Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales answered ME Research UK’s call to illuminate iconic structures blue to mark International ME Awareness Day 2025.
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 by the disease which affectes many hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. 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 Home Nations unite to mark International ME Awareness Day 2025 with the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Parliament Buildings, Belfast City Hall, London, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Cardiff Castle, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen Council’s HQ illuminated in blue in honour of those affected by ME and to raise awareness of the disease. In addition, ME Research UK’s home city – Perth – is likewise marking the occasion.
Cardiff Castle Keep 
Photo Credit: Norman Adams, Aberdeen City Council 
Belfast City Hall 
Northern Ireland Assembly Parliament Buildings 
Former St Paul’s Church, Perth 
Gatehead Millennium Bridge 
St Matthew’s Church, Perth 
Camera Obscura, Edinburgh 
Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Edinburgh, © Malcolm Cochrane Photography 
