Carers Week (Monday 8 - Sunday 14 June) is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK, including the MS community. It also helps people who don't think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed support.
This year, Volunteers’ Week will be taking place from Monday 1 – Sunday 7 June. Find out how we’ll be marking this special week and how you can celebrate with us.
Volunteers' Week (Monday 1 - Sunday 7 June) is a time for charities, voluntary groups, social organisations, and volunteers themselves to come together to recognise the incredible impact that volunteering has on communities around the UK.
As volunteers you play a vital role in supporting people affected by MS, and we want to make sure that commitment is recognised.
This year, we’re continuing to look at how we can strengthen and enhance our reward and recognition offer for volunteers. But for now, we’re pleased to share that our Volunteer Impact Awards are once again open, so we can continue to recognise and celebrate volunteers who go above and beyond.
We’re looking for people affected by MS to take part in an informal online conversation with our Trustees on Tuesday 2 June 2026 from 6:00-7:15pm.
Who are our Trustees and what do they do?
As a charity, we are led by a Board of Trustees. They decide how we work and what we focus on. They oversee our progress, and how we manage our finances and risk. Most of our Trustees have a personal connection to MS, either because they have MS or someone they care about does.
Join us at upcoming online and community events to hear more about MS Help, meet staff and volunteers, and connect with others affected by MS. Whether you’d like to attend yourself or help spread the word locally, there are lots of ways to get involved.
We’re inviting you to join a friendly online session this May to meet your local Community Support Officer, connect with other group volunteers, and hear more about MS Help.
Share your experience to help shape clearer, more accessible information about hospice care for people affected by progressive neurological conditions.
Finding clear, accessible information can make a real difference when you’re living with a progressive neurological condition (PNC), or supporting someone who is. At the moment, it’s not always easy to understand what hospice care offers, how it can help at different stages, or how it fits alongside other support.
In April, at the beginning of MS Awareness Week, the MS Society in Northern Ireland marked a very special milestone, 70 years of supporting people affected by MS, at an event in Parliament Buildings, Belfast.
We recently made groups aware of an issue with how group contact permissions have been recorded. As a precaution, we temporarily paused sharing contact data with groups while we worked to resolve it.
