Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY ME AND FIBROMYALGIA NETWORK [SCIO]

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Financial Data

Period ending	31/07/23
Total income	£44,025
Total spending	£23,590
Surplus/deficit	£20,435

Established: 2 years

https://dgmefm.org.uk/

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of health
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Dumfries And Galloway

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - DGMEFN Network Befriending Programme
£43,036	25/07/2022	This group will use the funding to develop a befriending programme to tackle isolation and loneliness among people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia in Dumfries & Galloway. The ....more This group will use the funding to develop a befriending programme to tackle isolation and loneliness among people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia in Dumfries & Galloway. The programme aims are primarily to provide social and emotional support and rebuild confidence whilst a separate project will develop a peer mentoring programme targeting the time of diagnosis for help with condition management. It will benefit 60 people with the conditions and involve 20 volunteers over 2 years.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 09/02/2022, number: SC051578

Main office

Thistledew, Albert Street, Dalbeattie, DG5 4JP

Objectives

To support the needs of people in Dumfries & Galloway who suffer with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Fibromyalgia (FM), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS).

Data Sources

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