MS Newsletter Spring 2024
Membership
Membership – It’s that time of year again.
2024 membership is MS: £15, Non-MS: £30.
Please collect your membership form from the desk or ask Sue to email it to you.
Can you help?
Bottles of wine wanted please for our Quiz Night winning team, 8 bottles needed. Also unopened and unwanted Christmas presents would be much appreciated.
Quiz night – Friday 8th March
Quiz night – Friday 8th March, teams of up to 8 people. £8 per person. The Barn, Foxhall Road, Didcot. 7.30pm start. Money raised to go towards new flooring at the centre. Speak to Reception or email sue on ms.therapy@btconnect.com for team application form.
Life Admin Life Hacks – MS Society webinar, 18 January
Life admin is the “office work of life” and is all the administrative things we need to get organised. It can also be applying for schemes that can make your life more accessible and help you to continue the things you enjoy doing.
This session will be be joined by Louise Welsh, MS Society wellbeing volunteer and accessibility advocate. Louise is passionate about sharing the tips that have helped her make the things she loves more accessible whilst living with MS. Louise will be talking about different schemes such as the Access Card, CEA card, and sunflower lanyard, as well as the disabled person’s rail card.
Date: Thursday 18 January
Time: 6.30pm – 7.30pm
This session is organised by the national MS charity, the MS Society. You can find out more about them by visiting their website at www.mssociety.org.uk
Home Collection Money Pots
All your small change home collection pots really do make a difference, see our up to date totaliser!
Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for our Christmas Raffle
Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for our Christmas Raffle and to those who donated the lovely raffle prizes including the luxury food items for our large hamper. The draw took place at the Christmas Lunch on 18th December. The winners of the prizes were:
1st prize – Luxury Hamper – Michael Ross
2nd prize – Blenheim Palace Annual Family Pass – Luisa Vasseghi
3rd prize – Hornby Christmas Train Set – Nick Ray
4th prize – Wizard of Ox Tickets – M Blackman
5th prize – Indian Cookery Voucher for 2 people – Gordon Vaugham
6th prize – Next Hamper – Kate Finney
7th prize – Coffee Selection – Stephen Moss
Again, thank you so much to everyone who made it such a success. I hope you all had a great Christmas and we wish you all a Very Happy New Year.
December 100 winners
December 100 winners sharing a prize fund of £102.50
1st: Adam Hills
2nd : Tony Ball
3rd: Linda Tierney
Start you new year as a potential winner and join our monthly £100 club, only £5 monthly. Ask for details.
November 100 winners
November 100 winners:
1st Gloria McLaughlin
2nd Trevor Dew
3rd Anne Hills
winning a share of £100