We’ve been contacted by some local groups about their Facebook pages and groups being disabled by Facebook.

Unfortunately, the MS Society can’t challenge Facebook’s decision to disable pages/groups. Your local group’s Facebook admin will have to do this directly from the page/group in question.

Frustratingly, Facebook uses artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor the site. Occasionally it seems to flag pages/groups where there’s no obvious cause for concern.

However, there are certain things you can do to lower the chance of your page/group being disabled.

In May, we let you know we were making some changes and improvements to our MS Society Designs service. We’re pleased to let you know we’ve now launched the updates and it’s all systems go!

MS Society Designs is a free service for local groups to create bespoke branded materials, so together we can build awareness of the MS Society. And promote the fantastic things you do to support the MS community in your area.

The UK General Election is on Thursday 4 July. It’s an important opportunity to get our voice heard, and to make sure MS is on the agenda of every candidate.






If you’re planning any campaigning during this election period, do remember that the Lobbying Act sets rules around what charities can and can’t do. The MS Society is always politically neutral. But we need to take particular care during this time to ensure that any involvement we have with political parties is balanced.

Today, Monday 3 June, marks the beginning of Volunteers’ Week. It’s a time for charities, voluntary groups, social organisations, and volunteers themselves to come together, and recognise the incredible impact that volunteering has on communities around the UK.

I wanted to use this week to reach out and say a big thank you, from me and everyone at The MS Society.

In April we once again marked MS Awareness Week. For the second year running we partnered with six MS charities, including MS Trust and MS Together, and launched a united campaign, MS Unfiltered.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Volunteers’ Week. It kicks off on Monday 3 June and runs until Sunday 9 June.

Volunteers’ Week is a time for charities, voluntary groups, social organisations, and volunteers themselves to come together. And it’s a time to recognise the incredible impact that volunteering has on communities around the UK.

Celebrate with us!

We'll be doing lots to showcase the incredible impact our volunteers have on the MS community, and we'd love for you to be involved.

This month, we wanted to share with you some of the key features of Assemble, our new volunteer management system (VMS), which is launching later this year. Wherever we can, we’ve built the system to simplify processes our volunteers complete.

Assemble will also take on much of the functionality currently held within the Portal and volunteer website. Both of these sites will retire at the end of the year once we have Assemble up and running.

An introduction to community research work from Emily Perriam, Head of Volunteering and Community Networks

Last month, we shared information about a new project kicking off at the MS Society. Project Mead is looking at how we deliver our services, how we innovate them to offer more choices, and how we can further support the MS community. Ultimately, we want to improve and increase our reach to positively impact more people. And volunteers play a huge part in how we do that.