Useful links
Welfare benefits
General advice can be gained through AFME Helpline: https://www.actionforme.org.uk/get-informed/welfare-benefits
Assistance with applications can be gained through local CAB and in some cases from Oxon Welfare Rights: https://www.caox.org.uk/
Carers support
Carers Oxfordshire: Tel: 01235 424715 www.carersoxfordshire.org.uk
TalkingSpace Plus
Talking Space Plus can provide support for people with long term physical health conditions.
- People can self-refer by calling: 01295 90122 or by completing a form on the website: www.talkingspaceoxfordshire.org/information-for-patients/common-mental-health-problems/long-term-conditions-ltc/
Resources
- Oxfordshire ME/CFS Service leaflet
- NICE Guidelines for CFS/ME (2007): guidance.nice.org.uk/CG53/QuickRefGuide/pdf/English
- OMEGA Oxfordshire Support Group for ME/CFS: https://www.omegaoxon.org/
- Citizens Advice Bureau, Oxfordshire: www.caox.org.uk
- Action for ME (AFME) www.actionforme.org.uk/
www.actionforme.org.uk/get-informed/welfare-benefits - Association for Young People with ME has now amalgamated with Action for ME: www.actionforme.org.uk
Page last reviewed: 6 December, 2021