Emerge Australia’s Virtual Support Groups consist of 3 carer groups focusing on connecting carers with similar experiences, and 4 groups focusing on connecting people who live with ME/CFS or long COVID. Each group session will run once a month for 60 minutes with a trained facilitator, with the option to further connect online in the virtual discussion room which participants have access to after each session.
Our Virtual Community Support Groups aim to reduce social isolation, enable meaningful connections, improve wellbeing and livelihood, provide social connections and to build a safe environment for both people who live with ME/CFS or long COVID, and for their carers.
To ensure carers and people with ME/CFS and long COVID continue to be supported beyond the life of the program, a “volunteer community champions” pilot project is being developed. This will upskill community members to volunteer their time as group moderators. More information about this pilot project will be available in the new year.
For people who live with ME/CFS and long COVID
Our virtual support groups are FULL
For Carer
Our virtual support groups are FULL
The Short video below is for people who have booked into our virtual support groups and need some support to join a virtual room and live session.
- To access your virtual support room, live sessions and discussion board, you will need to “sign up” to our virtual platform and then “sign in”.
- Once Emerge Australia is ready to open your virtual room, you will receive a link via email asking you to enrol. This link is for you and should not be shared with anyone.
- Once you have enrolled in your virtual room, you can use the “My enrollments” tab on the sign-in page to enter your virtual room and access your live sessions and discussion board.
