Fran Hoyland

Fran's Skydive for ME Research

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£2,901
raised of £1,500 target
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ME Research UK

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We fund vital innovative biomedical studies to ignite research into ME/CFS

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My name is Fran and, in many ways, I'm your average 19 year-old. The big difference is that I am an ME patient, and have been since the age of 16.
My illness began after a trip to London, when I woke from a nap and found that I was paralysed from the waist downwards. Thankfully, this paralysis was only temporary, but from that day onwards I have suffered from an illness unlike anything else I had ever experienced previously.
I now live a life that is drastically different from the one I had hoped for, and even 2+ years down the line, day-to-day life can be very difficult and testing. Luckily, my condition is mild compared to others. Some sufferers are so sick that both noise and light are unbearable, and they must live their lives in a darkened room, unable to communicate or even feed themselves.

There are currently no known causes or treatments for my disease, and this needs to change. Therefore, my friends and I have decided to do something big in aid of ME Research UK!

We really hope you will support us in our efforts to find answers sooner for the thousands of Britons (and millions worldwide) who suffer each day.

Frances Hoyland, Robert Milne, David Hirst, Jessica Baker, Rebecca Bream, and Ali Jaffer


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ME Research UK

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ME Research UK exists solely to fund high quality biomedical studies into the causes and treatment of ME/CFS. This illness affects approximately 250,000 people in the UK but is neither well understood nor, in many cases, properly recognised. We fund highly regarded, peer-reviewed research worldwide.

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Total raised
£2,900.22
+ £267.73 Gift Aid
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£1,992.00
Offline donations
£908.22

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