Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards 2024

Avoid the Christmas rush and order your FMA UK Christmas cards from our online shop today!

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Our Christmas cards help spread awareness of fibromyalgia as well as raise vital funds to support our services. A brief description of fibromyalgia is given on the back of each card along with FMA UK's contact details.

Spread some Christmas joy with FMA UK Christmas cards

Free postage is included. Buy your packs here.

The History of Fibromyalgia

It is International Awareness Day which falls on Florence Nightingales birthday each year. Around the world on May 12th there are events, awareness being raised and activities about increasing the awareness of fibromyalgia.

We thought this year as we have been creating a series of video content that we would create one that shows the history of fibromyalgia. Some people think it is a new condition with some dismissing it as a fad or made up. It is not and it is certainly not new. Veterans returning from World War 2 were dismissed as some still are today.

When checking out the videos on our YouTube channel be sure to Like and Subscribe and keep an eye out for new videos.

Fibromyalgia Awareness

Please share our short video about fibromyalgia to raise more awareness of the condition.

Click here if you would like to order a free information pack to any address in the UK.

Adventure Challenges

The Adventure of a Lifetime

Have you ever wanted to trek up Angkor Wat, cycle from London to Paris, or even go Husky sledding in Lapland?

Fibromyalgia featured on BBC Morning Live

BBC Morning Live featured a good piece on fibromyalgia this morning. It featured Dr Punam speaking about the condition how it affects people, the difficulty in diagnosis and treatment options. Janette Manrara was the presenter and thought the subject was well covered. It had some additional impact as both Jannete and Dr Punam have personal expereince of the condition with their mothers suffering from the condition.

Dr Punam's reflection on the challenges that her mother expereinced many years ago as opposed to our awareness of the condition now was an important aspect. It can be found in iplayer for the next year or so at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001q95f/morning-live-series-5-08092023 and the fibro piece starts at the 23:18 mark till the 28:46 mark.

Thanks to all that took part and helping to raise awareness especially during our awareness week.

Thank you to JManara and Dr Punam for their contribution to the programme. You can find the clip here

Volunteer Week 2023

A big THANK YOU to all FMA UK volunteers. FMA UK is run mainly by a team of amazing volunteers – our Board of Trustees, Regional Coordinators, Helplines, Office, Online Forum admin/moderators, writing and general volunteers who help us out on ad hoc tasks. We could not provide the support and information to people with fibromyalgia; their family/friends/carers; health professionals etc without their time and effort.

Our volunteers give their time and energy, for some it may be a few hours a month; others it may be on a daily basis – but the input from each and every person is what enables us to provide our essential services including:-

• Sending out information packs and orders from the office • Providing contact information for local support groups • Answering calls on our national and benefits helplines • Replying to email enquiries • Moderating our online support forums • Creating content for our website, social media and newsletter

Keep following our social media during Volunteers week to find out more about some of our roles, and meet some of our volunteers.

Highlights

How to Contact Us and get more info

Our professionally printed Information pack on fibromyalgia can be found here to view. You will also receive a free copy on request. We also have a booklet for young people with fibromyalgia that you can obtain on request and will be on the website soon.

FMA UK has recently changed some of its telephone numbers for helplines and groups. Please check here for more information on the New Contact Numbers if required.

FMA UK offers a range of support and information including:

National Helpline 0300 999 3333 (10am - 4pm Mon - Fri)
Benefits Helpline 0300 999 0055 (10am - 12pm Mon, Wed and Fri)
Complimentary information booklets for doctors and other professionals (fully referenced)
Books and videos
Website Contacts with legal specialists
Conferences
Local support group and helpline contacts

The charity is run by volunteers, most of whom have fibromyalgia.

Health Professional Pack

If your Health Care Professional needs some education in fibromyalgia you can request that an FMA UK Health Professionals Pack is sent out to them. All we need is the name of the Health CareProfessional and the address of their practice. We will then send a pack to their surgery addressed from us to them.

You can request a medical pack using this form.

Join a Support Group

You can find a Support Group near you by contacting the Regional Coordinator for your area. If there does not happen to be a support group near you then maybe you can join with some other members and set one up. Support groups provide a social benefit as well as the opportunity to share tips on coping with fibro. They come in all shapes and sizes and we are often told how they have helped people.

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