Are you looking for a new board game to play with friends and family over the festive season? Back in 2019, our supporter, George, was seeking just that. Having struggled to find a game he thought all the age groups would enjoy, he ended up creating one himself!

The game is now available to buy, with £3 from each purchase going to Make Sense of It, a fundraising group for the MS Society.

George has generously given a discount code so that our volunteers can get £4 off the price.

Cards for Good Causes Charities is a multi-charity membership organisation. As a member charity, we've been involved with them for over 60 years. Cards for Good Causes is the not-for-profit trading arm, who keep costs to a minimum to ensure that charities receive as much as they can from the sale of cards and gifts.

We've recently received a few expenses requests using old versions of the claim form. So that we can process your claims as quickly as possible, please make sure you're using the latest version of our expenses form, which can be found here.

And, if you have an old form printed out or saved somewhere, please replace it with this one for future use. Thank you.

On Wednesday 5 October, we held our Volunteer Impact Awards event to celebrate the impact our volunteers make and recognise outstanding individual contributions.

Your essential guide to what's new in the world of MS science - as compiled by our Research Team!

Read the September issue here.

Due to the MS Helpline conference, the MS Helpline will close on Thursday 29 September at 3pm. It will re-open on Monday 3 October at 9am.

Information about MS is available on our website at www.mssociety.org.uk. There will be a recorded message on the Helpline directing people to NHS services if they have a medical matter, and to Samaritans for emotional support 24/7.

Whilst The Royal Family’s formal mourning period continues now that Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral has taken place, we’re slowly returning to business as usual so we can ensure we’re still here for those that need us most. No one should face MS alone.

For any local groups who wish to continue with their own events and activities this week, we encourage you to be mindful that people will have been affected by the news differently. Please do seek any support you may need from our staff teams and be sensitive to those around you.

Many thanks to everyone who nominated volunteers either for our previous Shining Stars, or for our new Impact Awards. Across the four nations, and in so many different ways, our volunteers have made a huge difference to people living with MS. And, over the months, the Panel have been truly inspired by reading the nominations.

We’ve been hinting at a new online fundraising platform for our groups to use. We’re very pleased to announce that it’s now here and ready to use.

If your group's already signed up to use Enthuse, we've created some handy 'How to' guides to help you:

- How to log in
- How to edit your group profile page
- How to download financial reports
- How to change your email notifications
- Different types of fundraising pages
- QR Code guide