At the end of February, we launched a new GDPR eLearning called Keeping Data Safe. Anyone in certain roles who's not done GDPR training in the last two years and/or has an MS Society email account or access to the Portal will be asked to complete it to retain access to our systems.
Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration that recognises volunteers and everything you do to support the work of charities and community groups around the country.
From 1-7 June, organisations throughout the UK will be going all out to shout about the impact their volunteers make. We believe our volunteers are the best of the best, and we intend to make sure everyone knows it!
London Metropolitan Flag Day allows the MS Society to hold charitable collections (in aid of the MS Society) across London for one day only during daylight hours (so long as they're within the areas covered by London Metropolitan Police).
This event can be an excellent source of funding for your group, so now's the time to get a team together to help you collect.
Traditionally, clinical trials for MS haven't included people who depend on a wheelchair to get around. But this is changing.
ChariotMS is a phase 2 trial testing whether cladribine can help people with more advanced MS maintain the use of their arms and hands. Cladribine (brand name Mavenclad) is already licensed for highly active relapsing MS.
We want to ensure that the support we’re providing to our groups is as effective, timely and as accessible as possible. So local groups can, in turn, support their local MS communities. To help us do this, and to better understand and agree our priority areas of work, we’ve formed a panel of volunteers and staff, called the Community Networks Advisory Panel (CNAP).
We have six MS Walks this year - in Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Belfast, London and Glasgow. With 1, 5, and 10km routes to choose from (and even a 20km in London), there’s something for everyone. Explore a mixture of riversides, parks, hidden alleys and historic buildings while raising life-changing funds.
Gary Rushworth is no stranger to long walks, having done many over the years to raise money for causes which have touched his life. But the journey he’s about to embark on to raise awareness of MS will be his greatest challenge yet – and the one closest to his heart.
Gary (64) will be walking the length and breadth of Great Britain in memory and celebration of his late wife, Moira.
