We provide support & advice to those affected by the illness Multiple Sclerosis in Portsmouth

We hold a monthly meeting at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, where anyone who has a connection with MS to get free advice, support etc no matter if they are the person with MS or their relatives, friends & carers, the information meetings are presented by organisations who are invited to talk about how they can help those affected, which comes to be very well accepted and appreciated, we have speakers from Social Services, D.W.P., MS Tissue Bank who cover research on MS

Why the community needs this charity

The group has helped the community in such a way where people with the illness, find it hard to come to terms with it after being diagnosed, or just to the point where they find it hard to communicate with family and friends about the ir condition, but also the relatives & friends can talk to others & find hwo to talk about the illness without upsetting anyone, as it can have a stressful time for all involved, so knowing that here is someone out there to talk.

Results and outcomes

Since setting up the group, we have interest from other parts of the UK, on how we set ourselves up & what we do, since then other groups have been set up by people who deal with MS on a daily basis, either as a patient, relative, carer along with their own local Community NHS support teams, to which we have found it very rewarding that we can help others in different parts of the UK to set their own groups up.

Latest activities and projects

Bupa Mini South run

Bailey Blackwell is running the Bupa Mini South Run of 2.5 miles in aid of WAMS, as his mother Helen has MS herself and she is on the committee and since coming to the group when we first started just over 3 years ago, she and others have found the support group a good way of support and friendship with others in a similar situation regarding the disability. read more