Donkey Trip Delight – in aid of Multiple Sclerosis Research

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Huge congratulations to Polly Vacher and her team for completing their 200 mile Donkathon with donkeys Wizard and Muffin who arrived at St Melangell’s Church on July 25th as planned.  With a target of £25,000 the Donkathon has already exceeded £40,000. They donkeys enjoyed five-star treatment along their journey! For more details visit www.donkathon.org

Oxygen tank update

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We are now fully operational and running at full capacity, ie, 6 people, in the chamber. 

BOOKING and CANCELLATION POLICY

Because the office is not manned every day, please DO NOT cancel your appointments by email, please leave a message on the answerphone.  Please also book appointments by telephone.

BOOKINGS

Membership needs to be paid BEFORE and therapies are taken, payment details are on the membership form.

The diary is open for bookings as follows:

MS members– 6 weeks, All other members – 3 weeks

PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO MS PATIENTS – you may be asked to change your appointment to accommodate an MS member.

It is understood that some sessions have limited availability, please share.  If a favoured time is required by more than one person, please alternate your bookings to give each other the benefit.  Similarly, double sessions may be reduced to a single to accommodate more peoples’ needs.

CANCELLATIONS

Appointments (including oxygen) cancelled within 24hrs will incur full donation as all therapists will still expect payment.  Appointments made for a Monday, please try and cancel the Friday before, it is too late to rearrange appointments for the therapist.

NB: volunteers for oxygen sessions have to be organised and notified well in advance of the session.  Because we are carrying out far more oxygen sessions is has become an increasingly time consuming task to rearrange sessions and people.

Obviously donations for missed appointments will be discretionary as to individual circumstances.

Government advice changes – what does it mean for people with MS?

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Last Monday the Government relaxed some of the coronavirus restrictions in what some have dubbed ‘Freedom Day’. But what does that mean for people with MS?

“Wear a mask – don’t wear a mask”
“Keep two metres from others – social distancing no longer applies”
“It’s freedom day – proceed with caution.”

If you’re feeling confused by what the easing of restrictions now mean for you, then you’re not alone. The MS Trust has updated their guidance on coronavirus and Multiple Sclerosis to help make sense of it all.

Read it here: https://mstrust.org.uk/a-z/coronavirus-covid-19-and-multiple-sclerosis

If you are feeling anxious or worried, our counselling service is available – call us on 0118 901 6000 or email ms@bmstc.org to make an appointment.

BIG donations when supporters organise their household bills

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Enable Magazine July-August

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I want to thank you for your continued support in sharing Enable Magazine and helping us to reach the people who need it most. We’re so excited to send you the latest issue of the magazine: the July-August issue. It would be wonderful if you could share this with your network.

The team at Enable are always working to ensure that we reach the disability community to share factual news and information, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and we thank you in advance for your help in this process.

At Enable, we strive to create factual and informative content to support the disability community, especially during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Reaching this community and continuing to connect with our readership by sharing the magazine online has been an essential part of this.

As we distribute another exciting magazine, it would be wonderful if you could share the online version of the July-August issue with your community as per previous issues, this could be done via a newsletter you send out or by sharing the link on one of your social media platforms. Below I have included some information about this issue’s content along with the cover and a digital link, this can be copied and pasted and emailed to your network.

We will continue to utilise our online platform and following to highlight the organisations who have banded together to help us strengthen the community we all contribute to supporting. Please do let us know of anything you are promoting in the coming weeks and we would be happy to share this.

I look forward to hearing from you, enjoy the July-August issue!

All the best,

Emma

Presenting Enable Magazine
July-August issue

The UK’s leading disability and lifestyle title

Introducing the July-August issue of Enable magazine.
We’re so excited to share this issue with you and your network.

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This issue, we get in gear with racing star Billy Monger as he takes on new challenges alongside some of the biggest names from Team GB. It’s normal to feel nervous about returning to social situations, especially if you or a loved one has been shielding. A charity and someone experiencing social anxiety share their advice.

After an estimated rise of more than 4.6 million unpaid carers during the pandemic, voices from the community share what needs to change in social care. Plus, we look at the importance of taking a break, highlighting some of the best staycation spots the UK has to offer. All of this and much more in the latest issue of Enable Magazine.