May is ME/CFS awareness month, and I, Jo Patton, of Crafty Adventures, would like to bring the Crafty Community together (virtually) to support those living with ME/CFS. This Friday 30 May at 11am (AEST) I invite you all to pause for morning tea with a crafty project on your laps of course, and please wear blue (pyjamas are
In Australia today, hundreds of thousands of people with ME/CFS are fighting two battles: one against their debilitating condition, and another within a healthcare system that lacks the resources to understand them.
On Sunday 18 May, gather your friends and family for Blue Sunday – a delightful way to support Emerge Australia in our mission to help those affected by ME/CFS. Create your own Blue Sunday Tea Party as a special fundraising event – online or in person – where you can enjoy a soothing cup of tea
This is the harsh reality for 250,000 Australians living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a debilitating illness that affects all body systems including nervous, immune, and cardiovascular systems. Emerge Australia has the privilege of advocating on behalf of these people whose lives have been turned upside down by this condition. Many have gone from
I am running the approximate 200km circumference of King Island, Tasmania in an attempt to raise awareness of and funds for the research into best practice for ME support, research into potential treatments. ME is close to me personally with a very close friend living with the illness day to day who continually demonstrates resilience,
Fifteen-year-old Anna’s life was catastrophically changed when she developed ME/CFS after a COVID infection. Struggling to achieve a diagnosis, her family didn’t know where to turn. Your tax deductible donation to Emerge Australia before June 30th ensures that patients, like Anna*, can access the crucial help they desperately need
On 11 May I will be shaving my head with all donations going towards Emerge Australia. My main goal is to raise awareness of the difficulties that come with living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID, and how it make things such as keeping clean and brushing teeth so difficult. I would love
On Sunday 19 May, gather your friends and family for Blue Sunday – a delightful way to support Emerge Australia in our mission to help those affected by ME/CFS.
Give every ME/CFS patient somewhere to turn Let down by community health practices, with outdated clinical guidelines, and being disbelieved and stigmatised – there is an urgent need for the 250,000 Australians living with ME/CFS today to have somewhere to turn – and they do so increasingly to Emerge Australia’s Telehealth Service. Since 2019, our
I want to do this fundraiser as my social action project as part of the Big Picture Program at Halls Head Collage. I have chosen Emerge Australia as myself and my friend (who is helping me out) both have parents who live with ME/CFS, and we want to spread awareness and raise funds for an
After our friend was diagnosed with severe ME/CFS, a group of us longed to find some meaningful way to help in what felt like a helpless situation. In one of their first posts, our friend asked others to learn about ME/CFS, to raise awareness on social media, and to say hi to the sky for
Give every ME/CFS patient somewhere to turn When it all gets too hard, you need somewhere to turn – fast. For the 250,000 Australians living with ME/CFS today, that lifeline is Emerge Australia’s Telehealth Nurse Service. Since 2019, our dedicated nurses have supported thousands of ME/CFS patients to manage their complex and disabling disease.
“I’ve had ME/CFS for 17 years. I had to leave my career as a primary teacher/youth worker 7 years ago but I still feel passionate to help people, especially kids. I know what it’s like to feel unseen and unheard with this illness and after two medical professionals recently asking me ‘What’s ME/CFS?’ I decided
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Emerge Australia is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). We are authorised by the Australian Tax Office as a deductible gift recipient (DGR).
ABN/DGR: 22 385 438 041
Donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible.
Level 7, 276 Flinders Street Melbourne VIC 3000
Emerge Australia acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians of the land and pays respect to their Elders past and present.
Emerge Australia Copyright © 2025 All Rights Reserved.
Design by Foundation Nova Diem
