It’s been an exciting start to the year with the opening of another new MS Society shop — this time in Sale, Manchester.

Located on Norris Road, the shop's based in the heart of the Sale community and will offer a fun, accessible and friendly shopping experience.


The shop in Sale follows the opening of the Altrincham shop back in May 2024. We want these new shops to become local hubs for the MS community just like our existing volunteer-run shops.

Join us at an event this February or March to tell us how we can improve our support services in your community.

What is Project Mead?

As you know, through the dedication of our volunteers, we’ve been providing services to support people affected by MS since 1953. Today, we have 230 groups providing support to the MS community right across the UK. So it’s important to us that we always listen to volunteers and our community to make sure we’re providing the right support and the best possible services to people who need us.  

Avoiding page closures

We’ve heard from some of our groups that their Facebook pages are being suspended due to ‘impersonation’. We believe this is due to pages using the same logo as the MS Society official Facebook page. We’re contacting Facebook for further guidance on this issue.

With Assemble ready to launch in the next coming months, we’d like you to meet some of the team working to make it all happen.

We realise you probably don’t mark Data Protection Day in your calendar, so it slips away unnoticed. But it’s a yearly reminder of the importance of keeping data safe and secure. Of only using it fairly and in the way we said we would. And of letting people know where they can find out more, or change the way we use their data.

Our current research strategy ended at the end of 2024. So we’re now looking to publish a new one to align with the upcoming new MS Society organisational strategy.





But first we need to consult with a range of people affected by MS to ensure that our research strategy meets the needs of our community. And that we’re talking about it in a clear, understandable way.

Back in November, we let you know what’s coming up in 2025 from our LivingWell virtual events programme of webinars and peer groups. We’ve listened to feedback from the MS community, and consulted with our MS Community Engagement Group, about the subjects that matter most.


This year promises to be the best and most impactful yet. Wherever someone is in their MS journey, we think they’ll find something to interest and support them.

Following a successful pilot, we started face-to-face fundraising using professional fundraisers last May. Since then, over 1,900 people have signed up to give regular gifts, with an average gift of £119 across the year — a fantastic result.



Increasing the number of regular-giving supporters helps us plan more long term and allows us to build long-lasting relationships with these new supporters.