Posts By: Karen Jones

Centre up and running

It’s been a few weeks now but the centre is fully open.  All therapies are running.  We are Covid compliant.  All therapists and volunteers know the procedures to follow and everything is running very well.  Main points to remember:- The front door is locked, ring the doorbell when you arrive and your temperature will be… Read more »

True or False

From the MS Trust: ‘We live in an information age. Now more than ever before we have ready access to an enormous quantity of data about health, treatments and research – from the internet, though the press, and on social media. But how do we know who to trust and understand what all this information… Read more »

Enable Magazine

At Enable we pride ourselves on bringing exclusive, current content that is pertinent to the disabled community. And the latest issue is no different. You can read and share the latest issue by following this link: https://issuu.com/dcpublishing/docs/en_as20 We connected with many members of the disabled community to hear about their experiences in and out of lockdown…. Read more »

Appointments are now available to book for ALL THERAPIES.

 New to book:Massage, available from 9th September, the appointments will be on the hour but will be only 45 minutes long to allow for cleaning between appointments.   Acupuncture, available on Thursday 17th September and then every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, appointment times from 9.15 every 45 minutes, cleaning time will reduce the… Read more »

New Volunteers Needed

We are desperate for people to help in the following Volunteering roles: Receptionist – This role is a front of house role.  A receptionist is needed to help initially on a Tuesday morning from 9.30-12.30.  Reception duties include: greeting people on arrival, answering the phone, making bookings in the diary, counting money, showing visitors around,… Read more »

Will you take part in this mindfulness study?

Helen Croxon is a member of the Beds and Northants MS Therapy Centre and is a student at De Montfont University. As part of her Masters degree, she is carrying out some research into the benefits of mindfulness in MS and needs your help. She has kindly laid everything out below. If you have any questions, feel… Read more »

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING   Due to the unusual circumstances this year and social distance measures the AGM will take place via a zoom meeting on: Wednesday 23rd September, 2pm Code: 7183898662 Password OMSTC Nominations and seconders are requested for a max of 10 Committee members.  They must be emailed to Sue at ms.therapy@btconnect BEFORE the… Read more »

Patricia Sadler Osteopath

It is with great sadness that I have to let you know that Patricia Sadler, has reluctantly decided to stand down from her position as Osteopath at the Centre.  Patricia has been with us for over 5 years and has also raised a significant amount of funds for the centre through her singing performances.  There… Read more »