Welcome to Walk for ME 2021! The idea behind Walk for ME is that friends and family of an ME sufferer do a sponsored walk on their behalf, hence the name Walk for ME or Walk for me. Although in recent years people have also done runs, swims and rides so you can do any event you wish!

Given the current situation with corinavirus please only do safe, socially distanced events that are permitted within the current government guidelines.

It is hoped that as many friends and loved ones as possible will do a sponsored walk or other event during ME Awareness month which is in May although you can also do a walk at any other time if you prefer!

Walk for ME has had walkers across England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man, France, Spain, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and both coasts of America. Wherever you are we hope you will get involved!

We hope this will be a fun but poignant event. Family and friends can choose to walk any distance. It could be 1 mile, 5 miles, 10 miles or whatever feels appropriate. The whole idea is that the friend or family member is doing something that their loved one would love to be able to do but can't. We really hope that by doing this on their behalf and raising sponsorship money it will help raise awareness of this debilitating illness. Given coronavirus restrictions people may choose to do a number of smaller, safe events like walking or running in a safe place where they can socially distsnce.

For more information please visit our website www.walkforme.co.uk

If you would like to join the Walk for ME team for Invest in ME Research (and we really hope you will!) you need to do the following steps:

1. Go to www.justgiving.com and click on "make your page"

2. Either log in to your justgiving account or click "No - I'm new" to set one up

3. Search for IIME, MERUK, or for the charity you wish to support.

4. Click on personal challenge and follow the online steps

5. Choose your justgiving web address

6. Click on "create your page"

7. Personalise your page. You can say who you are walking for and why you are walking

8. Then go to www.justgiving.com/team/walkformeIIME scroll down and click on "Join the team"

9. Select your fundraising page to add it to our team!

10. You can then send your own justgiving address to friends to raise sponsorship. Any target you set on your own page will automatically add to the team target.

If you have any difficulties you can contact the justgiving support team on 0845 078 2063 or email the Walk for ME team at theteam@walkforme.co.uk.