Diversity
The MS Society Diversity programme is working in partnership with other neurological organisations to understand how the impact of neurological illness and subsequent need for access to services affects people from black and ethnic minority (BME) communities and other diverse backgrounds.
Grant for New Initiatives
The new Diversity and Inclusion Grant is now available to MS national support groups, branches and other newly developing or already constituted groups and organizations. The grant is for new initiatives, which should be designed to help make sure that information, support and services reach more and more different groups of people affected by MS, across the diverse range of those affected by the condition.
Examples of ideas considered for funding under the terms of the grant this year have been:
- A relaunch event for a support group in Birmingham which has a large Black and Minority Ethnic population
- Development of publicity materials for a support group for people from the Armed Forces
- Costs of advertising for a support group for young Jewish people in North London
- Translation costs of information for the Chinese community in the South West of England
- Costs of having MS exhibition stands at major cultural festivals such as Melas or Gay Pride events.
- Research into needs and requirements of Deaf community
Any questions to the Grants Team at MS National Centre 020 8438 0700
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Printed publications in different languages
'Just diagnosed' and 'What is MS?' are available in a number of different languages: Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdo, and Welsh.
These are available to download from Free Publications or contact the MS Society Information Team
Video interviews with some of our Support Group organisers
Please click on the video player above to watch four interviews with some of the organisers of our support groups.
The MS Society has three national support groups - Asian MS, GLAMS and Mutual Support. These groups provide a contact and support network for people who have a shared background, lifestyle or interest. Find out more about these support groups here.
MS is often seen as a 'white' condition. However, a growing number of people from black and minority ethnic communities within the UK have MS. For their carers, it can be more difficult to find support due to a range of things such as language barriers and a lack of services that meet their cultural needs
