About The Support Group
The South & South East Essex support Group started up in November 2008 and meets mainly in the Leigh on Sea area. We cover Southend, Rochford, Castlepoint and Basildon Council areas, but extend our welcome out to the Thurrock area who have 'disbanded' their local support group.
Basically we cover the whole of this corner of Essex , from Thurrock out to Basildon and Billericay and all the way across to Shoeburyness
Anyone from any area is welcome to attend our meetings.
We meet monthly, one month socially for a lunch or breakfast, and the other month is a more formal meeting, with guest speakers on several occasions.
For more details on the group and membership, contact our Chairperson by email on helen@fibrofox.co.uk
Please note our new support group tel. no. 0844 887 2349
If you wish to order the FaMily magazine through the group , the cost of the magazine is £18 for the year
We have a small band of committee members who meet on a regular basis to plan the future meetings and events, venues, speakers etc.
Meetings:
. Our next meetings are as follows:-
Christmas Dinner - Monday 5th December 2011 at 7.30 at the Rayleigh Weir Harvester.
If you have not as yet booked up for this, contact Helen on 0844 887 2349 or by email helen@fibrofox.co.uk A £5.00 deposit is required.
Future Monthly evening meetings are held at at St Aidans Church, The Fairway, Leigh On Sea SS9 4QW.
and the 'Breakfasts' are held at the Witherspoon Pub, at Leigh Elms, London Road, Leigh on Sea.
Dates for next year to follow shortly
Please make every effort to attend as we have a speaker.
Funding:
The group membership subs remain at £10 for the year with £5 concessions for those who are unwaged.
You don't have to be a member to come to a meeting, but we do make a slightly higher charge 'on the door' (£1 members and £2 non-members)
Income from the general merchandise and any 'fibrofox' merchandise will go into the support group funds to help keep the group running.
Your support to help run the group is welcome.
We keep full accounts of all income and expenditure and are registered as a Support Group. We are a non profit making organisation., and do not take any fees or wages for our work in running the group or the website.
The Website is privately funded and does not therefore take any funds away from the Group.
NEWS ..
We have received a £100 donation fro the lovely people at St. Aidens and would like to say a big THANK YOU.
If you would would like to donate to the group, then please click on the link above to donate by 'PayPal'
The support group works in association with the
Fibromyalgia Association UK.
For more details on this organisation, see the links page.
