‘I felt like we had just been abandoned and left to get on with it by everyone. We were struggling to cope.’ M.E. can affect anyone at any time. Of the 250,000 young people and adults in the UK with M.E., one in four experience pain and other symptoms so severe that they spend their lives in darkened rooms and often cannot be touched or hugged by a loved one. There's no cure and very little understanding towards treatment. GPs tell us that it’s the most challenging illness they deal with.

"I contacted Action for M.E. and was blown away by the support I was given." We provide vital information and advice by phone, online, and in print connecting people to the services they need; a ‘lifeline’ for those who have exhausted all other avenues seeking help. People with M.E. need better diagnosis and treatment but research is severely underfunded. We will bring more people and more money into the field so that M.E. can no longer be ignored. Together, we can stop M.E. stealing lives.