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The Stop MS Appeal

Submitted by Jo Webber on Thu, 2019-12-19 13:44

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The Stop MS Appeal launched publicly in October with a splash. Our TV advert has been seen at least 2.5 million times. It’s been shared by thousands in the MS community, shown on a range of national TV channels, appeared in cinemas around the UK and gained huge exposure through our partnership with the Telegraph.

Campaigning on PIP during the General Election

Submitted by Jo Webber on Thu, 2019-12-19 13:39

 

Finance Zoom sessions

Submitted by Jo Webber on Thu, 2019-12-19 13:32

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Back in 2019 we launched our first Finance Support Zoom sessions, focused on the Year End process.

There was a fantastic uptake, with coordinating team members from over 40 groups attended. It was wonderful to meet so many of you.

Looking ahead, we would like to extend these sessions in 2020 to cover different aspects of finance. We already have a few ideas in mind, including:

o Planning and budgeting
o Use of funds
o Use of online accounting

Cheque imaging and referrals

Submitted by Jo Webber on Thu, 2019-12-19 13:20

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Since July, banks have been exchanging digital images of cheques within the UK for clearing and payment. This has significantly reduced the timescales involved, so that a cheque paid into or out of an account will clear at 23.59 the next working day. However, this has also led to an increase in cheque fraud.

2019 Year End

Submitted by Jo Webber on Thu, 2019-12-19 12:57

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Happy New Year from the Finance Team!

We are very grateful for all of your support throughout 2019. It was a fantastic year and the progress made by all groups with the 2019 year end has been impressive!

However, the 31 January 2020 deadline is fast approaching. If your group are yet to submit 2019 Year End reports to National Centre, and require further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact Finance Support as soon as possible.

Changes to our Executive Team

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2019-12-18 09:02

As recently communicated, we’re pleased to have our new Strategy for 2020-24 agreed.

Our ambitions are high and we have some really exciting plans that will make a difference to the lives of people affected by MS.

To deliver these plans effectively we need to make sure we have the right people and the right structure in place. This applies to the whole organisation, including our leadership.

We'll launch our strategy 2020-2024 next year

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2019-11-12 16:49

As our current strategy ‘Together to Beat MS’ comes to an end this year, we’ll launch our next strategy 2020-2024 next year.

We spoke to lots of people in our MS community, including over 800 volunteers and members, about what’s important, what we should build on and what doesn’t work well, to help develop the new strategy.

Our new strategy will build on all the progress we’ve made so far – in MS research, services and support and campaigning for change - but will also require us to change and adapt so that we can make more of a difference for everyone living with MS.

Our priorities for the next UK government

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2019-11-12 16:44

With a general election happening on 12 December, we want to take this chance to raise our voices about changes on things that matter to people affected by MS.

Our priorities for the next UK government:

  • Make Personal Independence Payment (PIP) make sense
  • Make social care work for everyone affected by MS
  • Access to cannabis based medicines for people with MS

Together we can raise our voices and make a difference. We’d love your help to:

Stop MS Appeal so far!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2019-11-12 16:21

Our Stop MS appeal is aiming to raise £100 million to find treatments for everyone living with MS, and we’ve had an overwhelming response so far from volunteers and supporters!

Sativex in the news

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2019-11-12 14:35

You may have seen in the news recently that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved Sativex (a cannabis based medicinal spray) to be widely available on the NHS in England for people with MS who experience muscle spasms, when other treatments haven’t worked.

We’ve been campaigning for access to Sativex across the UK. A couple of months ago, hundreds of people with MS shared their experiences with NICE about why medicinal cannabis is so important. It’s brilliant NICE has finally listened.