Volunteers are being urged to sign up for a trek across the Sinai Desert to help raise money for research into the disease ME.

Action for ME needs people to take part in the Middle Eastern adventure in February 2003. It will start in Jerusalem and finish at the top of Mount Sinai.

Participants pay a £300 deposit and the total cost of the trip, including flights, meals and accommodation, is £2,000. Half the money will fund Action for ME's work to support victims of the condition, as well as research.

Further information about the trek is available by calling 01980 626062.