Please note that World MS Day activities take place through May and June.
“I have Multiple Sclerosis, it doesn’t have me”
World MS Day takes place on Wednesday 29th May and MS Ireland aims to to raise awareness, raise issues and raise funds for services to people with MS in communities across Ireland. This year’s theme is young people with MS and we want to show that many people with MS are living relatively healthy lives, contributing to society and facing the challenges that confront them.
Join Multiple Sclerosis Ireland during May and June to mark World MS Day. Here is how you can get involved:
- What’s Your Motto?
Mottos can lift our spirits and motivate us to make the most of every day. You don’t have to be affected by MS to get involved. We want to know the mottos that give you strength, even in the most challenging of times. Add your motto now and read others. - Spread the Word
Send an email to your friends and family, change your social media image, take some posters and put up around your locality or maybe put something up on your company’s website. You can download lots of bits and bobs here, including a link to a online MS simulator. Forward, share and create! - Attend An Event
Across the country we are organising information and support events. If you want to meet people with MS, pick up information and tap into local services check the calendar on our website for an event near you. Fundraising events are on the calendar too! - Organise a MS Ireland Tea Party
In May or June organise a MS Ireland Tea Party in your home, community or workplace. What is raised locally will be spent locally on our home visit service, exercise and physiotherapy programmes, information events and through our voluntary Branches counselling and local support. Sign up for a pack today! - Celeb Auction
Get your hands on The Script, Noel Gallagher, Imelda May, Brian O’Driscoll, Def Leppard and many more in our giant auction. Place you bids today for unique signed and framed prints. - Organise Your Own Event
If our events are not floating your boat why not organise something with some friends, family or work colleagues. Run a table quiz, do a non-uniform day or get active with a run, walk or skydive! We also have MS Ireland pins you can sell or collection buckets you can use. Get planning today! - Red Card to the Government
Show your dissatisfaction with the neurology and neurorehabilitation services by emailing your local TD’s. Raise the issue and demand action. Email now.
What Your Money Means
Money raised locally will be spent locally on services to people with MS in your community. Home visits from professional staff; counselling; physiotherapy and exercise classes; a host of programmes around symptom management, newly diagnosed and carers; local support and events; and many other services are provided by our team of Regional Community Workers and voluntary Branches.
In addition to these local services anyone from around the country can access the MS Care Centre, Ireland’s only respite and therapy centre for people with MS in Ireland. They can also access our MS Information line, website, booklets and other information sources.
Apart from services above, MS Ireland is heavily involved in advocating for the rights and needs of people with MS and providing funding and supporting research.
This World MS Day help us support people with MS, their carers and families. Learn more about our work and services.
What Is MS?
MS is a progressive neurological condition affecting 8,000 people in Ireland. It is usually diagnosed between the ages of 26 – 31 years and lasts a life time. Learn more about MS in our fact sheet.
What is World MS Day?
World MS Day is the only global awareness raising campaign for MS. Every year, the MS movement comes together to provide the public with information about MS and to raise awareness of how it affects the lives of more than two million people around the world. Learn more from www.worldmsday.org
Find out more at www.ms-society.ie, worldmsday@ms-society.ie
or call 01 678 1600.