For the autumn and winter, we revert to meeting at Debenhams fourth floor cafe, Princes Street, Edinburgh, on the first Wednesday of the month.
The next meetings will be held at:
October 7 at 2.30pm
November 4 at 2.30pm
December 2 at 2.30pm
Speaker: Dr Vance Spence, ME Research UK
Topic: Biomedical Research in ME/CFS: where are we, and where do we want to go?
Date: Saturday 3rd October 2009
Time: 2pm (doors open 1.30pm)
Venue: Lammermuir Hall, St Cuthbert’s Church,
5 Lothian Road, Edinburgh
Everyone welcome. Free talk. Refreshments.
Wheelchair access. Parking nearby.
Lifts available on request.
Katie MacLaren has successfully completed the half marathon in the Great Scottish Run in 2 hours 21 mins. Katie was running on behalf of edmesh - you can still contribute via the donate page. edmesh will let Katie know how much her run has raised from donations.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU BOUGHT A TICKET, YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE HUB FOR A REFUND.
PLEASE IGNORE THE INFORMATION BELOW!
The Edinburgh Festival of Politics is staging a free event on Thursday 20 August which may be of interest.
Event title: Past Present & Future – The Developing Role of the [...]
Our regular monthly get-togethers have resumed at the Holyrood Palace cafe for the summer months. The next few meetings will be:
June 3 2009 at 2.30pm
July 8 2009 at 2.30pm
August 5 2009 at 2.30pm
September 2 2009 at 2.30pm
Meetings are normally held on the first Wednesday of each month, so note the change of date in July [...]
THE edmesh ANNUAL SUMMER GARDEN PARTY
Saturday 15th August 2009 at 1pm
The ever popular get-together with buffet and refreshments will be held in the beautiful gardens at Duddingston Kirk.
The Scottish Public Health Network is currently undertaking a needs assessment for CFS/ME, and would like to hear from anyone suffering from the condition.
The main aims of the project are to:
Establish the incidence of CFS/ME in Scotland
Describe what services are currently available for CFS/ME sufferers and their effectiveness
Ascertain any new services required, with a view [...]
The Believe in ME report has now been published by NHS Lothian. A printed version has been sent out to everyone on the edmesh mailing list, and it has also been distributed by Lothian Health to health professionals and planners.
The report can be downloaded here. The file is in pdf format and is 1.92 MB. [...]
Unfortunately this event has now been cancelled. For more information please contact the organiser at the email address below.
Gig 4 M.E.
Date: Saturday 13th June
Time: 7.30pm
Duration: Approximately 3 hours
Venue: Auchterarder Parish Church, 24 High St, Auchterarder, Perthshire,
PH3 1DF (about an hour from central Edinburgh). The venue is seated.
Tickets: £8 (includes free Luma CD)
A charity gig featuring [...]
Unfortunately, edmesh have learned today (Friday) that Dr Jonathan Kerr is ill with flu and will be unable to travel to Edinburgh to give his talk on Saturday 9 May.
We have therefore decided to cancel Saturday’s open meeting at 2pm at the Lammermuir Hall, St Cuthbert’s Church.
We apologise for the short notice of this announcement [...]
