It has been a feature on 12th May for notable landmarks to be illuminated in blue (the colour designated for ME) in solidarity with all those affected. In 2022 Perth was bathed in blue for the night, 2023 was marked in a similar fashion by landmarks in Glasgow, and last year Inverclyde answered ME Research UK’s call.
This year, the four constituent nations of the UK unite to mark International ME Awareness Day 2025 with Northern Ireland Assembly’s Parliament Buildings, Belfast City Hall, London, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Cardiff Castle, Edinburgh, Perth, and the City of Aberdeen Council’s HQ illuminated in blue in honour of those affected by ME and to raise awareness of the disease.
Billed as Edinburgh’s oldest purpose-built attraction and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. The camera obscura is housed in a tower on the Royal Mile close to Edinburgh Castle. the building has six floors of interactive exhibitions with the camera obscura projecting a “virtual” tour of the city for visitors and delighting visitors since 1853.
The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) is the city’s principal convention and conference centre and opened in 1995 with an extension being built in 2013. It caters to around 200,000 delegates per annum and has hosetd such notable events as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 1997 and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland two years later.
The EICC featured on a commemorative £20 note issued by the Clydesdale Bank.
