The Multiple Sclerosis Trust (MS Trust) is an independent, national UK charity that was established in 1993.
The MS Trust works to provide information for anyone affected by multiple sclerosis, education programmes for health professionals, funding for practical research and campaigns for specialist MS services.
The Trust is based in the Spirella Building in Letchworth Garden City.
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The MS Trust provides an Information Service for all people affected by MS (Information Service).
It also publishes a range of books, factsheets and DVDs on aspects of the condition (Publication page).
Books include MS Explained, At work with MS, Living with Fatigue and Exercises for people With MS. The MS Trust publishes a free, quarterly newsletter called Open Door.
In 2007, The young person’s guide to MS written with Kerry Mutch, MS Specialist Nurse in Liverpool, was highly commended at the BMA Patient Information Awards.[1]
There was success in the same awards in 2008 for Move if for MS, a DVD of exercises led by Mr Motivator, and for Sexuality and MS: a guide for women.[2]
Campaigning is based on promoting access for people with MS to high quality specialist services
Recent campaigns have included
Increasing access to MS specialist nurses
Monitoring the implementation of the NICE clinical guidelines for MS and the National Service Framework for long-term health conditions
The MS Trust has funded practical research which will have an impact on improving services and therapies available for people with MS. Some research that the Trust funded during 2006 included:
The Trust has several ongoing fundraising projects, including parachuting, runs, and overseas treks.
In June 2007, 79 year old grandmother Sylvia Shaw did a parachute jump for the Trust.
In 2008 the MS Trust was the Official Charity of the British 10K London Run.
Sir John Harvey-Jones was President of the Trust from 2001 to 2008.