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UK Woman Hits Out At 'Uncharitable Bristol' After Collecting Just £10 For ME CharitySaturday 15 June 2019
From UK news outlet BristolLive:
Woman hits out at 'uncharitable Bristol' after collecting just £10 for M.E. charity She was collecting for an M.E. charity at Cribbs Causeway A disabled woman has slammed Bristol's shoppers for being uncharitable after she raised just £10 during a day fundraising. Helen Wood, who has M.E., which is also know as chronic fatigue syndrome, spent almost six hours at Cribbs Causeway to raise money and awareness for a charity supporting people with her condition. But after a gruelling five and half hours sitting at a stand with her mother Liz, who acts as Helen's carer, the pair only collected £10. The 29-year-old, from Thornbury, said even walking through the shopping centre left her in pain due to her muscles aching. She said: "It was shocking. We were there for five and half hours and I think to myself 'for what?'. "I don’t know if it was due to the weather but I did hear a few people say to themselves ‘what is M.E?’. "That alone just shows not enough publicity is made about M.E. "I felt nobody was interested at all."
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