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Byline: Dr JOHN H GREENSMITH

OUR organisation raises awareness of the dreadfully disabling neurological illness, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and provides support and advice for its sufferers, their families, carers, researchers and doctors.

It has no funding whatsoever and relies on volunteers to keep the wheels turning.

Although we are based in Bristol, we can now have people working for us, from all walks of life and from anywhere thanks to Skype.

It's a way of talking from one computer to another. So long as you have a broadband connection, it is absolutely free to talk to anyone, anywhere in the world. It's especially great if you have friends or relatives abroad.

So, it's a boon for us because we can increase our number of volunteers, but it can be of help to potential ...

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