OMEGA (Oxfordshire ME Group for Action)
Oxfordshire M.E. / C.F.S. group
OMEGA(Oxfordshire ME Group for Action) is a countywide membership organisation for people with ME, CFS and related conditions. Our committee consisits of volunteers, all of whom are ill themselves and/or are carers for people who are ill. Because our members have limited energy they may need extra assistance, not in a predictable way.13 GoodGymers have supported OMEGA (Oxfordshire ME Group for Action) with 4 tasks.
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OMEGA ME and Long COVID helpers
Saturday 2nd November
Written by Trevor
29 people came in person and 85 joined online for the OMEGA (Oxfordshire M.E. Group for Action) AGM and talk by pro Karl Morten and his colleagues
welcome Becky Sara for their first GG task with kieran megan and trev. This included putting signs up, welcoming people to the event and making sure they didnt get lost
Can I say a big thank you to Trevor and the rest of the GoodGym for all their help in directing people to the event and helping set up the refreshments. I don't think we could have managed without them. Tessa
Let’s talk about M.E.! Helping with Talks and AGM
Saturday 28th October 2023
Written by Trevor
4 GGers helped signpost people to the OMEGA AGM which is the Oxford group for M.E.
navigating the JR is tricky for people with maximum energy so to help people without much find it quickly allowed them to get to the talks and save more energy for that! we also helped with refreshments
OMEGA send a huge thank you for our help!
GG help OMEGA AGM and talk!
Saturday 14th March 2020
Written by Trevor
4 GoodGymers went to help OMEGA, Oxfordshire M.E. Group for Action with their AGM and talk.
We helped set up chairs, made cups of tea, took photos for their newsletter. We also helped set up their projector and laptop and signposted people where to go when coming to the Rose Hill Community Center.
It was a smaller gathering as expected due to the Coronavirus But there were enough people to make a valid and legal AGM which was vital for the group, and to make a video of the talk by Caroline Struthers.
We learned lots about M.E. there is more on OMEGAs site and also Sience for ME. They also referenced the David Tuller talk GoodGym helped at last year.
We also handed out food from Oxfords Waste2Taste which tasted yummy!!
Lend M.E. your energy!! A GoodTalk with David Tuller
Saturday 19th October 2019
Written by Trevor
3 GoodGymers went to Wolvercote in Oxford to help the local M.E. group OMEGA at a big event with Talk by David Tuller!
Team Rachael and Rachel are on fire since earning their garlands of joy last week. We poured water, put up signs, wheeled wheelchairs, welcomed the 85 or so people who had traveled from all over the country and directed people so they didn't get lost.
Trev was proud to have organised his first community mission (great to experience what Taskforce do before taking over as Run Leader) he even ended up facilitating a QandA! (you can't keep him away from the microphone too long!!) ;)
David Tuller (the speaker) gave a very interesting talk about his findings on the controversial M.E. research.. Here he is ripping up the The Lightning Process Trial!
GoodGym stayed for the whole talk and helped take people back to their cars and packed up mats and cushions people had been resting on during the talk.
Pat from OMEGA said "GoodGym were very very helpful to the event!".
Angela said "you were all great!" Someone even gave us a donation for GoodGym :). Some happy people used our energy, very appreciated... so a win win for Oxford GoodGym.
