Thank You Ian Swales MP

A thank you email I sent to Ian Swales MP in response to the Parliamentary debate on ME 2nd February 2011 as well as his EDM 778 on ME Research 9 February 2011 Dear Mr Swales Although I am not one of your consituents I just wanted to write to thank you for your comments …

#4 Letters to my MP on APPG on ME

I now have the Minister's reply to the letter my MP wrote on my behalf as part of our correspondence on the APPG on M.E. The Minister, Mr Paul Burstow, talks about the National Service Framework (NSF) for Long-term Conditions and their Quality Standards. He also talks about the work of the group formed in 2008 …

#3 Letters to my MP on APPG on ME

It's time to report the third installment on my letters to my MP on the APPG on ME and the EDM's I asked if he would sign.  After the initial letters to my MP  he then replied saying he had referred my letter to the relevant Minister and as a Minister he was "not permitted …

Letters to my MP on APPG on ME

I received a response to my letter to my MP on supporting the APPG on M.E. It took nearly a month but his letter made me pretty confused. He said he was referring the matter to the relevant Minister at the Department of Health. I wondered why he was asking a Minister about me asking him …

Letter to my MP on APPG on M.E.

I wrote to my MP on 24 June 2010 urging him to lend his support to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on M.E. which desperately needs new bood after the last election saw several members leave such as a MP from a nearby town who had to retire for health reasons. The first letter I sent …

Money (for charity) for Nowt

I'm loving http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk and as someone who does makes most of my purchases online it's a fantstic way to raise a bit of money for charity really easily. You register, choose your charity (for me it's the ME Association) and when you want to make a purchase online check if the retailer is registered on easyfundraising, …