Fundraising for IiMER during April - May 2023
27 EU Marathons
Mike Harley finished his monumental effort in running 27 EU Marathons as a challenge to raise awareness and funds for ME. This outstanding venture, carried out over many years, came its conclusion recently when Mike completed the Rome marathon in March - click here
Mike Harley's challenge was described in this article - which also has links to Mike's own pages
[see here].
An amazing effort finally concluded.
But then the Lichtenstein marathon came into the frame for this summer.
And so Mike also entered that - see here.
And now Mike is planning to run in Bergen, Norway, in April 2023.
Mike's fundraising page is here
At the last count Mike had raised over £44k !!
Mike was recently interviewed by Running Tales - here is the link
20 Marathons and Counting - #BenRuns4ME
On the weekend of 1st May runs again in the Belfast City marathon.
Ben's JustGiving page is here -
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/benruns4me
and his facebook page is here - https://www.facebook.com/BenRuns4ME/
Walking for IiMER
Claire Carter is arranging a team of
of parents, friends and family members of some amazing young people living with ME.
As part of Walk for ME 2023, during the month of May, the team will be running, walking,
cycling and swimming as many miles as they can! (Mega miles!)
in a joint team effort to raise awareness and raise vital funds for research into ME.
More details here
Chilly Challenge for ME
Wendy Slater recently completed a number of cold water swims to raise funds for the
charity.
Hence the title of the challenge.
Wendy did 15 swims during one of the coldest months of the year.
More details here
Hazel's Raising funds for Invest in ME Research
Hazel has been a long time supporter of IiMER and
has this birthday fundraising page to support research into ME.
Just Giving page here
Rosalynde 's Another 31 days in May
What's special about May? Each year May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue (ME/CFS) awareness month.
This book is a selection of 31 short poems to raise better awareness and understanding as well as to raise funds for the charity Invest in ME Research.
These poems have been written from my own personal feelings and experience of living with M.E. for over 20 years.
They also echo the thoughts and feelings of so many others who suffer like myself.
My poems aim to portray the harsh reality of living with a long term chronic illness.
I want this suffering to end.
So please support me and Invest in ME Research
Just Giving page here
Walking for IiMER
Walk for ME
Walk for ME 2023 is well and truly up and running so please do come and join in and let us know if you know if anyone who would do a walk or other event for you.
The original idea behind Walk for ME was that friends and family members did a sponsored walk on behalf of a loved one with ME as they are unable to, but this has expanded over the years with people doing walks, runs, swims, climbs and bike rides in countries across the world. People can do any event, any distance whenever they like!
We will again be supporting Invest in ME Research as they focus solely on
biomedical research into ME.
We hope you will join the team this year and get involved.
Please do contact us if you would like to do an event or know someone who would.
Please do join this year’s Facebook event page at
https://www.facebook.com/events/1266868370531625/ for updates on
people’s events and fundraising activities!
To join the team just set up a justgiving page for Invest in ME Research and link it to the Walk for ME team page at www.justgiving.com/team/walkforme2023
Everyone is welcome to join however large or small the event!
The charity is happy to supply t-shirts and other fundraising goodies to people doing events for them too.
The Walk for ME web page
Brian & Joe's "Walk for ME"
Walk for ME
Brian and Joe are walking from Aylesford to Teston for IiMER because more understanding & awareness of ME/CFS is needed.
Brian and Joe's Walk for ME web page is here
Lisa's wobbles down Windsor
Lisa Derry
Lisa is "Walking with crutches for IiME because being ill and not knowing why sucks".
Lisa's Just Giving page is here
Walking for IiMER
Phil Tomlin has run many times in support of IiMER.
However, recently Phil ran his first marathon - the Manchester marathon 2023.
Phil's page is here
Jon Campling
Jon's #WalkTall4ME
As King Regis and The Deatheater Jon is putting his fame to use by helping raise awareness and funds
for research into ME.
Jon's page is here
Jen Govey's '#DressforME
The remarkable Jen Govey has been raising awareness of ME with her ingenious and inspiring Dress for ME challenge.
With the last Ellen DeGeneres show scheduled this month Jen has created this amazing video - a prody of the
Ellen Show - just for ME.
Jen's fundraising page is here
Walking for IiMER
Professor Simon Carding is walking coast-to-coast across England to raise funds for IiMER's research programme.
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Simon and Jane's Just Giving page is here
My Giving
Fantastic efforts by IiMER supporters in the My Giving Circle campaign has enabled the charity
to win to awards of funding.
Thanks also to the great generosity of many donors we have managed to build funds for more research into ME.
Paul Kayes and Lucy Ainsley continue to create memes to support the
continuing awareness efforts.
My Giving Competion page
'Blue Sunday' - the Tea Party For M.E. 2023 for Invest in ME Research
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This year's event is Sunday 14th May, with people with M.E. and their loved ones invited to hold a Tea
Party For Invest in ME Research in whatever way suits them.
Anna was diagnosed with ME in 2010 and it affects every minute of every day.
'Blue Sunday' - the Tea Party For M.E came about when Anna wanted to do something herself
and, although ill health restricted her in a way that means she was unable to raise money by running
a marathon or doing a sponsored swim, was able to set up this initiative by asking that everyone
donate the price they would expect to pay for a cup of tea and a slice of cake in a cafe, to ME.
Invest in ME Research is an independent UK charity finding, funding and facilitating a strategy of biomedical research into ME.
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).
Anna Redshaw's "Blue Sunday"' - the Tea Party For M.E. 2023 for Invest in ME Research
My Giving
Cath Clapton has set up a Swim a Mile in May for ME
This year for ME month Cath will be swimming a mile for IiMER because her daughter, Jessica, is in her 15th year with ME.
Cath's fundraising page is here
