We have been contacted by Carys Marchant from Whisper TV with a request: I am a Casting Researcher at production company Whisper TV and we are currently casting a non-broadcast pilot for ITV looking for families who are about to start work on a project which involves them adapting their homes due to a change in… Read more »
Posts By: Karen Jones
Booster shots for people with MS
This week the Government announced booster Covid shots for people over 50, those with health conditions and health and social care staff. We continue to strongly encourage you to regularly use lateral flow tests (find out more by clicking here). Here is the booster information from the MS Society website: Across the UK, people with MS who’ve… Read more »
Enable Magazine September-October issue
Presenting Enable MagazineSeptember-October issue The UK’s leading disability and lifestyle title Introducing the September-October issue of Enable magazine.We’re so excited to share this issue with you and your network. Documenting memories is an important step with many conditions. Find out how Janis Winehouse is fighting MS and preserving her daughter Amy’s legacy with a new documentary. As the world reopens the… Read more »
Quiz Night
Fri 18 March 2022 The Barn, Didcot, 7.30 start £8 per person (including nibbles) 8 (max) in a team Support a local charity To enter a team contact Sue ms.therapy@btconnect.com or 01235 832023 Fri 18 March 2022 To enter a team contact Sue ms.therapy@btconnect.com or 01235 832023
APPEAL FOR OXYGEN OPERATORS
We are short of oxygen operators, as we have now lost Zoe who is starting at college this week. Zoe generally covered 3 sessions a week. We need someone for Monday, Thursday and Friday morning so if you can spare some time 9.30-12.00 and would be prepared to learn how to operate the chamber one… Read more »
100 club winners for August:
100 club winners for August: 1st prize – Babs Copley 2nd prize – Angela Day 3rd prize – Peter Pearce Sharing a prize fund of: £82.50Speak to Sue/Reception for 100 details, half the money raised goes to the centre, half as prize money. It all helps! You have to be a member of the centre… Read more »
MS Society – Approved but denied campaign
The MS Society has just launched a new campaign to make sure people with MS in England aren’t facing an unacceptable postcode lottery. Take action now to call on your local health service to provide Sativex for people with MS. Getting the treatment you need shouldn’t be a game of chance. But too often, this is the… Read more »
Information webinar – Cognition and my MS
Like other symptoms of MS, cognitive symptoms vary greatly from person to person. The MS Society will be running a webinar tore It will take place online on Thursday 16 September at 7pm. Not everyone who has MS will experience problems with memory and thinking, but mild difficulties are common. Cognition refers to memory and thinking…. Read more »
MS-UK Information Session – stay motivated
Our friends at MS-UK are offering an information session about ‘Staying on track – how to set goals and keep motivated’ on Monday 20 September at 2pm. During the information session ‘Staying on track’, Dr Gretchen Hawley will be talking about how to identify specific exercise goals, stay consistent and measure success along the way. Dr Hawley will break these down into six tips that will help people get back on track and stay motivated with their exercise… Read more »
MS athletes at the Paralympics
The Paralympics have arrived in Japan and there are a number of athletes in the GB camp with MS. (WARNING: Spoilers ahead) Kadeena Cox has started her Paralympics brilliantly with two gold medals and smashing two world records already. Find out more about our athletes on the MS Society website by clicking here. C’mon TeamGB!