TYMES TRUST ALERT 28th November 2008 Jane Colby Executive Director The Young ME Sufferers Trust www.tymestrust.org ====== To subscribe to or unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit www.tymestrust.org. To respond to an Alert use our website Contact form. ====== WATCH THE 'YOUNG HEARTS' VIDEO ON YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga3BphInA-E MADE BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND FOR YOUNG HEARTS DAY 29 November 2008 ====== I'm writing this Alert at 20 past 4 on a Friday afternoon. I've just watched a simply stunning video made by Peter Scott, brother of a young person with ME. His mother Lesley is one of our Advice Line Team. I don't mind admitting, it's brought tears to my eyes. I could watch it over and over. I probably will! The video is a beautiful synthesis of young voices with music and pictures. Poems taken from our book 'Young Hearts' are spoken by students from the 3rd Year Drama Department at the Community School, Auchterarder. They made it their special project for Young Hearts Day, Saturday 29 November 2008. With specially chosen music and pictures, this video can bring the feelings and experiences of young people with ME to the masses. Please Watch it yourself and then spread the word. Forward this Alert to anyone and everyone. For those who don't know the history, Young Hearts Day is when the Trust remembers all young people with ME everywhere, and you can commemorate it by watching this video. The original book, produced in memory of 14 year old Jade Scarrott, was launched by Terry Waite CBE at Warwick Castle in 2004. Terry then became a Patron of the Trust. He told us: 'Suffering need not destroy. Something creative can come from the deepest grief'. YOu can still buy the book if you like, by using the donations form at www.tymestrust.org giving the order information in the message box. It does seem strange to say 'Watch and enjoy' when ME is such a dreadful illness, but you'll know what I mean when you click on the link. Share this with us. ====== DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE OUR ALERTS? ====== You are welcome to redistribute or reprint this email without seeking our permission provided: 1) you do not abbreviate, add to, or change the text in any way; 2) the authorship information is retained; and 3) www.tymestrust.org is credited as the source. Jane Colby is Executive Director of The Young ME Sufferers Trust. She was a Headteacher for nine years, a member of the government Chief Medical Officer's Working Group on CFS/ME and co-authored ME/CFS In UK Schools, the largest epidemiological study of ME to date. She is a member of the National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants (now ASPECT), a life member of the National Association of Head Teachers and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Copyright (c) 2008 The Young ME Sufferers Trust