Wednesday, September 8
NeuroSupport, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR. 1-5pm.
Welfare Benefits Advice session. Appointment required – please phone 0151 298 2999.

Saturday, September 11
Wigton Road Methodist Church, Carlisle, 2pm
Monthly meeting of Carlisle ME/CFS Support Group. All welcome.

Wednesday, September 15
NeuroSupport, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR. 1-5pm.
Welfare Benefits Advice session. Appointment required – please phone 0151 298 2999.

Thursday, September 16
Linacre Mission, Linacre Mission Litherland Liverpool L21 5NS, 2-4pm
South Sefton ME Support Group meeting. Speaker: Joan Crawford from Chester MESH to update group on the latest research into XMRV/MLV and discusses her own research into how neuropsychological problems in ME/CFS – in the areas of attention, memory and motor control – affects the management of the illness. A £2 donation is requested to cover room hire.

Thursday, September 16
Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
S V Timber's corporate golf day in aid of the ME Association.

 Friday, September 17
Redmond Community Centre, High Street, Carcroft, Doncaster, 1.30pm
Annual General Meeting of Leger ME Support Group.

Saturday, September 18
87 Gunthorpe Road, Gunthorpe, Peterborough, 10.30-12.30pm
Peterborough ME Support Group coffee morning.

Wednesday, September 22
NeuroSupport, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR. 1-5pm.
Welfare Benefits Advice session. Appointment required – please phone 0151 298 2999.

Friday, September 24
Maidenhead, Berkshire, 2.30pm
Reading area ME Support Group meeting at Beverley's home. Before travelling, please phone after 10.30am on the day to check all is well, tel: 01628 626 703.

Saturday, September 25
Allen & Overy, One Bishops Quare, London E1 6AO, 12.15-4.45pm
'Work, welfare benefits and ME – is anyone listening?' A conference organised by Action for ME to enable people with ME to discuss with the Department for Work and Pensons (DWP) their experiences of the welfare support system and their employment problems. The conference will include dissemination of the findings of the National ME/CFS Observatory. No conference fees are payable thanks to the generosity of the Big Lottery Fund in supporting the work of the National ME/CFS Observatory. However, it will not be possible for the conference organisers to reimburse travel or accommodation costs. Details from AfME's conference organiser This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it s, tel: 0117 927 9551 or lo-call 0845 123 2380. Places are limited.

Saturday, September 25
Stormont, Northern Ireland, 7.30pm
'An Evening of Praise at Stormont', concert given by the Ards Charity Committee in aid of the ME Association. Featuring Nell Hire, Kathryn Mitchell, Kingdom Heirs, Louise Smyth, Stephen Olphert, the Rev. Fred Greenfield (chairnan), Paul Olphert. This is a ticket-only event, with tickets costing £12.50 each. Each guest must be named individually. Tickets available from: Karen Boville, 105 Crosskeys Road, Toomebridge, Co Antrim BT41 3QF. Please make cheques payable to 'Ards Charity'.

Wednesday, September 29
NeuroSupport, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR. 1-5pm.
Welfare Benefits Advice session. Appointment required – please phone 0151 298 2999.

Friday, October 1
Haywards Heath Town Hall, 40 Boltro Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1BA, 10.30am
Start of reMEmber's latest self-management course for people with ME/CFS. For details, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , PO Box 1647, Hassocks, West Sussex BN6 9GQ, terl: 01273 831 733.

Wednesday, October 13
NeuroSupport, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR. 3-6pm.
NeuroSuppport's annual review meeting with speakers from Epilepsy Action, Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH), The Roald Dahl Foundation, The Young People's Centre for Epilepsy and NeuroSupport's own young person's group. The meeting will be opened by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Hazel Williams, and Sarah Teather MP, Minister for Families in the Coalition  Government, has been invited to attend. For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , tel: 0151 298 3281.

Thursday, October 14
Ealing Centre for Independent Living, 1 Bayham Road, London W13 OTQ, 2.30-4.30pm
Network MESH (West London) meeting. Topic - Benefits and ME. A speaker from the Disability Alliance will talk about changes to the benefits system and there will be a chance to ask questions and share experiences. Admission is free and open to everyone with ME/CFS, their carers and other people interested. For further details, tel: 020 8740 6589.

Sunday, October 24
Lloyds Bar, Crown Passage, Worcester, 11am-Late
The Worcester Zombie Walk in aid of The ME Association.

Sunday, October 24
Southsea, Portsmouth
The BUPA Great South Run. At least two runners – Matt Prior and Matt Funnell – will be sponsored for the ME Association. If you are running in the event and would like to raise money for us, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , tel: 01406 370293. We have no guaranteed places to offer you.

Thursday, December 9
Tysedale Community Centre, South Bretton, Peterborough, 8pm
Peterborough ME Support Group Christmas social gathering. Entertainment by Hereward Harmony, a men's barbershop chorus.

And this event notified so far for 2011

September 22-25
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
The Canadian National ME/FM Action Network hosts the 10th International IACFS/ME Research and Clinical Conference: "Translating Evidence into Practice: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Related Illnesses". This will be a four-day professional meeting with a one-day patient meeting on September 22. For more information, please visit the organiser's website.

If you would like your ME/CFS event to be included, please email Tony Britton.