About Us
‘Affa Sair’
is Scots for
‘Awfully Sore’
Affa Sair was formed in 2015 as a closed Facebook page by chronic pain sufferer Chris Bridgeford from Forres, in the North East of Scotland. Chris has lived with chronic pain since 1978. You can read his story here.
The closed Facebook page means only members see the posts and comments. The general public cannot access the page. There is no need to give your name on posts now as the closed page allows members to post anonymously.
Affa Sair strives to ensure that the struggles of living with chronic pain are brought to the fore and that chronic pain sufferers are supported by government, health clinicians and society in general.
Most of our work is done on-line as chronic pain sufferers have immense difficulty in getting out and about. You can access our private Facebook Group where only members may freely discuss their condition and pick up hints and tips from other sufferers together with articles and documents researched by the group.
In November 2019 Affa Sair was granted Charitable Status as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Our Charity Number is SC049728.
Our charitable purpose is to relieve the needs of chronic pain sufferers by:
1. Providing a strong presence for chronic pain sufferers and to educate the public, politicians, media, organisations and NHS Staff on the plight and needs of chronic pain sufferers
2. Providing an on-line location for chronic pain sufferers where they can freely discuss their condition and learn from other sufferers together with articles and documents researched by the group.
3. Encouraging NHS Grampian to provide and maintain suitable Pain Services at Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin.
4. Assisting in the furtherance of knowledge about chronic pain conditions.