Posts By: Karen Jones

Milton Park News

Happy Spring! Welcome to March’s newsletter celebrating our brilliant community and all the latest news. See our brand new Milton Park bus liveries, take part in our Returning to Workplace 2 survey with a chance to win £400 for a charity of your choice, catch-up on what our customers have been up to, and enter to win… Read more »

Easter Egg Raffle

Easter Egg Raffle, tickets £1 each or £5 strip.  3 prizes.  Will be drawn after Easter, to allow people to buy tickets when we are fully open again from 12th April.  If you won’t be in but would like a ticket, email Sue who will sort for you. 

The Brain and Spine Foundation and the Neurological Alliance have launched a new mobile app and website

Source MS Trust: One in six of us live with a neurological condition. Millions of individuals, stories and experiences cannot be ignored. The Brain and Spine Foundation and the Neurological Alliance have launched a new mobile app and website to support people with neurological conditions to more easily share their experiences of care. By sharing your experiences… Read more »

The benefits of gardening when you have MS

Source MS Trust: As the sun begins to make more regular appearances, there’s no denying that brighter days are on their way. Spring is the perfect time to spend some quality time pottering about in the garden, but when you have MS, the physical nature of weeding, planting, pruning and alike means there may be some… Read more »

Mindfulness-based interventions for mental well-being among people with MS

An interesting study on mindfulness-based interventions for mental well-being among people with multiple sclerosis. Source BMJ Journals:  Conclusions.  A substantial body of RCT evidence now exists supporting the use of Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in PwMS to improve mental well-being. Study quality is improving, but the significant scope for improvement still exists in study design and reporting…. Read more »

Win a £500 donation for Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre

Win a £500 donation for Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre OxfordshireView in browser       You and your supporters could WIN a £500 donation* for Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Oxfordshire in our Mother’s Day Giveaway!It’s completely FREE to enter – just visit the competition page and click any of the listed retailers before midnight 14th March.To give your cause the… Read more »

WheelPower Offer for MS Centres

At WheelPower, our aim is to get physically disabled people active, and as such, we have two exciting offers for your members: Free Resistance Bands We are currently giving away sets of resistance bands to encourage individuals to exercise at home, further details as follows:  https://www.wheelpower.org.uk/fundingbands Seated Online Exercise Classes We are delivering three live online… Read more »

100 club winners for February

100 club winners for February: Gloria, Lizzie, Joel sharing a prize fund of: £75.  You got to be in it to win it!  So speak to reception for 100 club details, only £5 a month

Photocopier engineer needed!

Photocopier engineer needed!  Our photocopier isn’t working and we do not have a service contract so if you know anyone who can possibly take a look at it please let Sue know ASAP.