Write to your MP

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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThereForME 

About #ThereForME

#ThereForME is a campaign led by patients and carers, calling for an NHS that’s there for people with ME and Long Covid. This template is designed to help you write to your MP to let them know this matters to you - and let them know how they can be #ThereForME in parliament.

How to write to your MP

Your MP can raise the concerns of their constituents, so we’re asking you to reach out and let them know this issue matters to you.

  • You can find your MP’s contact details on the UK parliament website. You just need to go here and search for your postcode: https://members.parliament.uk/members/Commons 
  • You can contact your MP via their email address or by writing a letter to their parliamentary office.
  • We have included a template below but we encourage you to make your letter as personal as possible. Your letter will be more powerful if you share your story with your MP and let them know why this matters to you.

Template email

This is a suggested template.  We would recommend making your message to your MP as personal as possible.

Dear [insert MP name] MP

I am writing to you as a constituent. Since [XXXX] I have been affected by [ME/Long Covid] - ADD YOUR STORY HERE

As you may know, following the Covid pandemic 1.3 million people in the UK are estimated to be living with ME, with one in two people with Long Covid meeting the diagnostic criteria.  People with ME have one of the lowest qualities of life of any condition but have faced decades of insufficient care and minimal research funding.

I’m asking you to stand with us and offer your support, for example by:

  • Writing to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about the need to properly fund NHS care and research.
  • Raising this matter in parliament, for instance through questions or in a relevant debate - the #ThereForME team (thereforme.uk@gmail.com) is happy to help with drafting questions or assisting with contributions.
  • Sharing the #FundThePlan campaign on social media  - the #ThereForME team (thereforme.uk@gmail.com) can provide supporting materials.
  • Joining the APPGs on ME and on Long Covid to continue the discussion - for details please contact policy@actionforme.org.uk (ME APPG) and appg.longcovid@longcovid.org  (Long Covid APPG).

Thank you in advance.

Best wishes,

[YOUR FULL NAME]

[YOUR ADDRESS & POSTCODE]