What our supporters did, 2011:
Sandy from Nottinghamshire held a large Zumba class Saks Hair, Wetherby & York donated £1 for every client during MS Week Neil displayed posters at a doctor's surgery in Leek Andrew and colleagues at Tesco in March held a cake sale Advanced Business Solutions, Harpenden held a dress down day Leona sold a specially designed range of blue stationary online Brigitte from Rye raised awareness in her pharmacy Lordship Farm School in Letchworth held a blue themed day Pauline from Staffordshire sold homemade cards Philip collected money at Oldham Hospital and in a local shopping centre Staff at BRC Ltd had a cake sale and blue dress down day Empire Cinema in Newcastle raised awareness Beverley from Hampshire held a coffee morning Angela raised awareness with colleagues at Mold Hospital Sutton Bonnington Primary School held a dress down in blue day Gemma and colleagues held a quiz, cake sale, raffle and wore fancy dress Shirley from Cumbria raised awareness in her local shop Marie from Worcestershire held a cake sale The Physio Dept at the Walton Hospital raised awareness Stacey from Lanarkshire sold homemade goods Chantal and colleagues had a blueberry muffin eating competition! Pupils & staff at Rosneath Primary School held a dress down day Samantha from Newcastle held a raffle, quiz and cake sale Lynn from Sheffield will raised awareness at work Maria from Worcestershire sold cakes Lindsay from Stirling gave out information at her school Emily and colleagues held a dress up in blue day Olivia and colleagues held a blue dress down day and cake sale

Staying well, 06 May 2012

Many people feel that ensuring they stay as well as possible puts them in the best position to deal with the unpredictable challenges that come with MS.

Positive ways of staying well when living with MS include activity and exercise, food and drink, and awareness of health issues including depression, fatigue and sexual problems.

Exercise

Food and drink

Fatigue

Cognition

Depression

Sexuality

For more information see the looking after yourself section of the website and the below MS Trust books

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