Change For M.E. Change For Us

Change For M.E. Change For Us is an independently run campaign that actively works towards an expansion of NHS involvement for healthcare to be provided to those newly diagnosed, and living long-term with the debilitating condition known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or M.E.

The campaign, founded in May 2015, aims to develop a basis for government funding towards specialist healthcare for the sole purpose of caring for and aiding in the recovery of individuals living with M.E.

Change For M.E. Change For Us is a grassroots organisation, headed by a first-hand sufferer of M.E., and works closely with those hit by the condition across the UK. This ensures the needs, wishes and requirements of the whole M.E. community are met and fought for, and establishes one clear, unified voice.

In early October 2015, the campaign's founder and manager, L.A. Cooper traveled across the UK and interviewed six select M.E. sufferers. The interviews, detailing life with the condition, and the discrimination and neglect people with M.E. face every day, were compiled into a short film The Last Great Medical Cover Up. The film was released on 30th October 2015. It was followed by a petition calling for national reform in NICE Guidelines and funding for specialist care.

Change For M.E. Change For Us are currently seeking media support, and establishing a website and more prominent presence in the M.E. community, the medical profession and the general public.