My Story

Why this cause?

My mum has lived with ME for decades. She had to leave school and work in her twenties and has spent much of her life managing symptoms. Two years ago, my close friend developed post-viral ME after long COVID. This year, my younger brother was diagnosed too. He’s currently out of work and struggling to access proper care from the government.

It's one of the most debilitating long term illnesses in the UK, but is researched the least. Between 400,000 people to 1.35 million people in the UK live with ME or CFS, yet research into the condition remains underfunded and poorly understood. Despite the illness being recognised as a neurological condition by the World Health Organisation, patients are often branded hysterical, hypochondriac or lazy.

Awareness is still far too low. That’s why I’m running for ME Research UK, to raise both money and visibility for a condition that’s long been overlooked.

I’m aiming to raise £2,000 to help fund critical research, improve diagnosis and give people living with ME the support.

For every pound raised, I’ll add a forget-me-not to my race vest (we'll work out how when it comes to it hahaha)

Thank you so much for being part of it 🌻🌸