We provide essential support, advice and information for all sufferers of Fibromyalgia,
who live in the areas of South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire.
Group meetings are held in the form of workshops where everyone is encouraged to
participate, regardless of how severe their symptoms are.
No one needs to feel isolated after being discharged from the hospital and referred back
to their GP Management.
Through the group we want to encourage sufferers to realise that you do not need to be a
victim. There is now much more information on the internet which looks at ways of coping
and managing with this condition.
Each of us has to find our own way of managing Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) until a
cure is found, as Rheumatologists, GP’s and other medical professionals are at a loss on
how to treat us.

We invite complimentary therapists to give talks and demonstrations to our group during
the meetings. We also practice Pilates exercises and relaxation techniques which are
suitable for FMS sufferers, to help us move forward with the condition.
We produce information packs and newsletters for:

                                                   • The Newly Diagnosed Sufferers
                                                   • Local General Practices
                                                   • Hospital Consultants
                                                   • Other Medical Professionals

We have a well stocked library for members to borrow books on the treatment protocols
of FMS, including specific symptoms, such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome and Candida overgrowth.

In 2001, FMA UK successfully set up a Regional Consortium to which they invited other
group leaders, Committee Members of local groups and medical professionals from our
region. These meetings are held at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital 3 or 4 times per year.
Our first regional conference was held in Hull in 2006.
The launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on FMS took place in
Westminster in 2001. The  Medical Advisory Board (MAB), which was also set at that
time, works with the APPG to raise awareness in the medical community and attempts to
influence the direction of the medical research into FMS in the UK.
Support groups throughout the UK are regularly urged to write to their MPs in order to
encourage them to join the APPG on FMS and also to get more recognition of FMS
issues addressed. You can help by sending a letter (sample copy) to your own local MP.

Our Helpline and Contact Details are:

Christine Morton - Group Leader and founder of the Sheffield FMS Self Help Group
Helpline: 08453-452604
Tel: 01142 - 307138 (Answer phone is on at all times and Christine will return your call)
Fax: 01142 - 307138

Joan Leesley - Treasurer
Inês Fonseca - Secretary

Alternatively you can contact: The Fibromyalgia Association UK (FMA UK)
                                                   PO Box 206,
                                                   Stourbridge,
                                                   West Midlands.
                                                   DY9 8YL
                                                   Tel No. 0845-3452322
                                                   Fax no. 01384-895005
                                                   Email Address: fmauk@hotmail.com
                                                   Website Address: www.fmauk.org

If you have any questions related to claiming benefits for FMS, please contact the FMA UK
Benefit Helpline: 0845-3452343 (Available Monday and Friday 10 am - 12 noon)

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Sheffield FMS SHG Facts and Figures

We have 67 members of the Sheffield FMS group and this is growing each week with
more and more people being diagnosed with Fybromyalgia. Since the group was founded
1998 the Sheffield FMS Self Help Group has helped and supported well over 1,000
sufferers of Fibromyalgia.
On average 3-4 people will contact our helpline every week and we get an average of 24
people coming to our monthly meetings at the Quaker Meeting House.
To help fund these meetings and other activities to help Fibromyalgia sufferers, we
receive grants from the local council and other associated organisations.
We also have our own fund raising activities that enable us to carry on providing this
voluntary service.
If you would like to join us, complete our application form here.