Our daughter, Charlie has lived with ME/CFS for 10 years now. I'm taking this significant birthday moment to raise awareness and support research into this life-draining condition.

ME (Myalgic Encephalopathy), or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, blights the lives of 250,000 people in UK today. The smallest exertion can floor them; their joints and muscles ache unbearably; restful sleep eludes them; and ‘brain fog’ clouds their thinking. It changes lives drastically – disrupting study; making work difficult; and potentially straining family relations to breaking point. Many sufferers cannot leave their homes. There is no known cure.

Please help us to help them.