"...my daughter ellie has suffered with ME for almost two years now,  and like many people who suffer with this illness it has a massive impact on her life. It affects her in many ways constant back pain ,severe fatigue ,nausea  and insomnia just to name a few. I will be walking a marathon on the 16th of may this year to raise vital  funds for research into this terrible illness.

.doctors do not treat us and science does not study us. How could a disease this common and this devastating have been forgotten by medicine?" Jennifer BreaME Research UK believes that only biomedical research can find the causes of ME/CFS, improve diagnosis and treatment, and, ultimately, arrive at a cure. That’s why research is our focus. We've awarded 53 grants since 2000 and invested over £1.7million. But research is expensive and becoming more so every day. That’s the challenge we face, and that’s why we need your help.