OMEGA

Christmas Lunch 

Friday 7th December at 12.45pm   

Our highly popular and enjoyable Christmas lunch is on Friday 7th December, at 12.45pm. 

It will be at Brookes Restaurant. This is a great occasion to meet other members of OMEGA and carers. We have decided to go back to Brookes this year as we felt the superior quality, service, and value make it a great choice. Brookes Restaurant incorporates the very best local and seasonal produce into its dishes, featuring excellent local meat, vegetables and fruits. 

Address: Brookes Restaurant, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP
 

For more details contact enquire.omega@gmail.com

Please book as soon as possible. We have reserved 18 places.

 

Omega AGM

 Whatever gets you through

Saturday 13th October 2018 – 2pm till 4pm

 Holiday Inn Oxford

The meeting room is booked for us for the whole day. So if you would like to arrive early and rest before the AGM the room will be available.

Our AGM this year will take a workshop format.  However, is not How to Manage your ME; it is certainly not Ten Tips for Overcoming ME – though you might find it helpful.

Less 'How To' and more 'How We Try to Manage the Illness' or 'How we get through the day'.   We all get through the illness in different ways – what helps you? 

We always spend a lot of time talking at AGMs anyway, so here is a chance to listen to one another, to hear and share our stories, laugh and – very importantly – eat cake.

And not forgetting the AGM, (the business part) and which is our excuse for getting together.

 Holiday Inn Oxford

Peartree Roundabout, Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 8JD

The hotel is a short walk from the Pear Tree Park & Ride bus service.

• Bus 300 from city centre

• There is plenty of parking at the hotel, including disabled parking; you will need to give your registration number to the reception desk on arrival.

 

Dear Friends

It is with great sadness that we write to let you know that Professor Norman Booth passed away late last week.

Norman actively supported OMEGA's campaign to establish the community service (now OCCMES) and was a great advocate for patients over many years.  He was particularly involved with conducting and promoting biomedical research.

Many of you will have met him or heard him speak at various events, and remember his warm and kindly manner. He will be greatly missed.

Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

OMEGA

Dr Karl Morten's M.E. Research on BBC South News

 

https://youtu.be/q7B6lEp9arY

 

Oxfordshire ME Group for Action (OMEGA) Experiences of Children with ME 
July 2018

Main Report

Executive Summary

OMEGA Support/Social Groups

Of course we are aware that a lot of our members are not well enough to attend these groups and we shall be thinking of them at these events.

Social Group meeting dates Summer Newsletter

OMEGA Oxford Area Social gathering

Monday 6th August **note this is correct date**

Monday   3^rd September

Monday   1^st October

from 1.15 pm onwards at De Vere Hotel (formerly Oxford Thames Four Pillars), Henley Road, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford, OX4 4GX

An opportunity for OMEGA members and carers to socialise with other ME sufferers. The 3A city bus runs every half hour from Oxford to the hotel.

OMEGA Oxford Area Social gathering takes place on the first Monday of every month (unless it falls on a bank holiday and it will then be the following Monday)

Banbury Support Group

We are a small, friendly and informal group who meet regularly on the first Tuesday of each month. Please feel free to pop in anytime, whether it is for a quick chat or longer if you wish. Family and carers are very welcome. Meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month, between 12 noon and 1 pm, later if energy permits. .

Tuesday 7^th August

Tuesday 4th September

Tuesday 2^nd  October

Location: The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury, OX16 5QE.

Driving: There is ample metered and some free disabled parking just outside.

On foot: It is just across the Canal from Castle Quay Shopping Centre.

Please feel free to pop in anytime, whether it is for a quick chat or longer if you wish. Family and carers are very welcome.

Facebook: Banbury ME Support Group

Email: megroupbanbury@btinternet.com  for details.

Bicester ME Support Group

Monday 13^th August

Monday 10^th September

Monday 8^th October

Meetings are held on the 2^nd Monday of each month between 12 noon and approximately 2.00pm, later if energy permits.

Location: The Kings Arms Hotel, 40 Market Square, Bicester, OX26 6AH. There is ample parking at the rear of the hotel…. your car needs to be registered at reception.

Facebook: Bicester ME Support Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/872947629558505/   

Email: mikep4445@gmail.com  for details

South Oxfordshire ME/CFS Support Group

We will be meeting on the following dates at

the Shillingford Bridge Hotel, OX10 8LZ at the usual time of 12 midday – 2.00pm.

Next meeting of the South Oxfordshire Support Group will be

Monday August 13th, not as advertised in the Newsletter. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Monday  10^th September

Monday   8^th October

The Thames Travel 139 bus no longer stops near to the hotel, but the X39/X40 Oxford to Reading bus stops on the main road in Shillingford near the turning to the hotel (five minutes’ walk). There is also car parking on site.

For further information email: enquire.omega@gmail.com

Wantage and Grove ME/CFS Support Group (WAGS)

Thursday 5th July 1-3pm, Cornerstone Cafe, Grove

Friday 27th  July 10.30-12pm, Cornerstone Cafe, Grove

Tuesday 21^st August 10.30-12pm, Cornerstone Cafe, Grove

Thursday 13^th Sept 12noon onwards, lunch meeting at The Lord Nelson

Friday 5^th October 10.30-12pm, Cornerstone Cafe, Grove

Cornerstone Café, 10 Savile Way, Grove, OX12 0TP

The Lord Nelson Pub, Charlton Road, Wantage, OX12 8HL

For further info email anniekingsbury@talktalk.net

For more details click on Full events listing

BBC Local News item about the GP survey and childrens' ME services

South Today, 8th February 2013 (wmv format, 2.5M)

BBC Oxford feature on the GP survey and childrens' ME services

Patricia Wells of OMEGA speaks to James Cannon. Listen here (mp3 format, 3MB)

Oxford Mail article on the campaign for children's ME services in Oxfordshire - 4th Feb 2013

‘Futures on hold’ for young ME sufferers

Another new research paper co-authored by OMEGA member Norman Booth - 20th Nov 2012

Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction in the treatment of Myalgic/Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) – a clinical audit (pdf)

Norman gave a talk on this paper at the 3rd World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria in Berlin on November 9th 2012.

Interview on BBC Radio Oxford - 30th Oct 2012

Jayne Diston and Jan Seed speak to Malcom Boyden about OMEGA, ME and Poetry from the Bed. Listen here (mp3 format, 9MB)

We were also featured in a BBC News website article!

New research paper co-authored by OMEGA member Norman Booth

 

Interview on BBC Radio Oxford - 14th May 2012

Jayne Diston, Dr Charles Shepherd and Pat Williams speak to Jo Thoenes about ME, OMEGA's 'Poetry from the Bed' competition, prize giving and the winning poem 'Anstice', ME Awareness Month exhibition and 45,000 installation, and OMEGA. Listen Here

Radio 4 programme about ESA 20th December 2011

Can you touch your toes?

ME article Oxford Times May 5th 2011, p.46:

For years I haven't been able to make a meal...

Latest research shows evidence of persistent infection of children with ME:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11204884