Please Help The ME Association to Win this Month's Direct Debit competition!

[charles shepherd]

Many thanks to everyone who has voted today

We got off to a cracking start yesterday and now have almost 470 votes in the first 48 hours

The MEA is still in first place but those in second and third place are catching up

So please vote if you haven't already done so AND share the Facebook link with friends, colleagues and relatives:

https://www.directdebit.co.uk/DirectDebitPromotions/BigBreak2014/Charity/VoteForAGoodCause/Pages/VoteForAGoodCause.asp

You can also vote by texting if you prefer:

BIG BREAK 0381 to 7886

ALL money raised will be going to biomedical research via the Ramsay Research Fund - Rituximab trial or immune dysfunction or neuroinflammation and post-mortem research​

 

[charles shepherd]

Please pass this simple message on to friends, relatives, colleagues and any of your Facebook contacts:

VOTE TO WIN £2000 FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INTO ME/CFS

The MEA Ramsay Research Fund will receive £2000 for biomedical research into ME/CFS if we can win the May 2014 Direct Debit competition

ALL of the money will go to biomedical research as the RRF has no salaries or administrative costs to pay - these are all covered by our general funds

The money will go towards research into one of these high priority areas:

1 A clinical trial of Rituximab

2 Immune dysfunction research

3 Research into neuroinflammation (evidence of inflammation in the nervous system) and/or the post-mortem research that we are already involved with

You can vote via the MEA entry on the Direct Debit website:

https://www.directdebit.co.uk/DirectDebitPromotions/BigBreak2014/Pages/CauseDetail.aspx?CauseId=381

Or by text: BIG BREAK 0381 to 78866

You can also pass on your opinion on research funding through the MAY website poll on the home page of the MEA website:

http://www.meassociation.org.uk​

 

[Esther12]

Bank holiday w/e BUMP.

We're still ahead but only by 50 votes, so it's well worth a couple of clicks to keep us ahead: https://www.directdebit.co.uk/DirectDebitPromotions/BigBreak2014/Pages/CauseDetail.aspx?CauseId=381

 

[Esther12]

We're down to second place! Need more votes!

 

[Firestormm]

We're down to second place! Need more votes!

Them quilters!

You can vote I understand more than once via text. And you need not be a UK resident to vote in this competition.

£2,000 up for grabs for biomedical research. Come on guys!!

 

[beaker]

done

 

[Firestormm]

Back in first place - just - apparently

 

[Firestormm]

Holding the lead as at 09.00 this morning. If you haven't voted already, please do

Visit this page and share it to your own Facebook to encourage others to vote, or text: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=684964154894579&id=171411469583186&stream_ref=10

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  741
  ME Association
  
  
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  696
  LoveQuiltsUK
  
  
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  591
  Count the Kicks
  
  
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  515
  The Cookie Jar Foundation
  
  
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  513
  Oldies Club
  
  
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  507
  Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer
  

 

[Esther12]

We're ahead, but the people in second place are still picking up votes too.

 

[justy]

when is it running until?

 

[SDSue]

Done

 

[Firestormm]

when is it running until?

Last day in May, Justy

And then another ME charity researcher: ME Research UK has a go I think. Think it's them anyway...

 

[Dolphin]

Last day in May, Justy

And then another ME charity researcher: ME Research UK has a go I think. Think it's them anyway...

Yes, that's right.

 

[Esther12]

We're down to second place... the 'count the kicks' group have shot past us.

If they can do that, surely we can respond!

 

[SickOfSickness]

Voted. We are third.

Count the Kicks 1012 Votes
Prince Fluffy Kareem 954 Votes
ME Association 840 Votes
LoveQuiltsUK 814 Votes

 

[Esther12]

All we can do is get as many votes as possible... Prince Fluffy Kareem seem pretty likely to take the lead imo.

 

[Firestormm]

Come on everybody! Who doesn't want more research into our condition?

Visit this page: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=684964154894579&id=171411469583186 and share to your page, but please ensure you vote. You can vote by text as well as Facebook and Google. And you don't need to be resident in the UK either.

The leader board this morning:

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  1,120
  Prince Fluffy Kareem
  
  
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  1,016
  Count the Kicks
  
  
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  844
  ME Association
  
  
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  819
  LoveQuiltsUK
  
  
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  686
  Oldies Club
  
  
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  573
  The Cookie
  

 

[Esther12]

There's more money for second place, so just beating the kick counters would be well worthwhile.

 

[caledonia]

Voted

 

[daisybell]

Down to 4th place.. Let's hope lots of people vote on the 12th.
Please vote if you haven't done so already. Surely ME is more important than quilts!