Applying for benefits is one of the most stressful things with which you can be faced when you have ME. We attempt to ease this process for our members.

• Our volunteers can help you complete application forms for employment and support allowance (ESA) and personal independence payment (PIP).

• We subscribe to Benefits & Work, an online organisation that provides excellent guides to filling in benefits application forms. We can email you these guides.

• We may be able to advise on a variety of matters.

• We are members of Disability Rights UK and have access to advice from their welfare rights adviser for complex queries.