The Asian MS support group is our national support group for people affected by MS from the Asian community.


Our group's aims are:

• To raise awareness and dispel ignorance of MS within the Asian community
  
• To provide a telephone support service for Asians with MS, their carers, friends and family
  
• To focus on putting fun and dignity back into the lives of Asians with MS and their carers

We also:

• Raise funds for people affected by MS from the Asian community
  
• Deliver information in different languages
  
• Offer access to an interpreting service
  
• Run an online discussion board
  
• Provide mini language sites.

Introducing the Asian MS Committee

Here's a brief introduction to the Asian MS committee:

• Shiv Sharma - Treasurer, Asian MS support group
  Shiv was diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in 2002. Despite this diagnosis and three relapses over the last five years, he still manages to have a full time job together with his voluntary work for the MS Society, mainly with Asian MS.
  
  
• Sanjay Chadha - Chairman, Asian MS support group 
  Sanjay founded the group with Gurjit Sihota in 1997 with the aim of trying to raise awareness of MS within the Asian community. He initially received a diagnosis of relapsing remitting MS, and is now in a wheelchair.
  
  
• Saher Usmani - Asian MS Support Officer, based at MSNC
  Saher works for the Asian MS support group, developing and promoting Asian MS and ensuring the MS Society’s strategy, initiatives and policies reach out to people affected by MS in the Asian community across the UK.
  
  
• Gurjit Sihota - Co-founder, Asian MS support group
  Gurjit co-founded the Support group in 1997 with Sanjay Chadha. She lived in Bradford for many years and has now moved to Sutton Coldfield. She has secondary progressive MS, but is mobile for most of the time. You can watch a video interview with Gurjit below.
  

 

Video interview with Gurjit Sihota

Click on the player above to watch an interview with Gurjit Sihota about Asian MS.  

Interested in becoming a trustee?

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is currently looking for enthusiastic and committed people to serve on its board of trustees. The board is the governing body of the Society and trustees are elected by the UK membership.

The board needs a wide range of skills and members who have the
ability and experience necessary to fulfil a variety of roles. The Society is dedicated to having a board that reflects the diversity of the wider communities in which the impact of MS is experienced and we would particularly welcome applications from those within black and ethnic minority groups.

For more information or to receive an application pack, please contact Emma Robertson, Governance Officer on 020 8438 0700 or at erobertson@mssociety.org.uk  

MS National Centre, 372 Edgware Road, London NW2 6ND
To download a pack, go to www.mssociety.org.uk   

How to contact us

To get in touch with the Asian MS support group, please use one of the options below.

• Call 0208 438 0856 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9am-5pm
  
• Send an e-mail to asian@mssociety.org.uk
  
• Write to:
  
  Asian MS c/o
  MS Society, MS National Centre
  372 Edgware Road,
  London NW2 6ND