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NORTH WEST LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS These are some of the main support groups in the North West: Bury / Bolton ME/CFS Support Group Blackpool and Fylde ME Support Group Chester MESH Central Lancashire ME/CFS Support Group Morecambe Bay ME Group Penrith & Eden District M.E./CFS Information Resource Stockport ME Group AfME and the MEA list local support groups across the UK. BURY / BOLTON ME/CFS SUPPORT GROUP The Bury Bolton ME group is aimed at supporting carers and sufferers from ME. There are en estimated 860 sufferers in Bolton and 460 in Bury, according to Action for ME national figures. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month from 7.30pm until 9pm, except in April, August and December. TELEPHONE   01204 793846 (Pam Turner) WEB SITE   www.mesupportgroup.co.uk BLACKPOOL & FYLE ME SUPPORT GROUP TELEPHONE     01253 726805 (Jane Dennis) CHESTER MESH Chester MESH is a self-help group for those people suffering with CFS/ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) who wish to be pro-active in their own recovery programme. It is run by local people who either have ME or are carers of people with ME. TELEPHONE   01244 378276 (Mike Houghton) EMAIL   Mike@chestermesh.org.uk WEB SITE   http://www.chestermesh.org.uk CENTRAL LANCASHIRE ME/CFS GROUP The Central Lancashire ME/CFS Suppoert Group was formed by the merger of the Preston and Chorley and South Ribble ME/CFS Support Groups and the East Lancs ME/CFS Support Group. TELEPHONE   01772 717461 WEB SITE   http://www.clancsme.org.uk MORECAMBE BAY ME GROUP Morecambe Bay ME Group is an association of local people, both sufferers and carers, who have come together with the following aims to provide mutual support and companionship, to keep members updated with medical research and treatment regimes, to give information and advice about benefits, social services and aid agencies and to campaign for better NHS services within Morecambe Bay area. EMAIL   info@bayme.org WEB SITE   www.bayme.org PENRITH AND EDEN VALLEY MEED M.E.E.D was created by an ME sufferer living in Penrith. Jo-anne has had ME since 1993. For 6 years she was very severely affected, bedridden and unable to care for herself. She has now made a partial recovery and works occasionally as a volunteer for the 25% ME group (a national charity for the severely affected) and also helps run a national website for people with ME called MEchat. Jo-anne was frustrated by the lack of local support and services for people with ME in Penrith & surrounding areas and hopes that this website will provide much needed information, especially for those newly diagnosed with the disease. NB this is an email and web support group - no meetings. EMAIL   enquiries@me-ed.co.uk WEB SITE   www.me-ed.co.uk STOCKPORT ME GROUP (HERMES) The Stockport ME Group was formed in 1988 by a small group of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Since then it has grown to encompass several hundred adults and children in Stockport and the surrounding areas. The Group provides local advice and information so that, largely through 'self-help', M.E. sufferers can manage their illness better and improve their recovery. The Group produces the newsletter HERMES which is sent, free of charge, to member's home adresses. It provides up-to-date local information, advice, comment and details of group activities. WEBSITE   www.stockportmegroup.co.uk NB descriptions are taken or paraphrased from groups' own literature. Any changes? Please tell our webmaster.