Supporting people with MS

'Living with MS can cause loneliness, isolation and anxiety about what the future holds. The staff at the Centre have not abandoned members during the lockdown and have kept us supplied with helpful information, online/Zoom opportunities, and generally done whatever they can to keep our spirits up. Thank you to everyone whose generosity will enable them to carry on their wonderful, vital work until, and after, 'normality' returns.'

The Berkshire MS Therapy Centre supports the health and wellbeing of local people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Usually, we do this through therapies face-to-face at our specialist centre whilst giving our members a chance to meet and support one another which helps to reduce loneliness and isolation. 

 The pandemic has been very hard for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Having MS makes you vulnerable to the effects of Covid but equally as damaging is the closure of services you rely on. Regular support that keeps you mobile and independent is suddenly interrupted and services you rely on disappear. People with MS have been disproportionally affected by the pandemic so our services are more vital than ever.

69% feel the interruption of services at the Berkshire MS Therapy Centre has affected their MS but 95% feel that without the charity their MS would be in a worse position now. 90% feel the Centre has helped during the pandemic.

The money raised with help us:

• Keep people as active as possible
• Maintain good emotional health 
• Reduce loneliness and isolation
• Return to face-to-face treatments

Find out more about what we do here: www.bmstc.org

Thank you for your support