What's this all about?

This summer we (Thomas, Miriam and Daniel) are going to attempt the Three Peak Challenge to fundraise and raise awareness for M.E.

What is M.E.?

M.E. (myalgic encephalomyelitis) is defined by the World Health Organisation as “a chronic complex neurological illness”. The main symptoms are severe exhaustion, muscle fatigue, muscle and joint pain, cognitive dysfunction, and un-restorative sleep. M.E. often starts with something like a ‘flu virus that knocks you sideways'. You expect to get over it in a week or so, but weeks, months and even years go by, and you feel no better... The ME Association believes that well over 250,000 people in the UK are living with this horrible yet largely invisible affliction.

Want to know more?

Check out the ME Association website and the ME Action UK website for more information about the illness and what is currently being done to help people who have it. We also encourage you to have a look at this very short video by ME Action UK on facebook: video . Or the longer youtube version (facebook not necessary): longer video.

Want to do more?

If you want to do more firstly check out the M.E. charities websites like ME Association and ME Action, read the stories of real people who are going through this and share this information with your friends and family!

Then join us for a walk for ME... We are encouraging you to take a walk wherever you are to think about and raise awareness for people with M.E. It doesn't need to be a long walk but we are hoping that between all of us we will at least cover the distance of the Three Peaks Challenge (23 miles) which some of us will be doing to raise money for ME Association this summer. We also encourage you to pledge a donation to support ME Association. Fill in our form and let us know how far you are walking and donate here!

Also watch this space for more information about the challenge this summer!

Thanks!!

The walk with ME three peaks team ( Miriam, Thomas, Daniel and Vanessa).