SupportME was created by a recovered M.E./CFS sufferer as a positive online resource for sufferers of the condition. A particular emphasis is placed on positive information. This is because it is felt that so often recovery stories are not aired, as many who get better tend to forget or be too busy to pass on information on what has helped them. Whilst recognising how debilitating and severe the illness can be for some sufferers, we want the site to have a positive emphasis. Above all, we want to show others that, despite the chronic nature of this illness, there can be 'light at the end of the tunnel.' We aim to:

(1) Provide Information, News, Research Updates... Thus attempting to make information more accessible to other sufferers. This includes regular news and research summary updates from around the world; ME/CFS research articles/abstracts on the condition; and a detailed, balanced, and fully-referenced guide to the condition aiming to try and answer frequently asked questions.

(2) Through our Chat Rooms and Information Forum, facilitate the exchange of beneficial information and provide an additional Social/Support Network for sufferers. We hope that through the creation of this virtual community, it will help address the isolation that many people feel; and also allow sufferers to pass on and share helpful information, such as factors that have assisted their recovery. In this way, it is hoped, that sufferers can benefit through managing to avoid finding things out the hard way!

(3) Make Products that may be helpful to some sufferers, such as Nutritional Supplements and Self-Help Books, more affordable and accessible, whilst at the same time helping to raise vital funds for Research into finding a cure for the condition. These products are in keeping with the complementary/wholistic approach to managing the illness endorsed by a number of ME/CFS Charities and on the findings of certain clinical trials that have highlighted the possible benefit of some products in helping relieve symptoms. All products are very substantially discounted and the margins are very small. The site is run by a recovering M.E. sufferer and we are dedicated to donating a percentage of any profit generated to help fund ME/CFS Research. As the Web site expands, we hope to be in a position to donate an increasing percentage of funds to this end.

We adhere to a strong code of ethics and only offer products that we genuinely feel may be of benefit to sufferers. As a result of this, we aim to merely supply you with the information, through, for instance, research articles from respected journals, so that you can make an informed choice yourself.

We subscribe to the HONcode principles
of the Health On the Net Foundation

This is your site, so if you have any suggestions on how we can improve the service we offer, please get in touch with us by e-mailing comments@supportme.co.uk or clicking on one of the 'comments' links within the site. We are continually expanding the site everyday, introducing more and more new and interesting elements.

We look forward to hearing from you.