Action for ME in membership row

By Paul Jump, Third Sector, 7 May 2008

Action for ME has defended itself after a public protest from a group of disgruntled members who believe they are being denied full membership rights.

The charity, which supports people with ME - also known as chronic fatigue syndrome - said that its 7,673 fee-paying members were not entitled to vote at AGMs because they were not members in a legal sense. A Charity Commission spokeswoman said it had dismissed a number of complaints on...

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