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Recognising your contributions

In 2022, we launched our new volunteer recognition programme, Impact Awards, which has replaced Shining Stars. For more information, please visit the MS Society website by clicking this link.

We recognise that without the contribution of volunteers, we would only be able to achieve a small percentage of our work. We want you to clearly see the difference that your volunteering makes to the lives of people affected by MS.

See Group Handbook C1: Volunteering with us

  1. Celebrating your achievements
  2. Sharing your successes and challenges
  3. Taking pride in our impact
  4. Need support?

Celebrating your achievements

We celebrate and reward the hard work and dedication of people who make a difference in the MS community.

Thank you cards

Sending a thank you card is a quick and easy way to make your volunteers feel valued and appreciated. You can order free of charge thank you cards from our Online Shop.

  1. Order thank you cards from Our Online Shop

Certificates of Appreciation

This certificate acknowledges a volunteer contribution made to your group. Your Coordinating Team decides who receives a certificate of appreciation and how frequently you award them.

  1. Find out more about creating a certificate with MS Society Designs

Shining Star Awards (now Impact Awards)

In 2022, we launched our new volunteer recognition programme, Impact Awards, which has replaced Shining Stars. For more information, please visit the MS Society website by clicking this link.

Sharing your successes and challenges

Our resources are finite and we need to be an effective and efficient organisation to meet our goals. Sharing our successes and challenges helps all of us to do better.

We want you to keep in touch with your staff contact so they can use your experience to support other groups and projects.

  1. Find contact details for Teams who support you

Taking pride in our impact

We are committed to understanding the impact of volunteering, locally and nationally. This includes the impact on people who use our services, on our volunteers’ development and wellbeing, and on wider society.

Understanding our impact helps us attract funding, identify what works and showcase our achievements.

  1. Learn more about Our achievements

Need support?

If your group provides services and activities, your Local Networks Officer is available to help you recognise your team’s contribution. If you are part of a dedicated Fundraising Group, contact your Area Fundraiser for support.

  1. Get contact details for your Local Networks Officer
  2. Get contact details for your Area Fundraiser

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