If you are Black Friday Amazon Shopping (or indeed anytime after this) please do so by going via the Oxfordshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre website www.omstc.org.uk and clicking on the Amazon logo at the top of the page.
That really is all you need do and it costs you nothing.
Here are the statistics: In the last 2 years, 46 purchases completed this way (totalling £1,017.61) have raised £56.60.
This is very welcome, but we could surely do so much better!
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The MS Society are calling for urgent social care funding.
Source MS Society:
We’ve joined more than 100 charities and professional groups calling on the Government to urgently address the social care crisis in the UK.
The Government’s investment in social care has fallen by a third over the past five years – that’s £1.6 billion. This has left more than one million people unable to get the care they need. Read on.
Employment review finds people with MS lack support at work
Source MS Society:
Many people with MS who feel able to work aren’t getting the right support in the workplace. This is according to a new report published by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for MS.
This follows a year-long review into whether people with MS have the support they need to stay in, or get back into, work. Read on.
Age of onset for multiple sclerosis ‘linked to distance from equator’
Source The Guardian:
People living in countries further away from the equator develop symptoms of multiple sclerosis at an earlier age, research suggests.
Both genetic and environmental factors are believed to be to behind the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), with previous work revealing that prevalence of the disease is higher among those living further away from the equator – in other words, in locations with higher latitudes. Read on.
Ampyra Helps MS Patients Not Only Walk Better, But Feel Better Too, Study Reports
Dates for Footcare in 2017
Below are the dates for the first six months of next year:
3 January
24 January
14 February
7 March
28 March
18 April
16 May
6 June
All dates are with appointments starting at 9am and the last appointment at 1pm for a 1.30pm finish.
Parking
Make sure you have an MS parking sticker on your car because security are going to start fining people who shouldn’t be in our parking bays.
Your votes are need
All members, family, friends. Please vote for us, we are applying to Aviva for money to replace the water deluge, the total of cost of replacement is £4,500. It’s all done on votes, so we need you to send to everyone you know. Only 2 weeks to vote
Mindfulness
Are you interested in attending a Mindfulness course at the centre?
If we have enough interest we will explore?
Please contact Sue and let her know.
Funding for Portsmouth scientist, researching multiple sclerosis
Source ITV News:
A University of Portsmouth scientist has won almost £180,000 to fund research that could help develop treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
Dr Sassan Hafizi, a senior lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded £177,930 by the MS Society to investigate the potentially beneficial role of a molecule found in the nervous system. Read on.
