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All the news from our local area and branch should be published here hot off the press. Check our newsletter page for more details.
 New Patient Care CentreDecember 2008People with MS welcomed the opening of a new patient care centre in Bristol. Comedian Bobby Davro yesterday opened the BrAMS centre at Frenchay Hospital. It comes less than a week after auther Jill Mansel opened the neighbouring Burden Institute, which is undertaking stem cell research for the treatment of MS. The BrAMS Centre will help hundreds of people with MS by offering them the best treatments. Earlier this week, fundraising co-ordinator for BrAMS Shaun McCarthy and MS sufferer Sam Massey presented almost £3,000 to seven MS charities (Bristol being one) during a ceremony with sports star and commentator Alistair Hignell. read more » One Site for AllJanuary 2008There is now a web site linking all the MS Charities in Bristol & the South West, take a look. read more » Carers Centre launches new telephone support servicedFebruary 2008Who do carers talk to when everyone else has gone home? Share With A Carer - a new service for carers- can be contacted on 0117 958 9906. Evenings and weekends can be the loneliest times for carers; when they are most in need of someone to talk to, but the professionals have gone home, and sometimes it appears that friends and family have too many worries of their own. The Carers Centre has launched a new evening and weekend telephone support service for carers to call – a listening ear for carers. The service is called ‘Share With A Carer’ and has already been well used since its start at the end of 2007. Trained volunteers are available every evening from 6pm till 10pm, including bank holidays. Volunteers have been selected for their empathy and non-judgemental approach. They have all completed a 10-session training, giving them the skills and confidence to listen to carers, and where appropriate, to signpost them on to other services. 0117 958 9906 is a central number giving you the information on which volunteers are available each evening. Volunteers are on mobile phones but will offer to ring you back to save your phone bill. read more » |
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