We’ve all experienced the feeling of knowing that an upcoming conversation is going to be difficult. That we need to address uncomfortable issues in order to resolve a situation. Some of our Group Coordinators have said they’d find a resource to help with this really useful.
MS Walks are back for 2023, returning to Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, London and Manchester.
Join an MS Walk near you and sign up to be an MS Superstar volunteer, supporting everyone who's walking, rolling and strolling to stop MS. You'll be part of an incredible team of volunteers who will be helping to make our MS Walks bigger and better than ever.
Roles include:
General Volunteer - If you just want to get involved and aren’t worried about what jobs you're given, this is the role for you.
We’re always looking for new ways to improve the induction experience for new volunteers. First impressions are so important. We want new joiners to feel connected to the organisation from the start, clear about their roles and empowered to succeed.
As we dive into 2023, we hope this will be a year to attract many enthusiastic new volunteers. And we’ve made some changes to streamline and clarify the induction process for them.
GDPR training is important and relevant if you’re in a role that has access to personal data. Having access to personal data could mean using online systems such as the Portal or an MS Society email account. But it also includes simpler, paper-based, activities such as recording attendees’ names, addresses and phone numbers at the start of an event.
Thanks to everyone who placed orders before the Web to Print system closed at Christmas. The system provider has confirmed that any orders placed before the closure will be completed and dispatched this month.
A big thank you to all our group volunteers who are busy completing the Finance Year End Checklist via our Year End online system. Just a reminder that all groups need to complete this, as well as analyse all 2022 transactions, by 31 January.
Some groups have also been asked to complete an Agreed Upon Procedures Report (AUP) and/or provide some supporting documentation for transactions as part of the audit process. These also need to be returned by 31 January.
The deadline for group financial year end submissions is 31 January 2023. We have to meet this deadline, as we’re required to submit accurate financial accounts for audit. We could be fined if we fail to do so.
We still have tickets left to our fifth annual Carols by Candlelight event on Thursday, 15 January at St Marys, Marylebone London. And we really need your help to sell the remaining tickets!
It would be amazing if you could help us on this last push by sharing information with your networks, so we can ensure no one misses out on this fundraiser that is crucial to supporting our Stop MS Appeal.
If you'd like to support us with this, you can do so by sharing the posts via the links below from your social media accounts.
We’re delighted to be part of this year's Brand the Bus competition in Oxford. If we win, we’ll get our very own MS Society bus with a lot of branding and advertising behind it for 2023!
This competition is won via public votes - so we really need your help to spread the word and get people voting! Voting is open until 23:59 on 1 January 2023.
