{"id":38659,"date":"2020-01-06T16:40:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=38659"},"modified":"2020-01-06T16:40:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:40:30","slug":"fibro-fighters-enter-2020-as-official-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/01\/06\/fibro-fighters-enter-2020-as-official-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fibro-fighters enter 2020 as official charity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a-293x165.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/B1157C6D-51CA-46FC-8785-A5843D43B659_1_201_a-293x165.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Members of the Fairwater group celebrate with a cake<br \/>(Photo: Alan Winning-Wyatt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group has 50 members from Cardiff and the Vale<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>THE Cardiff and Vale Fibromyalgia Support Group has been granted official charity status, after receiving its charity number on December 30.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cHaving the status will allow the group access to funds and have the credibility to be listened to,\u201d said Alan Winning-Wyatt, group founder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/Fibromyalgia\/\">Fibromyalgia<\/a> is a \u201chidden\u201d illness with over 200 symptoms. Among those most common are severe nerve and joint pain, memory loss (often called \u201cfibro fog\u201d), and insomnia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr&nbsp;Winning-Wyatt, 52, started the \u201cfibro-fighters\u201d in Barry 18 months ago, after his wife Linda, was diagnosed with the illness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Since then, the couple have set up two more groups in Fairwater and Penarth \u2013 with a fourth due to open in Cowbridge later this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was diagnosed, I was given a booklet and told \u2018there you go, get on with it\u2019,\u201d said Mrs Winning-Wyatt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor a year we were just a coffee group, and then for the past six months we\u2019ve been applying to be a charity,\u201d she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>They now have around 50 people on the books: ranging in age from 24 to 81.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mrs&nbsp;Winning-Wyatt applied for charity status in&nbsp;April and&nbsp;had to answer around 26 clarification questions before being given their number.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow we have the charity number, many companies and researchers will work with us when before they couldn\u2019t,\u201d said&nbsp;Mr&nbsp;Winning-Wyatt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have access to larger organisations, to help back us with funding or information so we can improve our chances of awareness and support.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Since April 2019, South Wales Police have used the fibro-fighters&#8217; PowerPoint to train officers on fibromyalgia at their annual first aid course.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the next few months we\u2019ll re-visit old contacts and chase others, then create new groups to push the awareness and help as many sufferers as possible,\u201d Mr Winning-Wyatt said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group has 50 members from Cardiff and the Vale THE Cardiff and Vale Fibromyalgia Support Group has been granted official charity status, after receiving its charity number on December 30.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHaving the status will allow the group access to funds and have the credibility to be listened to,\u201d said Alan Winning-Wyatt, group founder.&nbsp; Fibromyalgia is a \u201chidden\u201d illness with over 200 symptoms. 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