The ME/CFS Society of NSW Inc.

Contact for Coogee Owls Monika Allan: Tel 9665 7996
Deputy Contact: Eva: Ph: 9399 5090

Time: 2nd TUESDAY of each month 6.30 to 8.30 pm (note different time).

June 8th
July 13th
August 10th
September 14th

Venue*:"Mid-Palace Room", Beach Palace Hotel, (dance room upstairs -take escalator at rear), 169 Dolphin St (corner Beach St, northern end of Coogee Beach.* Quiet sound-proofed room unused during day. Wheelchair access via outside ramp in Beach St (approach ramp from Beach St which is blocked off from Dolphin St at corner). Lovely sofa seating, tables, views.
Refreshments may be purchased downstairs and taken to the room.
(Please arrive early to purchase these -there is also a brasserie)

Aims of the Coogee Owls ME/CFS Support Group:
To create a safe environment in which ME/CFS sufferers can discuss not only their physical symptoms but the impact the disease has had on their lives and relationships. A place where we can talk about our own experience without someone telling us what we should do, think or feel or us telling others “my way is the best way”. Often our own best answers lie within. However we may need a place where we can hear ourselves think or alternatively derive sustenance from the experiences of other ME/CFS sufferers.
Note: it is not necessary to share anything but your name if you wish.

To develop into a supportive network between (not just during) meetings and lessen the isolation that occurs so often with this disease. Then if one person is not available by phone hopefully another will be. Swapping contact details is encouraged.

Guidelines:
•Confidentiality: what happens within the group stays within the group; this is critical for trust
•Listening 100%: i.e. only one person speaks at a time
•Acceptance of others’experience: not judging, criticizing or imposing our “world view” of CFS
•Stay with our feelings: they are real, not what we or others think they should be

*DIRECTIONS
Public Transport: 1-2 minutes from beach and bus terminal to Circular Quay, Central Station, Bondi Junction and Leichhardt (via Glebe, Newtown). Buses leave on time! (time-tables available at local news agencies)
Parking: Car park in front of hotel in Dolphin St is metered and sometimes full; may be best to park in side streets or further back in Dolphin St for free 4-hr parking.

*Membership of the Coogee Owls is free. However membership of the ME/CFS Society is encouraged to enable services such as the quarterly journal, social welfare officer, awareness campaigns, research and support for group coordinators to occur.
Membership of the ME/CFS Society is $40/$20 pa (concession) or $5 for extra family member.
See www.me-cfs.org.au (Memberships) or ring Society on (02) 9904 8433