Christmas & New Year Wishes

We wish you all the members, staff, trustees and volunteers a Merry Chrsitmas and a Happy New Year. May this new year brings to better Health, Wealth and Prosperity. All the Best.

Gala Dinner

We are going to hold a Gala Dinner at the Roodee Race Course celebrating our Center's 25th Anniversary. This is our invitation to all the members, staff, volunteers and trustees to join us on 3rd december, 2010,starts 7.30pm till midnight. Ticket  price is £40 per head which include a 3 course meal and drinks are included. Hurry up tickets are going very quick....dont miss the chance....!! See you all at the Party...!

Christmas Party @ the Centre

We will be holding our Christmas Party at our centre on Sunday 12th of December from 12.30 to 4.00.

This is our invitation to all our members to come and make it a success. As last year we are going to have the 'MS Bollywood' to entertain you all and much more.  Please bring your food which can be shared,  please do bring a bottle if you like one!

Tesco Bag Packing

We are looking for volunteers to help us Bag Pack at Tesco, Frodsham Street and support us for a good cause.The Centre will be 'bag-packing' at Tesco's in Chester on Sat 20th, and Sun 21th November to raise funds. Let us know if you could spare a couple of hours to help us out and spend the weekend for a good cause.

Pre Christmas Shopping Event

Here at our very MS Support Centre, we are organising a Pre Christmas Shopping event between 15th - 18th of November. Great opportunity for our members, carers and outsiders for shopping at our centre here in Saltney. There is wide range of items of Beauty care, Clothing and Food to buy like Hand made Chistmas Cards/Gifts, Cakes,Chutney, Jewellery, Toys and Body Shop. Dont miss this opportunity where you have more leisure time to move unlike rushing in the high street and also you spend less here on your items.

6 mile MS Challenge

Six teams set off from base camp in Capel Curig to undertake the gruelling 6 mile course around local forestry commission land. The determined teams, carried participated members of the MS Support Centre in a specially adapted wheelchair, took between 2 and 5 hours to complete the course and should all be congratulated for their magnificent efforts. Funds raised through the event are yet to be calculated, but should be in excess of £8,000 which will be a wonderful boost for the centre. Thanks for the kindly support from one and all.

Video Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMVlcJ-PAtQ&feature=player_embedded#!

MS Support Centre Charity Race Day

22nd May,10

The volunteers from MS Support centre, Saltney together with co-sponsors, Big Storage and thebestofchester sacrificed the lovely day to fundraise on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the centre.

The temperatures were 28 degrees, supposed to be one of the hottest day, the volunteers tanning themselves in the hot sun, enjoying the perfect day out for a good cause fundrasing for the centre.

Witnessing the Roman theme Race and the other races we have done very well in collecting a very good amount of money for the centre of a whooping figure of £2,960 just from the collecting buckets which is incredible.

A very Big Thank You to all the organisation members, volunteers, support staff. Hoping to reach our target of £25,000.

World MS Day (26th May)

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease. It is one of the most common disabling neurological conditions amongst young adults in the northern hemisphere. Over 2,000,000 people in the world have MS. The aims of world MS day are to raise awareness and mobilise the global movement.

The international day – celebrated across the globe – has been organised by the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF).

PLEASE GET INVOLVED - Together we can fight to improve the quality of life of people affected by MS and find a cure.

JOIN THE GLOBAL MS MOVEMENT.

http://www.worldmsday.org/
http://twitter.com/mssocietyuk
http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Multiple-Sclerosis-MS-Day/71911704184
http://vimeo.com/5183301

Chester Food & Drink Festival

As the adopted charity of the Chester Food, Drink and Lifestyle Festival, Volunteers from the Centre were very helpful in fundraising for the centre over the Easter Weekend.

Our key message at this festival was healthy living and positive lifestyles. We were demonstrating how Wii can be used as a exercise toll and also a rehab equipment for people who suffer from balance issue.

There was a cooking demonstration by Centre member, Trustee and former chef, Barry Thomas. Barry took to the stage and created a delicious feast of Chirk Fishery smoked trout and pan fried filet of Welsh Lamb from Hoptons the Butcher in Hoole. Barry has had MS for the past 10 years, but it doesn’t stop him doing the things he loves.

On the whole it was a fantastic event,rounded off by the Gala Dinner. We have raised around £3,000 for the Centre over this weekend. A very huge thank you to everyone who supported us at the event.

Cheese Rolling Event

The first event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Centre was a great success. Despite the threat of snow and freezing temperatures, our members of the centre participated in this event. The Cheese Rolling contest on 16th February, which was the start of the build up to the Chester Food, Drink and Lifestyle Festival (www.chesterfoodanddrink.com), was closely battled out and this year's winning team was The Cheese Shop who beat the Fire Brigade.

During the event members of the public donated £260 to our volunteer bucket collectors, which was great, and after the race the ceremonial cheese was presented to the Lord Mayor by MS Support Centre member Dot Naylor.

Thanks to one and all who donated for the centre.

Following is the link of the Centre's participation in the event.
http://vimeo.com/9879404

New Hope for Cure of MS....???

A study in New York (University of Buffalo) opens the possibility of identifying a treatment and found evidence that sufferers are benefiting from surgery which unblocks veins in the neck. American study backs initial study findings in Italy.

Scientists have discovered that people with MS are more than twice as likely to have abnormal neck blood flow.More than 55% of MS patients participating in the Buffalo research were found to have the neck abnormality, a condition called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, or CCSVI.

The above results could change the way we view multiple sclerosis.

Martin Jones(MS patient) travelled to Poland for the surgery and feels its early days, but it's looking good so far," he said.

Robert Zivadinov, associate professor of neurology and principal investigator on the study, said he was "cautiously optimistic and excited" about the results.

But, it is very early and premature to get into conclusions, more evidance ins needed and research has to be done in large group of numbers and lot much research has to done into this.

Source:http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100210/video/vuk-breakthrough-gives-hope-for-cure-to-37e89e1.html

Cladribine - for Relapsing MS

A major trial of the oral drug Cladribine – has shown that it significantly reduces relapse and deterioration of the disease,eliminating the unpleasant side effects with present medication according to The New England Journal of Medicine on 20 January 2010.

Cladribine is vying to be the first ever treatment in tablet form for MS,relatively few side effects,make it a hugely exciting development in the world of MS.
Its taken for between 8 to 10 days a year,avoiding the need for regular injections and intravenous infusions.

Professor Giovanonni said: "The introduction of an oral therapy, particularly one that has no short term side effects and is as easy to use as oral Cladribine, will have a major impact on the treatment of MS.

"However, the use of this drug as a first line therapy will have to be weighed up against the potential long term risks which have yet to be defined."

Source: Queen Mary, University of London © Disabled World 2010 (21/01/10)

New Website of the Centre

Yet another Jewel to the centre, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the centre's establishment. We are going to have a new designed website for the centre which is going to have a clear links for what you are searching for,Centre's pictures, Video links, therapy areas, easy downloads and easy access road maps linked to multi map.Blog link to get in touch with the Physiotherapists and to where and what of the centre. Keep in touch......!

MS Support Center Supporting Rugby Stars

Its been a very good opportunity for the Centre treating Rugby Players of Warrington Wolves, another milestone of the centre trying to reach and work in partnership with different Societies, Groups and Bussinesses. Above, is the picture Jon Clarke(to the left) with Andrew Donaldson MD of Big Storage who sponsers Warrington Wolves outside Oxygen chamber at the Saltney MS Support Centre. Jon recently suffered a leg injury which has prevented him from playing, for which he is having a four week programme of Oxygen therapy at centre. Staff at the centre and the club will be monitoring the recovery of him and rehabilitate him, hoping him to take part in the next season this february.
Katie Roebuck, spokeswoman of the centre said the regular use of Oxygen therapy provide relief for Multiple Sclerosis patients and accelerate the healing process of various other conditions.

Group Physiotherpy Launch @ Colwn Bay

A very good start in the new year, having launched the Physio Group sessions for the Multiple Sclerosis patients of the MS Society, Conwy Br. @ Erias Park Leisure Centre. This now gives me the opportunity of conducting 1-1 physio sessions along with the group physio session, giving the chance to the members to meet and greet eachother sharing their thoughts and coping abilities with MS. It also give them a chance that they are not alone suffering from this condition, but it also develop the 'feeling of hope' seeing the recovery in others.