The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS).

We are a membership organisation but provide services to all.

The Society funds MS research, runs respite care centres, provides grants (financial assistance), education and training on MS. It produces numerous publications on MS and runs a freephone specialist Helpline.

We are committed to bringing high standards of quality health and social care within reach of everyone affected by MS and to encourage and support medical and applied research into its cause and control. We have a vision and mission for action across the UK.

With a network of branches & regions across the UK, the Society has a National Centre in London and national offices in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales/Cymru.

Comments, Compliments or Complaints
The MS Society is committed to providing high quality services. We want MS Society services to achieve the highest services in all that they do, no matter what the service is or where it takes place. One of the ways in which we can continue to improve is by listening and responding to feedback.
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AGM 2009

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Governed by people affected by MS

As a membership organisation we involve the MS community in all of our activities while also offering membership benefits for the individual. Visit the membership section for more details.

The MS Society board of trustees is elected from, and by, members of the MS Society. Every member has a right to vote in the elections and at the MS Society's annual general meeting. The Board of Trustees has overall responsibility for the leadership of the MS Society, however in terms set out in the constitution the Board can and has delegated some powers to sub-committees, councils and the Chief Executive. Delegated powers are set out in the Scheme of delegation (90 kb)
 

Board meetings

Please follow the link to find the latest information from the meetings of the Board of Trustees.

 

Our Executive Group

Please click the above link to find out more about the Executive Group of the Society.  

Our Aims & Declaration

As a charity we aim to support and relieve people affected by MS, to encourage people affected by MS to attain their full potential by improving their conditions of life, and to promote and publish results from research into MS and allied conditions.

Find out about some of the awards the Society has won.  

Our Factfile

The Multiple Sclerosis Society was founded in 1953 and is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees.

Many of the Trustees have direct experience of living with MS. The Board is accountable to the Charity Commission and to its members. 

Our Accounts

Spending wisely. Where the money comes from, and where it goes. 

Pharmaceutical and allied industries relations

Information on the policy and guidelines for relations between the MS Society and the pharmaceutical and allied industries can be downloaded below.

Policy on relations with the pharmaceutical industry (72 kb)

 

More about the MS Society

Read a longer summary about how the MS Society is funded and where the money goes.