Action for M.E. Conference & AGM: Collaborating for change

Friday, 18 November 2016 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM [GST]

Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom

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Friday, 18 November 2016 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM [GST]

Allen and Overy, Bishops Square, , London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom.

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Action for M.E.'s 2016 conference will ask how we can we collaborate more effectively to better meet the needs of people with
M.E. at a local, national and international level. It will be followed by our Annual General Meeting.

Anyone affected by or with an interest in M.E. is welcome, including carers, health and social care professionals, researchers
and policy-makers. 

The programme will focus on the importance of collaboration, using our new five-year strategy as a springboard for presentations
and discussions. Throughout the day, we will aim to identify barriers to effective collaboration, how these barriers can be addressed
and key actions for us to take forward. 

The venue is fully accessible with plenty of space in the auditorium to lie down for those who need to. A quiet room is
provided, along with tea and coffee during the breaks, and a hot buffet lunch.

Registration is free and we look forward to seeing you on the day.

TAKING PART FROM HOME

For those who aren’t able to attend, we are intending to livestream the event so you can watch from home – please see Action for M.E.’s website for updates on this.

PROGRAMME

10.00

Welcome and housekeeping

Alan Cook, Chair of the Board of Trustee, Action for M.E.

 

10.10

IMPROVE INSPIRE and INVEST
Our five-year strategy for change

 

Sonya Chowdhury, Chief Executive, Action for M.E.

 

Working locally

 

10.40

IMPROVE 

Our SEE M.E. project

 

Tom Owen, Director of Services and Development

 

11.00

INSPIRE and INVEST

M.E. matters now in Wales

 

Clare Ogden, Head of Communications and Policy, Action for M.E. and Christalla Bailey, M.E. Support in Glamorgan

 

11.20

Break

 

Working nationally

 

11.40

INVEST

New technologies for M.E. research

 

Dr Warwick Dunn, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham

12.20

 

INSPIRE

Collaborating for change

 

 

Katie McMahon, Policy Officer, Action for M.E.

12.30

 

IMPROVE

Mentor M.E. peer-mentoring project in Scotland

 

Katrina Allen, Project Co-ordinator Scotland, Action for M.E.

12.40

 

IMPROVE

Supporting people with MS and M.E. 

 

Bernard Elwen, Honorary Secretary, MS National Therapy Centre

Working internationally

 

12.50

IMPROVE INSPIRE and INVEST

Our global movement

 

Sonya Chowdhury 

13.00

Lunch

 

14.00

Roundtable discussions facilitated by staff and Trustees

 

 

This will include an online discussion, with topics to focus on ideas and issues highlighted during the presentations

 

 

15.15

Break

 

15.30

Action for M.E. Annual General Meeting

 

Agenda 

  1. Apologies for absence
  2. Welcome to the Annual General Meeting by the Chair
  3. Minutes of last meeting
  4. Proposal for the appointment of Jonah Grunsell, Susan Hardy and Gordon Berry as members and Trustees of the Charity subject to the result of the postal ballot to be put to the meeting individually
  5. Treasurer’s report for 2015-6
  6. Questions on the Treasurer’s report for 2015-16 and on the Trustee Report and Accounts of the Charity to 31 March 2016
  7. Approval of the re-appointment of BDO LLP as auditor of the Charity and authorisation of the board of trustees of the Charity to fix the remuneration of the auditors.

 

 

16.20

Ends

 

 

 

Sonya Chowdhury

www.actionforme.org.uk

Action for M.E. takes action to end the ignorance, injustice and neglect experienced by people with M.E.

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