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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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
Aldi Stores In Dumfries & Galloway Launch Too Good To Go Service …
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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
In Memory of Professor Derek Pheby
Scottish …
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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
Millions of people should pay less for broadband, says watchdog
Government failing disabled people, who are at ‘risk of freezing …
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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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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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For those of you who don’t use Facebook. Below is a list of the external links shared within our Facebook Group during August:
Update: The ‘Recovery College’ withdraws outdated information on ME/CFS
BBC Radio Scotland: MS GB FINALIST – We’ll speak to Bishopton mum Sarah Victoria Bayley who’s in …
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So here is the saga of the disability walker, in full detail.
I waited in for the domiciliary visit which was supposed to be 3pm.
By 3.30pm I decided to ring the single access number again to ask how late the visit was going to be.
Well, my previous telephone …
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If you, or someone you know, may be interested in becoming a trustee, whether existing or new member, friend, partner, or family member, please contact: Eileen Longworth Tel: 07557 536110, or email admin@dgmefm.org.uk for an informal chat.
The post is voluntary but travel expenses etc are covered by the charity. …
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