100 Club Winners for November: Sue Doran Tony Ball Val Griggs Speak to Reception for application form only £5 a month, 50% of prize money to winners 50% to the Centre.
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Christmas opening hours
Christmas Opening Hours: Normal up to Thursday 22nd December Friday 23rd – Open for Oxygen and Massage Tues 27th – Thursday 29th CLOSED Friday 30th – Open for Massage and Oxygen Monday 2nd January – CLOSED Tuesday 3rd – Open for Oxygen and Footcare Wednesday 4th – CLOSED Thursday 5th – Open for Oxygen and… Read more »
Argos launch a contemporary range of independent living products
Argos launched a contemporary new range of independent living products, with a host of fantastic tools, gadgets and aids available online which can help you to maintain your independence and rely less on others to help you. Visit their website here.
Need advice with Personal Independence Payments (PIP)
Citizens Advice offer a wealth of information and support on PIP, you can also chat to an advisor online – visit their website for more information
Smart phone app designed to help disabled people find empty blue badge parking spaces being trialled in Reading
A smartphone app designed to help disabled people find empty blue badge parking spaces is being trialled. Sensors have been placed in 70 disabled bays in Reading which will detect when vehicles are occupying the designated spaces. These will then send updates on vacant spots to the app users’ mobile devices. The EU-funded project, called… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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… Read more »
Ampyra Helps MS Patients Not Only Walk Better, But Feel Better Too, Study Reports
Source Multiple Sclerosis News Today: Results from a Phase 2 clinical trial showed that treatment with Ampyra(prolonged-release fampridine) brought both physical and psychological benefits to patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Read on.
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.
