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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 August

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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Update: The ‘Recovery College’ withdraws outdated information on ME/CFS

https://meassociation.org.uk/2022/08/recovery-college-information-on-me-cfs-the-mea-writes-to-request-a-rewrite-of-their-online-educational-material/

 

BBC Radio Scotland: MS GB FINALIST – We’ll speak to Bishopton mum Sarah Victoria Bayley who’s in …

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posticon Update to the August Blog.

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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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posticon We are looking for new Trustees

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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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posticon August Blog

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Well, I’ve been missing in action for a couple of months, and I haven’t even got a note from my mother! 😃 To be honest I’ve been burning the candle at both ends, 🤣🤣 living life, and to heck with counting spoons. 😟

In June I had a holiday booked …

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posticon Facebook Group activity in May

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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 May:

 

Medical Matters – Health questions answered by our experts:

https://meassociation.org.uk/medical-matters/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse&utm_content=ME%20Association%3A%20Medical%20questions%20answered&utm_campaign=Newsletter&fbclid=IwAR2RrZ6yPbVc8Lg0kzuq0QlnYn5sdTvQeq-FISrc1IFzKHjFUL7ECJS-cNw

 

A new template letter has been produced to help people with ME/CFS to be considered …

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posticon Facebook Group activity in June

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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 June:

 

Record 2 million people in UK estimated to have long Covid

https://shared-news.upday.com/?streamType=breaking&edition=en&teaserId=c9afabe2-b3ae-4a89-b381-510abc378e80&articleUrl=https://news.upday.com/uk/record-two-million-britons-have-long-covid/?utm_source%3Dupday%26utm_medium%3Dreferral

 

Kirsty Young health: Star ‘floored’ by incurable condition – symptoms of fibromyalgia

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1618359/kirsty-young-health-fibromyalgia-rheumatoid-arthritis-symptoms-treatment?fbclid=IwAR39Wd4cYHJbCrUaVN5vwLbULRLBGQuFazdSSQ285ykBFZhI5u8s52moNlQ …

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posticon Online Learning Event – Recording

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Our learning event took place on 12th May. The event was a platform for us to share the findings of the extensive piece of consultation work that Sleeping Giants have been carrying out on our behalf. Most notably, sharing the appetite of both health and social care professionals and people …

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posticon Dumfries and Galloway ME and Fibromyalgia Network: Consultation Key Findings Final Report

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Using grant funding from the Health and Social Care Alliance, the Network commissioned Sleeping Giants to conduct a consultation exercise with local stakeholders and people with one or more of the conditions.  The consultation sought to establish the need for and feasibility of three project ideas.  The first two of …

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