Matched March Donations Offer!

We've had a brilliant response to our invitation to help us hit £1million fundraising target for Invest in ME Research Funds by May, including this very kind message from supporters who wish to remain anonymous: 

"We are so impressed by the LDIFME team and all their efforts to support biomedical research into ME with Invest in ME that we would like to donate £1000 for a matching donation effort in aid of the wonderful new March on a Million challenge. Please keep up the impressive and crucial support for the charity and for ME patients".

What a lovely surprise!

We share these wonderful supporters' hope that this may inspire others to offer matching donation amounts. If so, please get in touch and we look forward to hearing from you. 

The matching amount (up to £1000 in total) will be added as an offline donation to the JustGiving page at the end of March.  Gift Aid (extra from the government for eligible UK tax-payers donations) will be an added bonus towards the £1million fundraising target, so don't forget to tick the box if this applies to you. The month's marching on so don't delay  - spread the word to donate today :) 

1st APRIL UPDATE: You did it! Thanks so much for your support and again of course, to our kind matching sponsors.  Their £1000 has been added as an offline donation to add to the totals on the Let's Do It For ME JustGiving page (link below).  Hang on, it's 1st of the new month? On with Ruth Gilchrist's One Day - One Pound!  THANK YOU each and every one!  http://blog.ldifme.org/2012/06/one-day-one-pound.html

Ways to donate for this matching offer. 

JustGiving (worldwide - minimum donation £2 - includes PayPal)
https://www.justgiving.com/ldifme

or 

JustTextGiving  (UK only) 

Text: BMER99 - £1-£5 or £10 - to 70070 

You can choose to add your name and Gift Aid by text if eligible. 

Text donations add to the totals on the Just Giving link above. 

Paypal

paypal@investinme.org

Bank Transfer

Bank: Lloyds TSB Eastleigh

Sorting code: 30-92-94

Account number: 02252685

Bank Transfer from outside the UK

IBAN: GB63 Loyd 3092 9402 2526 85

BIC/SWIFT: LOYDGB21209

Cheque

Payable to ‘Invest in ME’ to:

Invest in ME
PO Box 561,

Eastleigh,

Hampshire,

SO50 0GQ

UK tax-payers can add Gift Aid - Invest in ME Gift Aid form

To read more about our £1m challenge -

http://blog.ldifme.org/2015/03/lets-march-on-million.html

BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

& THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR BIG CAUSE

Let's Do It For ME!

*Let's Do It For ME! is a patient-driven campaign helping to raise awareness of the work of independent UK charity Invest in ME (Research) and funds for the biomedical research into myalgic encephalomyelitis that the charity is organising and/or funding. Invest in ME is run entirely by unpaid volunteers who either have ME or are parents and carers of ME patients. They are driving the agenda of scientific biomedical research into diagnostic tests and treatments for myalgic encephomyelitis in UK in collaboration with international researchers of world renown. 2015 marks the 10th year of amazing progress made by this small charity with a BIG cause - will you help them make it the best yet? Let's do it for Invest in ME!*

New Year Matching Donation Offer!

What a great way to help us see in the New Year - all donations to two of our JustGiving fundraising pages for Invest in ME charity - including donations by text - will be matched £1 for £1 up to a combined amount of £1250 until 6th January! 

We have received the wonderful offer of £1250 (£1000 + £250 Gift Aid) as a matching donation by an incredibly generous friend of Team Let's do it for ME! This is in support of the UK rituximab clinical treatment trial being organised at University College London by Invest in ME.. The matching period runs from New Year's Eve to Twelfth Night on 6th January. It will apply to two of our JustGiving pages.

1. Ruth Gilchrist's 1st of each month One Day – One Pound (1 Day - £1) - minimum donation is £1 by JustTextGiving by texting this code - APFR99 - and the amount - £1 (or £2, £3, £4, £5, £10) - to 70070 - or from £2 via the JustGiving page:
http://www.justgiving.com/onedayonepound

2. Sue Page's small change to change M.E., which she launched on 1st January last year, so if you've been collecting your small change over the year, time to add it up and be counted in! http://www.justgiving.com/Sue-Page1

The £1250 includes Gift Aid (25% extra from the government on donations made by UK tax-payers so don't forget to tick the Gift Aid box when you donate if it applies to you) but all donations will count towards the total matched amount, whether or not you live in UK or are a UK tax-payer.

The combined total of the two pages at the time of the announcement was £6505 (inc. Gift Aid) so all donations from this amount will be counted and matched £1 for £1 until a combined total of £7755 (inc. Gift Aid) is reached or until 6th January if we haven't reached the full matched amount.

So don't delay – donate today and let's get the New Year off to a flying start!

Links to more info ..

IiME/UCL/UK rituximab trial microsite
http://ukrituximabtrial.org/
Invest in ME (Research)
www.investinme.org
Let's do it for ME!
http://ldifme.org/

*Let's do it for ME! is a patient-driven campaign in support of the independent UK charity Invest in ME (Research) and funds for the biomedical research into myalgic encephalomyelitis that the charity is organising and/or funding. Invest in ME is run entirely by unpaid volunteers who either have ME or are parents and carers of ME patients. They are driving the agenda of scientific biomedical research into diagnostic tests and treatments for myalgic encephomyelitis in UK in collaboration with international researchers of world renown - 2014 will be an exciting year for progress in M.E. research*

Thank you for your support throughout the year - Happy New Year to one and all!