About
Sportin MS is a home grown charity, created on the back of a single diagnosis in 2018. The goals and aspirations of the charity are simple... We want to support the mental and emotional wellbeing of Multiple Sclerosis sufferers and their loved ones. Charitable organisations such as Macmillan do a fantastic job for cancer patients all over the UK. We aim to replicate this platform for MS, particularly considering the extremely difficult psychological challenges that the disease carries with it, alongside the more visible physical challenges.
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We are aiming to generate enough funds to open a 'Sportin MS Support Centre'. At this facility we will provide a safe and supportive space for MS sufferers to find common ground, relate to others and seek guidance or advice. We also aim to provide therapy, physiotherapy and activities for all to feel relaxed and part of a community. Through our fundraising events, sports clubs and businesses, and our generous donors, we come closer to our goals every day.
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130 People are diagnosed with MS in the UK every week. The most common ages being between 20 - 40 years old.
Our Mission
Sportin MS aims to provide mental and emotional support for sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis and their loved ones. Within the medical profession, this area for support and psychological care tends to fall short, and help is desperately needed to encourage patients to remain positive and live their life to the fullest. The disease attacks the body by causing a gradual, but unstoppable muscular deterioration, ending in an unavoidable decline of the major organs, sometimes over decades, sometimes over just a couple of years. However, the suffering often comes from the mental aspect of this daunting diagnosis. A lack of knowledge and advice for coping strategies, combined with the subjective nature of the disease, leads to sufferers being left to their own thoughts and devices in dealing with their unique situation. By MS sufferers getting together, talking, relating to each other, discussing their symptoms and difficulties, they can find comfort, common ground and share coping strategies and knowledge of symptoms.
Our mission is to open The Sportin MS Support Centre, creating a safe space and community for those diagnosed with MS and their loved ones. We want to provide the support that can’t be found from hospital appointments or tests. Cancer charities have been extremely successful in this area and we want to replicate this sort of excellent support for Multiple Sclerosis sufferers.
Our Vision
The charity was set up with various intentions ranging from raising awareness, increasing support and offering information and guidance to anyone and everyone who may benefit from it. However, ultimately we aim to provide a platform and environment that welcomes sufferers, friends, family and the people affected by this horrible and very psychologically challenging disease. Our vision is that one day, MS will come with a widespread understanding and recognition and therefore receive the funding and support that it so desperately needs.