<p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">Are you a community based professional? Do you or your team support people living with&nbsp;<a href="https://ms-uk.org/whatisms/" target="_blank" style="color: var(--purple); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" rel="noopener noreferrer" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);">multiple sclerosis</a>&nbsp;(MS)? Are you a support worker or home care worker? Do you work in health or social care? Do you work for a charity or voluntary organisation supporting people with a disability?</p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">We are hosting free MS awareness training sessions for you. Simply choose a date and book now.</p><h2 style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);">Why does your team need this MS awareness session?</h2><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">Did you know that MS is the most common disabling neurological condition in working aged adults? It is estimated that over 130,000 people in the UK live with MS.</p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">As well as having the potential to affect physical ability and mobility, balance, strength and coordination there are also many invisible symptoms such as fatigue, issues with bladder, bowel or cognition. MS can impact on aspects of daily living, employment, activities, relationships and overall physical and mental wellbeing.</p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">Combine all these social, physical, and mental health factors and it highlights why people with MS may need support from supportive community-based organisations and services and their employers.</p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">We know that professionals such as social care workers, housing workers, health services staff or other voluntary community and social enterprise sector workers play a key role in supporting wellbeing outcomes for their communities. MS-UK want to share our knowledge to help you increase your understanding of MS and the support available to the MS community.</p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><strong style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">The hour long training session will cover</strong></p><ol style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">What is MS?</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Myths and preconceptions</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Symptoms that may impact on wellbeing</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">A lived experience of MS</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Symptom management tips</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">The kind of support that people with MS may need on their MS journey</li></ol><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">All MS-UK&rsquo;s work is driven by our values and includes the voices of people living with MS. This session will be delivered by a member of our team in partnership with a volunteer with lived experience.</p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">This training session will provide participants with a better understanding of how they can support people on their MS journey. They will have more knowledge of the condition and specific resources (both online and in the community) that will be useful for anyone supporting a person with MS.</p><div style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><div style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);">&lsquo;This was fabulous training &ndash; probably one of the best sessions that I have been on in ages.&rsquo;</div></div><div style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><div style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);">&lsquo;Really helpful, thanks &ndash; more practical and informative than my Speech and Language Therapy training at University&rsquo;</div></div><div style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><div style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);">&lsquo;It was really useful to understand more about MS and quell many of the misconceptions that are around the condition. It was great to have someone with lived experience sharing the information with us&rsquo;</div></div>

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Free online MS Awareness training session for professionals

Free online MS Awareness training

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<h4 style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);"><strong style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Free MS awareness session for:</strong></h4><ul style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Community Link Workers</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Social Prescribers</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Community Connectors</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">GP community referral workers</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Community or Village Agents</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) workers and volunteers</li></ul><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">As part of MS-UK&rsquo;s work to raise awareness of MS, we are offering a FREE online MS Awareness session for community workers.</p><div style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><section data-testid="simplified-organizer-info" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h4 style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);"><strong style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">What is the session about?</strong></h4><p style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">The session will touch on:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">What is MS?</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Symptoms that may impact on wellbeing</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">A personal insight into living well with MS</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Symptom management and wellness &ndash; what support to people with MS need?</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">MS-UK services and how we can support the MS community and their allies</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">How social prescribers/community workers can support people on their MS journey</li></ul><h4 style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);"><strong style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">What do other social prescribers have to say about MS-UK&rsquo;s awareness sessions?</strong></h4><p style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">&lsquo;Well worth attending &ndash; good use of 1.5 social prescribing hours!&rsquo;</p><p style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">&lsquo;My biggest take away was being provided with such a detailed insight into MS and all the tools needed to signpost a client with MS&rsquo;</p><p style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">&lsquo;Fantastic informative session pitched at just the right level with plenty of helpful practical ideas to implement into our social prescribing services&rsquo;</p><p style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">&lsquo;Exceptional webinar for anyone who has basic knowledge of MS. By far the most informative webinar I have attended all year, from overview of MS, possible causes, different stages of MS, symptoms, myth busting as well as support options available throughout individual health journeys. Cannot recommend enough!!&rsquo;</p><p style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">&lsquo;I felt the training really gave me an understanding of what a patient with MS is feeling and going through, from initial concerns right through to years within their diagnosis. This made me feel far more equipped when trying to support a patient with MS as I have more of an insight into what support they may or may not be looking for.&rsquo;</p><h4 style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);"><strong style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Who will be delivering the session?</strong></h4><p style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">All our work is driven by our organisational values and includes real voices of people living with MS. This session will be delivered by a member of our team in partnership with a volunteer with lived experience of MS.</p><p style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Don&rsquo;t worry if you can&rsquo;t attend &ndash; we will be recording the session and sending it out to all those that have registered afterwards</p></section></div><div style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div>

Free online MS Awareness training session for social prescribing services

Free online MS Awareness training for Social Prescribing Services

<p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">The session is open to care and support professionals (or volunteers) who may be supporting people with multiple sclerosis. This could be:</p><ul style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Residential care home support staff</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Domiciliary/home care workers</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">community support workers</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Personal Assistants</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Private carers</li></ul><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">Please share with any colleagues who you think may benefit.&nbsp;</p><h3 style="color: var(--purple); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: var(--purple);"><strong style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">What is the session about?</strong></h3><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">The session will touch on:</p><ul style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">What is MS?</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Symptoms that may impact on wellbeing</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">A personal insight into living well with MS</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">Symptom management and wellness &ndash; what support do people with MS need?</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">MS-UK services and how we can support the MS community and their allies</li><li style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">How care and support workers can support people on their MS journey</li></ul><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">All MS-UK&rsquo;s work is driven by our values and includes the voices of people living with MS. This session will be delivered by a member of our team in partnership with a volunteer with lived experience.</p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">This training session will provide participants with a better understanding of how they can support people on their MS journey. They will have more knowledge of the condition and specific resources (both online and in the community) that will be useful for anyone supporting a person with MS.</p><div style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);">A prior participant said their biggest take away was:</p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><strong style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">&lsquo;Being provided with such a detailed insight into MS and all the tools needed to work with a client with MS&rsquo;</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(106, 114, 127); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(106, 114, 127);"><strong style="color: var(--paragraph_main_colour); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: var(--paragraph_main_colour);">&lsquo;The lived experience of someone with MS was such an eye opener. It made me see beyond the words MS to the person with MS. Thank you&rsquo;</strong></p></div>

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