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Stop MS Appeal

To help stop MS, we need you. Your donations help fund vital research to achieve our goal of a world without the effects of MS. Read more about where your money goes, the people behind the trials and how you can donate today.

More than 130,000 people in the UK live with multiple sclerosis. For some, research has found treatments. But too many people still don’t have anything to stop their MS getting worse, and some don’t have any treatments at all.

That’s why we won’t stop until we have treatments for every type of MS, to transform the lives of everyone with the condition. We’re hoping to be in the final stages of testing a range of treatments for everyone with MS by 2025. But we can’t get there without support from people like you.

Please donate today and, together, we can stop MS.

Donate now to stop MS

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Research gives me hope

“When I was diagnosed with MS in 1991, it was pretty scary. I was only 21 with my whole life ahead of me. To be told there were no drugs was terrifying – I felt left out in the cold, with no hope.

"Right now, there’s so much research focused on stopping MS, and this gives me hope for others who are being diagnosed. And I know the MS Society won’t stop until they’ve stopped MS progression for everyone.”

Read Robby's story

What is MS?

What's happening in your body when you have MS?

Read about the science and learn about some of the possible causes of MS.

Find out more about MS

How we'll stop MS

Research breakthroughs have transformed our understanding of progression.

MS researchers have a three-step plan to stop MS.

Read our plan to stop MS

Current clinical trials

We need to stop MS from progressing.

So researchers are looking at three ways to help people at every stage of MS.

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£30 could process one blood sample

One single blood sample could give researchers crucial information about genes and the immune system as they search for new treatments.

I want to donate £30

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£50 could pay for an hour on a microscope

Scientists use high powered microscopes to study cells and tissue in greater detail and improve their understanding of the biology of MS.

I want to donate £50

£100 could pay for half an hour of MRI use

MRI scanning is a crucial technique used to monitor the effect of treatments in clinical trials and understand MS in more detail.

I want to donate £100

Funding MRI

We invested in the first dedicated MRI scanner for MS research in 1983, and we’ve continued to support significant MRI research ever since. MRI has shaped how we monitor and treat MS.

Now, it’s helping researchers expand our understanding of how and why MS progresses, speeding up clinical trials. And paving the way to finding new treatments for MS. MRI is a crucial tool in our quest to stop MS. Donate today and help us make the next major breakthrough.

Find out how trials are being transformed with MRI