Posts Categorized: Centre News

Happy New Year to you all. It’s that time of year I’m afraid – Membership is due, find attached membership form.  The good news is it has been reduced this year to £20 for the first family member and £15 for subsequent family members.  Also attached are details of our 100 Club lotto, numbers cost £5 per month, a… Read more »

“First Friday” dates for Caroline’s aqua classes will be 8th Jan, 5th Feb, 4th March, 8th April Usual time and place!

I would like to wish all our members a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.  We’ve had a good year this year. I hope you have all enjoyed and benefitted from the various therapies on offer and enjoyed the social element.  Here’s to a good 2016.

first come first served…….. A Member here at the Centre has kindly donated 20 memberships for MS Centre ‘MS’ Members. OXSRAD aims to offer sports, recreational and leisure activities that are accessible to all. Their social and recreational activities cover a wide range of interests including keep fit, art and music and dance classes. 20… Read more »

As from 1 January 2016, the recommended donation rates for therapies (not including oxygen, acupuncture, footcare) will be £13 for MS member, £23 for carers, £30 for members with other conditions.  Recommended donations for oxygen therapy for MS and Carers remain the same, but there will be an increase for non-ms to £17. Membership is… Read more »

1st Prize – John Day 2nd Prize   – Sue Webb 3rd Prize – Linda Tierney WE NEED MORE  100 CLUB MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN, SEE SUE OR GLORIA FOR DETAILS.

 Please see the attached poster for details of the Christmas Fair at Milton Park, all proceeds from the tombola stall are given to the centre. Christmas Fair 2015 – poster

Boma All Terrain Wheelchair will be on display at the centre on Friday 4th December from 11am and a representative will be available to ask questions.

Source The Scotsman: EXPERTS are to look at the impact of chocolate on multiple sclerosis (MS). The MS Society will fund researchers at Oxford Brookes University to see whether chocolate can reduce fatigue, one of the most common symptoms of MS, in people with the condition.  Read on. 

Source MS Trust: Measuring the Burden of Hospitalisation in Multiple Sclerosis shows that nearly 15,000 people with MS in England were admitted to hospital as an emergency in 2013/14.  That’s around 17% of everyone with MS in England. Of the 23,700 emergency admissions, 8700 were repeat admissions – where the person with MS was admitted for… Read more »