Sponsored walk for Fibromyalgia Syndrome

A team of people from FibroAction will be doing the Newbury Rotary Club supported sponsored walk on May 10 2009 in aid of FibroAction.

The 8 mile walk is being organised and supported by Newbury Rotary, but all walkers will be raising funds for their own charities. It is taking place on May 10th - 2 days before International Fibromyalgia Syndrome Awareness Day on May 12th - at Snelsmore Common, near Newbury, West Berkshire.

We would like to get a few other people to join us - even if just to take photos and cheer us on at the start and finish, so if you’re interested, let us know.

The walk may not compare to running a marathon or climbing a mountain, but it's quite a challenge with Fibro - two of the team (FibroAction founder Lindsey Middlemiss and West Berks ME & Fibro Group Social Secretary Debbie Liddiard) have the condition.

FibroAction have got a long list of projects lined up for this year, including research. development of new tools for Fibro and an expansion of our information providing service. Unfortunately it all costs money and how much research we can make happen, and how much information we can provide, depends on how much support the charity gets. So if you like what FibroAction do and want to see more of it, please help out in some way!

You can sponsor the team at: www.justgiving.com/lindseymiddlemiss.

If you can't afford a donation but would like to help out, why not organise an event of your own. It's easy to set up a fundraising page using JustGiving.

Alternatively, FibroAction are looking for regular volunteers, so if you want to get involved and can spare an hour or two a week, email us!