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Good Morning all, I hope you are keeping well and safe during Guernsey's second lockdown. It came out of the blue for us living on our island and many of you may not have had the opportunity to prepare your cupboards for another lockdown. Fortunately there are a number of businesses able to provide a home delivery service. Please follow the link below to the full list on the Health Connections…

Sadly, due to the coronavirus and the latest lockdown which is now in place the Rowathon has had to be postponed.  We will be working towards rescheduling for a later date this year and we will keep you informed as to, if and when, this event can be held in 2021.  

BioNTech, who are the the German biotechnology company that brought us Pfizer to fight COVID,  now report that their findings  with the same technique as used for the virus,  has proved effective in treating and even stopping MS in lab mice.   As you can imagine, although this is in the very early stages and has only been tested on mice, it has brought hope to people around the world…

Guernsey Police have released CCTV footage of two men stealing charity collection tins, including our MS box, from the Town Church on Sunday 27th December.   Please, if you have any information about this despicable crime contact the police so we can put a stop to these sickening individuals. Thank you.   To view the CCTV footage please click the link below to the Island FM website:  …

On 12th  Dec 2020, the MS Society Guernsey  were  given permission (due to  our unique covid position)  to hold a very special Christmas party . Some of our families and their children joined us for a fun filled afternoon of dancing, games and movement hosted by Born to Move.  There was lots of laughter and high energy from the youngsters while parents took a well-earned rest.  Father…

In looking for any new research on MS to share with you I  came across articles about having tattoos.  The very latest research, published in October this year, poses the question on whether you should have tattoos or not if you have MS.  The reason is due to a tendency for people with MS to be heat intolerant. Below I have attached a couple of websites for you to look at, the second one is a…

Once again due to a limited supply of gym rowing machines it would be appreciated if those participating teams, who are able to, to provide their own Concept 2 Rowing machines.    People who have already sent or filled in the original forms, when this event was previoulsy to be held at Beau Sejour, can be assured that these will still be accepted.   Reminder to rowers to send the forms to…

The Guernsey Group is looking for a new Chairman (Group Co-ordinator) as Linda Fermont needs to step down for family reasons. Please contact Linda on [email protected] or 07781-139578 for further details.

MS Guernsey group had great fun at the Round Table Charities Christmas Fayre on Sunday November 22nd. We had three 'activities': the Christmas Hat game (everyone's a winner!), Name the Bear (kindly dressed and hatted by Jo Grimshaw, who also made the orange hats for helpers and jars) and a Lucky Dip. We were clearly the most colourful and easily visible group in the hall, raising awareness of…