ThereForME@ThereForME_UK

Working towards a world where healthcare, wider public services, & society are truly there for people affected by ME. Registered Charity No. 1218590.

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We’ve got news! ThereForME is now a registered charity. ThereForME is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales. Registered Charity No. 1218590.

ALT We’ve got news! ThereForME is now a registered charity. ThereForME is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales. Registered Charity No. 1218590.

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360 professional sports stars support former GB sprinter @BethDobbin 's call for fair research funding for ME - a disease with no approved treatments. We hope Andy Burnham is listening.
Image from Times. Headline: “Olympians demand better ME funding after sprinter Beth Dobbin speaks out.” Image from BBC Sport. Headline: “Beth Dobbin: Tom Daley & David Moyes among 360 sportspeople to sign letter to Andy Burnham” “360 sports stars, including 100+ Olympians & Paralympians, urge PM to fund ME research “

ALT Image from Times. Headline: “Olympians demand better ME funding after sprinter Beth Dobbin speaks out.” Image from BBC Sport. Headline: “Beth Dobbin: Tom Daley & David Moyes among 360 sportspeople to sign letter to Andy Burnham” “360 sports stars, including 100+ Olympians & Paralympians, urge PM to fund ME research “

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Quote from Beth Dobbin: “I’ve been taken aback and extremely touched by how many of them - and so many others in the sports world - have jumped at the chance to help by signing this letter. It means so much to me. I hope that, with all of them behind me, Andy Burnham is listening and will commit to doing what’s needed to deliver real change for a community that has been neglected for so long.”

ALT Quote from Beth Dobbin: “I’ve been taken aback and extremely touched by how many of them - and so many others in the sports world - have jumped at the chance to help by signing this letter. It means so much to me. I hope that, with all of them behind me, Andy Burnham is listening and will commit to doing what’s needed to deliver real change for a community that has been neglected for so long.”

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BBC Sport: bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/ar… The Times: thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
Quote from ThereForME co-founder Karen Hargrave: “Beth’s advocacy has been extraordinary, and today’s letter, with the incredible support behind it, will mean so much to so many people with ME across the UK. Successive governments have failed people with ME, and we hope Andy Burnham’s government will finally change that. The Prime Minister can start by meeting Beth and closing the £15 million funding gap for Sequence ME & Long Covid, a vital first step towards putting ME research funding on an equal footing with other diseases.”

ALT Quote from ThereForME co-founder Karen Hargrave: “Beth’s advocacy has been extraordinary, and today’s letter, with the incredible support behind it, will mean so much to so many people with ME across the UK. Successive governments have failed people with ME, and we hope Andy Burnham’s government will finally change that. The Prime Minister can start by meeting Beth and closing the £15 million funding gap for Sequence ME & Long Covid, a vital first step towards putting ME research funding on an equal footing with other diseases.”
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Olympians demand better ME funding after sprinter Beth Dobbin speaks out thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…

Olympians demand better ME funding after sprinter Beth Dobbin speaks out

The runner Georgia Hunter Bell and diver Tom Daley are among 360 sportspeople to urge Andy Burnham to ‘level the playing field’ and address decades of neglect

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Long COVID Physio@LC_Physio
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Advocacy is exhausting when you are this unwell. Huge thanks to @BethDobbin and everyone else in the community who uses their limited energy to try and make a difference. Things need to change. We need rapid and significant investment in proper research and treatment.
Beth Dobbin
@BethDobbin
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Hi everyone, we’ve been working on something 🙏🏼 I’ve written a second letter to Andy Burnham, alongside 360 sports people, to urge him to meet with me and fund research into my much neglected health issue which impacts millions of others. I can’t believe 360 people signed in just 1 week, so many amazing names and messages still coming in of people wanting to add theirs (so feel free to message to add yours, we’re keeping on the pressure!!!) The list includes 114 Olympians, with 77 medals between them (and that’s not even including Worlds and Europeans 🤯). Also some huge names from football and many other sports!! Thank you SO much to everyone that signed, I can’t tell you how much it means to me when I’m truly at rock bottom ❤️❤️❤️ I know everyone wants their issues taken seriously, but this has been neglected like nothing else. WE HAVE 0 APPROVED TREATMENTS!!! Please listen 🙏🏼 @andyburnham @number10gov @UKLabour @DHSCgovuk
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Fantastic to see @BethDobbin pushing ahead with the support of other senior international sports people demanding research funding for #MECFS - see today's BBC Sport article in next tweet. Beth developed the condition after getting glandular fever and covid and is housebound.
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Adam@ABrokenBattery
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New article 360 sportspeople, including 114 Olympians, have signed an open letter supporting Beth Dobbin’s call for Prime Minister Andy Burnham to “level the playing field” and increase research funding for #MECFS, an illness that has been “neglected for decades”. 2 Nov 2026
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The ME community has a truly incredible, unrelenting advocate in @BethDobbin 💙 It’s been a whirlwind week for our team supporting Beth & family with this open letter. We hope the PM is listening 🤞🤞
Beth Dobbin
@BethDobbin
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Hi everyone, we’ve been working on something 🙏🏼 I’ve written a second letter to Andy Burnham, alongside 360 sports people, to urge him to meet with me and fund research into my much neglected health issue which impacts millions of others. I can’t believe 360 people signed in just 1 week, so many amazing names and messages still coming in of people wanting to add theirs (so feel free to message to add yours, we’re keeping on the pressure!!!) The list includes 114 Olympians, with 77 medals between them (and that’s not even including Worlds and Europeans 🤯). Also some huge names from football and many other sports!! Thank you SO much to everyone that signed, I can’t tell you how much it means to me when I’m truly at rock bottom ❤️❤️❤️ I know everyone wants their issues taken seriously, but this has been neglected like nothing else. WE HAVE 0 APPROVED TREATMENTS!!! Please listen 🙏🏼 @andyburnham @number10gov @UKLabour @DHSCgovuk
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Elisabeth Klaar@lammas_leaves
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Brilliant campaigning - thank you so much to all the signatories and to Beth Dobbin and @ThereForME_UK for bringing them together!
Beth Dobbin
@BethDobbin
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Hi everyone, we’ve been working on something 🙏🏼 I’ve written a second letter to Andy Burnham, alongside 360 sports people, to urge him to meet with me and fund research into my much neglected health issue which impacts millions of others. I can’t believe 360 people signed in just 1 week, so many amazing names and messages still coming in of people wanting to add theirs (so feel free to message to add yours, we’re keeping on the pressure!!!) The list includes 114 Olympians, with 77 medals between them (and that’s not even including Worlds and Europeans 🤯). Also some huge names from football and many other sports!! Thank you SO much to everyone that signed, I can’t tell you how much it means to me when I’m truly at rock bottom ❤️❤️❤️ I know everyone wants their issues taken seriously, but this has been neglected like nothing else. WE HAVE 0 APPROVED TREATMENTS!!! Please listen 🙏🏼 @andyburnham @number10gov @UKLabour @DHSCgovuk
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BBC Sport: 'The letter calls on Burnham to "level the playing field" for funding into ME research with that for other illnesses "to give hope to the many affected that something is being done about this life-destroying, much-ignored illness and its spiralling impact".'
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'Karen Hargrave, co-founder of the charity ThereForME, said: "Beth's advocacy has been extraordinary, and today's letter, with the incredible support behind it, will mean so much to so many people with ME across the UK.' bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/ar…

Beth Dobbin: Tom Daley and David Moyes among 360 sportspeople to sign letter to Andy Burnham

A total of 360 sportspeople sign a letter calling on the prime minister to meet Beth Dobbin and increase funding towards ME research.

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NEW: 360 sports pros - including 114 Olympians & Paralympians (with 77 medals between them), world and Commonwealth champions, & sports stars from football, rugby, darts and more - have signed a letter to Andy Burnham in support of Beth Dobbin's campaign for increased ME funding.
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thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…

Olympians demand better ME funding after sprinter Beth Dobbin speaks out

The runner Georgia Hunter Bell and diver Tom Daley are among 360 sportspeople to urge Andy Burnham to ‘level the playing field’ and address decades of neglect

thetimes.com
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We're pleased to see The Times picking up this story. Beth has given another strong interview, speaking so clearly about what it's like to have ME and representing others with the disease. And there's a quote from this new little charity too!
Beth Dobbin continues to make an impact! Image from Times with the headline "I represented Team GB at the Olympics. Now I'm in bed 22 hours a day."

ALT Beth Dobbin continues to make an impact! Image from Times with the headline "I represented Team GB at the Olympics. Now I'm in bed 22 hours a day."

This is a life-debilitating, life-decimating illness. I know people with ME who are tube-fed, who have to be turned. It’s disgraceful not to have anywhere to go on the NHS. Beth Dobbin Olympic Sprinter

ALT This is a life-debilitating, life-decimating illness. I know people with ME who are tube-fed, who have to be turned. It’s disgraceful not to have anywhere to go on the NHS. Beth Dobbin Olympic Sprinter

Karen Hargrave, co-founder of charity ThereForME, said: “Beth has shown great courage in speaking out about severe ME. We urge the prime minister to meet her and commit to fair funding for ME research, starting with making up the £15 million shortfall facing the Sequence ME and Long Covid project. “ The Times 30th October 2026

ALT Karen Hargrave, co-founder of charity ThereForME, said: “Beth has shown great courage in speaking out about severe ME. We urge the prime minister to meet her and commit to fair funding for ME research, starting with making up the £15 million shortfall facing the Sequence ME and Long Covid project. “ The Times 30th October 2026

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I represented Team GB at the Olympics. Now I’m in bed 22 hours a day

The former sprinter Beth Dobbin, 32, has written to Andy Burnham demanding more research funding for ME after her life was ripped apart by the illness

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I represented Team GB at the Olympics. Now I’m in bed 22 hours a day thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…

I represented Team GB at the Olympics. Now I’m in bed 22 hours a day

The former sprinter Beth Dobbin, 32, has written to Andy Burnham demanding more research funding for ME after her life was ripped apart by the illness

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This is amazing,thank you all so much it's hugely appreciated
ThereForME@ThereForME_UK
Oct 28
We're pleased to support Jean and Jim, @BethDobbin's mum and dad, in sharing this message:
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ME Association
@MEAssociation
Oct 28
Olympic sprinter, Beth Dobbin, who now has severe ME post a Covid infection and glandular fever (mono) wrote to the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to highlight issues surrounding this disease and call for more research to be funded. ForwardME and @ThereForME_UK have put together a template letter which you can use to write to your MP, asking them to support @BethDobbin's call for greater research funding. Template letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1… Find your local MPs contact details by searching here: members.parliament.uk/member… N.B. The MEA are a part of ForwardME #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #BethDobbin #AndyBurnham #PrimeMinister
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of the Houses of Parliament. Graphic of a megaphone, with the heading "Write to your MP!" Wording: "Ask them to support Beth Dobbin's call for greater funding for ME/CFS research!" Logos: ME Association

ALT IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of the Houses of Parliament. Graphic of a megaphone, with the heading "Write to your MP!" Wording: "Ask them to support Beth Dobbin's call for greater funding for ME/CFS research!" Logos: ME Association

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