https://www.actionforme.org.uk/news/breaking-isolation-workshop-march-2023/

 

Ask your MSPs to stand up for people with ME

https://www.meaction.net/2023/01/05/ask-your-msps-to-stand-up-for-people-with-me/?fbclid=IwAR0dTjAt169f5FOnM4I_KcIL5Azw4y2-aJfu_VAUfYGP8WY4FELuq-F5M80

 

Aldi Stores In Dumfries & Galloway Launch Too Good To Go Service …

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posticon The Network needs your help!

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New Board members needed…
 
Over the last 18 months we’ve grown quite considerably. We now have a member of staff (Kalpana – befriending and peer mentoring project officer) and a freelance team member (Eppie – business, admin and management support). We have received funding from a wide variety of sources …

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posticon Facebook Group Activity in January

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during January:

 

Jonathan Ross reveals daughter Betty, 30, is using a wheelchair as she battles long-term illness

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/20899774/jonathan-ross-daughter-betty-wheelchair-illness/?fbclid=IwAR2Uq5hHddpPSmuXSi5FlO6_5HkifY0QONoDL2Kix9kgZwUh-FAzhsGFDgQ

 

Social tariffs: Cheaper broadband and phone packages

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/advice-for-consumers/costs-and-billing/social-tariffs?fbclid=IwAR3MEYpWO5D4ZwiLcRkKiVDq4Msd9rfpZ__Pqf22JWTf3dEIEu7V3atPQyc

 

Information on NHS …

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posticon Facebook Group Activity in November and December

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during November and December:

 

What Primary Care Practitioners Need to Know about the New NICE Guideline on ME/CFS in Adults

https://meassociation.org.uk/2022/11/what-primary-care-practitioners-need-to-know-about-the-new-nice-guideline-for-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-in-adults/?fbclid=IwAR2HlTmTUiAqhrX-kAZk3ynHwZHcntQKp_C5je6NoSwuwo3z0HwVAYGBtwY

 

In Memory of Professor Derek Pheby

https://meassociation.org.uk/2022/11/professor-derek-pheby/?fbclid=IwAR0GXCZ2zcwH9h50KiFcLG-BJ7ZeSlbPJbViIyr0ht-w0bd4EI3-11QHyks

 

Scottish …

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posticon Facebook Group Activity in October

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook, below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during October:

 

Emergency Energy Payment Assistance Programme

https://www.dumgal.gov.uk/article/25655/?fbclid=IwAR3RZfLQe5xtI5qz0dZmWejreZGADhD02RsD5oJI8iDLVF3etSGCk-s4IRg

 

Millions of people should pay less for broadband, says watchdog

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63287452?xtor=ES-208&fbclid=IwAR3bxEazODVeIID2-5TrM9X06XueRBcWYUFYgEuJ8wcw9aMx6zRrjNf-96w

 

Government failing disabled people, who are at ‘risk of freezing …

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posticon November Blog

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I hope you are all over the Halloween activities of yesterday. To be honest I just put a bowl of sweets on my doorstep and let the kids help themselves. Certainly saves getting up and down to the door for hours!

Surely the best part of Halloween being over is …

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posticon Work With Us – Volunteer Co-ordinator

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Job Advert

Volunteer Co-ordinator

 

Hours: 14 hours per week

Length of contract: Fixed term contract until 31st October 2024. Possible extension dependent on funding.

Pay scale: £25,352.60 pro rata

 

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, we are delighted to be recruiting a volunteer co-ordinator.

 

Full details …

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posticon Facebook Group Activity in September

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For those of you who don’t use Facebook. Below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during September:

 

“What is it like living with fibromyalgia? Difficult, unpredictable and painful.”

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2021/september/what-is-it-like-living-with-fibromyalgia-difficult-unpredictable-and-painful/?utm_campaign=n-21&utm_medium=vearne&utm_source=orsofa&fbclid=IwAR3EsA7N5xf_KK7am7dQ06JPr9vaEhMGR6vymTwE5b_ad3POaRONCi3FFBc

 

Experts launch world’s largest genetic study of ME

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-62876472?fbclid=IwAR3G_PxBESucBkEO04djWCzZvJc0ihGNSErr3attf1uNsz68mcdeqYHfm24

 

Twitter – Maya Henning – #LongCovid …

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