Wednesday, January 7  
Neurosupport, Norton Street, Liverpool, Liverpool L3 8LR, 1-5pm  
Welfare Benefits Advice session. Appointment necessary, tel: 0151 298 2999.

Saturday, January 10
The Allendale Community Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne, Dorset, 2.30pm
Dorset ME Support Group meeting. Professor Stephen Holgate, chair of the Medical Research Council's new advisory research strategy panel for ME/CFS, will speak on the need for a national research strategy into the illness. Admission by ticket at the door, costing a minimum of £3 each to defray expenses (one accompanying carer free).

Saturday, January 10
Wigton Road Methodist Church, Carlisle, 2pm
Carlisle ME/CFS Support Group meeting. Speaker: Derek Eland on art therapy and ME.

Tuesday, January 13   
9 Priory Avenue, Chiswick, London W4 1TX, 12noon-2pm 
Networh MESH (West London) New Year Party at home of Tony Golding, near Turnham Green tube station. Please bring finger food and drink to share, 

Wednesday, January 14   
Neurosupport, Norton Street, Liverpool, Liverpool L3 8LR, 1-5pm  
Welfare Benefits Advice session. Appointment necessary, tel: 0151 298 2999.

Thursday, January 15  
Longsight Methodist Church Hall, Longsight Lane, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3HX, 7.30pm  
Bury/Bolton ME/CFS Support Group meeting. Talk by Isobel Dixon, of Breathworks, a company which runs pain management and living well programmes based on Buddhirst principles.

Monday, January 19
Picton Medical and Children's Centre, Picton, Liverpool, 10am-12.30pm
Start of Expert Patients Programme course, enabling people to cope better with long-sterm health conditions through improved self-management. Two tutors who are living with long-term conditions will run the course. To book a place and for more information, contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , tel: 0151 296 7442.

Tuesday, January 20  
Redmond Centre, High Street, Carcroft, Doncaster DN6 8DN, 6pm. 
Leger ME Group meeting. Speaker: Mark Adams, physiotherapist with the Sheffield ME/CFS Team.

Wednesday, January 21  
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, room and time to be confirmed but expected to be 1pm  
Cross Party Group on ME meeting. Speaker: Professor Julia Newton, University of Newcastle.

Wednesday, January 21   
Neurosupport, Norton Street, Liverpool, Liverpool L3 8LR, 1-5pm  
Welfare Benefits Advice session. Appointment necessary, tel: 0151 298 2999.

Thursday, January 22   
Fabric Watehouse coffee shop, Grantham, 10.30am 
Grantham ME Group coffee morning. For further information, contact Gordan Clark, tel: 01476 560 9105.

Sunday, January 25
Low Moor Road Church Hall, Wigton, Cumbria, 12noon-1pm
Wigton ME/CFS Support Group drop-in meeting. Soup lunch plus talk by a teacher of the Alexander Technique.This group is an off-shoot of Carlisle ME Support Group and is attempting to establish itself as a focal point for people with ME/CFS in Wigton, Maryport, Aspatria and Wiggonby. Contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it for details.

Wednesday, January 28   
Neurosupport, Norton Street, Liverpool, Liverpool L3 8LR, 1-5pm  
Welfare Benefits Advice session. Appointment necessary, tel: 0151 298 2999.

Saturday, February 7
Crawley, West Sussex  
'Get Your Life Back!', a breakthrough workshop for people with ME and their carers. Covering the secrets to wellbeing, language of health, controlling your mind & emotions, values & beliefs, vision & goal setting, supporters network and more, from two recovered ME sufferers. For more details, email using This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or phone Elaine Wilkins  on 07771 722462 or Kelly Oldershaw,  07590 661961. 

Saturday, February 7
Angel House, 1 Brunswick Terrace, Hove BN3 1HN, 10am-5pm
'The Art of Well-Being", seven tools for coping with the ups and downs of life, with Jan Alcoe, author of 'Lifting Your Spirits' and a qualified hypnotherapist. Price: £45, including refreshments and a copy of the book. For details: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , tel: 0774 758202. This event is recommended by reMEmber, the Chronic Fatigue Society, which is based in West Sussex.

February 11-12  
High Court, London  
Judicial Review of the NICEGuideline on ME/CFS

Saturday, February 14  
Wigton Road Methodist Church, Carlisle, 2pm
Carlisle ME/CFS Support Group meeting. Illustrated talk by registered osteopath Timothy Marris, followed by discussion.

Wednesday, February 18 
East Sussex Disability Association HQ, 1 Faraday Close, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 9BH, 10.30am-1pm  
Start of reMEmber's latest, six-week self-management course. Cost 30 for the full course. Tel: 01273 831733.

Thursday, February 19  
Longsight Methodist Church Hall, Longsight Lane, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3HX, 7.30pm  
Bury/Bolton ME/CFS Support Group meeting. Talk by Dr Andrew Wright, on the latest developments in ME/CFS,

March 12-15
Peppermill Resort, Reno, Nevada, USA
Details about the presentations to be made at the next conference of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME are now available at the association's redesigned website. The event – the 9th International IACFS/ME Research and Clinical Conference – will be held in the Peppermill Resort, Reno, Nevada, from March 12 to March 15. The main speakers will present their findings to a mini day-long conference for patients on March 12.

Thursday, March 19  
Longsight Methodist Church Hall, Longsight Lane, Harwood, Bolton BL2 3HX, 7.30pm  
Bury/Bolton ME/CFS Support Group Annual General Meeting, followed by social event.

Saturday, March 28 
Danny House, Hurstpierpoint, 7 for 7.30pm,  
A champagne celebration of inspired music with Lou Beckerman and Friends. Tickets available from reMEmber, priced at £15.00 to include champagne. ReMEmber are grateful to Mr Richard Burrows for permission for this concert to his held in his Elizabethan home.

Thursday, April 23 
The Fishbourne Social Club, Blackboy Lane, Fishbourne, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 8BL, 10.30am-1pm  
Start of reMEmber's latest, six-week self-management course. Cost £30 for the full course. Tel: 01273 831733.

April 28- 30                                                                                                                                           Naidex at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
Naidex is the biggest new product showcase in the UK with over 350 exhibitors and thousands of products on show to aid independent living - including wheelchairs, scooters, adapted vehicles, pressure relieving beds, walking aids, recliner chairs, stairlifts, access equipment, household equipment, daily living aids and much much more! Visit Naidex to try, test and compare thousands of products to get inspiration and help you make the right purchasing decision. Register for free tickets at www.naidex.co.uk or call 0870 3146 206.

Wednesday, May 13
Lord Hill Hotel, Abbey Foregate,  Shrewsbury SY2 6AX, 7-9pm
Shropshire ME Group annual conference. Guest speaker: Dr Vance Spence, of ME Research UK, on "ME – a diagnostic and research challenge". More details to be announced later.

Thursday, May 29
Westminster, London
Invest in ME's fourth international ME/CFS research conference. Details to be announced later.