Our group was born out of the need for understanding and awareness,not many people know about fibromyalgia, even some medical professionals, so people living with this disability needed somewhere to gain knowledge, advice, empathy and compassion. Over the years it has grown into a wonderful community which brings awareness and visibility to invisible disability.

We aim to provide a kind, Inclusive supportive understanding community where members are able to discuss what's on their mind ask for advice and support from fellow members who have Fibromyalgia too. We also have guest speakers from across a spectrum of services from rheumatologists to charities providing benefits advice, to holistic therapies, physical therapists and everything inbetween. As theres no cure fibromyalgia,theres also no 'one size firs all' way to manage the pain so we try to cater for this by offering a wide range of speackers. We provide a safe, welcoming environment for people across Newcastle (and often the whole of the North East) to connect with other people who understand what they are going through,and how hard it is to live with a invisible disability.

The money raised by Stew Elvis and Terry will help with the day running costs of things like room hire storage hire and buying materials which may all sound like small things but quickly add up to keeping our support group going. We hope to buy more books for our library as members have advised they find it a great saurce saurce in formation despratley need. We leaflets to help raise awareness and reach people living with this condition.

Good luck to Stew Elvis and , we all know you'll do an amazing job. Thank you all so much for offering to do this for our group and helping so many that benefit from donations raised