{"id":419,"date":"2011-05-03T09:23:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T09:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:00:01","slug":"support-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/get-involved\/support-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Support us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Support us <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10723 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small_steps__final_-300x96.jpg?resize=300%2C96\" alt=\"small_steps__final_\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small_steps__final_.jpg?resize=300%2C96&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small_steps__final_.jpg?resize=150%2C48&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small_steps__final_.jpg?resize=768%2C247&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small_steps__final_.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/96;\" \/><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">become a WAMES <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>small steps<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>supporter<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>There are many informal ways that you can make a contribution, without becoming a fully fledged volunteer:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Check out our social media<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Our <a href=\"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/news\/\">newsblog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WAMESMECFS\/\">Facebook page <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WAMESMECFS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter feed<\/a>\u00a0will keep you up to date with our work, surveys and campaigns.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Tell us about your experience of services<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Whether they have been good or bad, knowing about your experiences of using services in Wales will help us to campaign more effectively. You can email us, phone the helpline,\u00a0send us a letter\u00a0or fill in the contact form. <a href=\"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Tell us your ME story<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We can use them on the website, in reports and press releases to illustrate the ups and downs of living with ME or caring for loved ones (you can remain anonymous if you wish).\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/h3>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Spread the word<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ask\u00a0us\u00a0for posters, leaflets and other information\u00a0about ME and WAMES. We can suggest places, real or virtual,\u00a0where you can display them<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Tell us about awareness raising opportunities<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">in the media, on the web, in your area\u00a0etc.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Sign up to fundraise through online shopping<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Raise money for us through <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/get-involved\/fundraise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Easy fundraising<\/em> and Amazon Smile<\/a> every time you shop online, at no cost to yourself!<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Low energy fundraising<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Check out our low energy suggestions for ways to raise money.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Micro volunteering\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Use your skills and hobbies to help WAMES help others with ME, in bite size chunks &#8211; at home using pyjama power, if necessary!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"#top\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support us become a WAMES small steps supporter &nbsp; There are many informal ways that you can make a contribution, without becoming a fully fledged volunteer: &nbsp; Check out our social media Our newsblog, Facebook page or twitter feed\u00a0will keep &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/get-involved\/support-us\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"one-column-subpages.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5qkYK-6L","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27803,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions\/27803"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}