Scotland Council - 2020 Review and 2021 Annual Plan

Each year, our Scotland Council develops an annual plan of activity to support the delivery of our strategy and hear what matters most to our MS community in Scotland.

Council Chair, Mary Douglas attends quarterly Board meetings to report on the Council’s progress and raise the issues that matter most in Scotland. We’re saying goodbye to Mary at the end of 2021, as she reaches the end of her term and retires from the Council.

Looking back on 2020

During 2020, our Scotland Council focused on supporting our local groups to respond to the emerging COVID crisis, including moving much of our local activity online, and keeping engaged with the MS community during periods of lockdown.

We supported the Executive Team to make substantial changes to the organisation’s structure and activity following a significant reduction in income caused by COVID, and ensured that the needs of the MS community were at the forefront throughout those changes. We also called for the abolition of the 20 metre rule in a high profile demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament.

Our Scotland Council in 2021

During 2021, our Scotland Council will focus on supporting our network of groups to resume face to face activity within their communities as soon as it is safe to do so, and embedding changes to our staff structures that were made in 2020 as a result of COVID.

We will engage with members of the Scottish Parliament before and after the elections to keep MS high on the agenda, and continue to work with the Cross Party Group on MS. We will also continue to support our Stop MS Appeal by raising funds and mobilising the MS community.

Scotland Council Recruitment in 2021

We’re looking for a Council Chair to join our Scotland Council in January 2022.