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About us
Overcoming MS is here to help people with MS take control of their health, make informed lifestyle choices and live a full and healthy life.
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Overcoming MS is the world’s leading MS healthy lifestyle charity. We help people with MS to live well by making informed lifestyle choices, and bringing hope that living well with MS is possible.
The charity has been at the forefront of promoting an evidence-based approach to the self-management of MS using healthy lifestyle choices alongside medication since its inception in 2012.
Our vision is a world in which living a full and healthy life with MS is possible for everyone.
At the heart of Overcoming MS is a self-management program for people with MS, devised to support their physical and mental health, based on clear, practical actions.
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Our values
Evidence-based
The Overcoming MS Program draws upon an extensive body of evidence of the benefits of lifestyle changes on the health outcomes and quality of life for people with MS.
Empowering
The realisation that people can take control of how they experience illness and disability is powerful and positive. We provide the tools to enable people with MS to take care of themselves and become active managers of their own health.
Community-focused
We build a supportive, positive and empowered community of people with MS. We recognise and celebrate the experience and knowledge of people with MS, which we harness to influence a broader understanding of the value of MS self-management.
Inclusive
Overcoming MS is an inclusive and diverse community, which both welcomes and gives voice to the experience of each individual.
Collaborative
We work with other charities, healthcare professionals and researchers, and the MS community itself.
Dynamic
As a small charity operating on a global scale, we value focus, efficiency and creativity and are able to change quickly.
The Overcoming MS Team
Our staff team
Our vision is a world in which every person with MS is empowered to take control of their health, is making informed lifestyle choices and is living a full and healthy life. Find out more about the Overcoming MS staff team working hard to achieve this vision.
Meet the teamOur advisors
Meet our team of expert event facilitators who assist with Overcoming MS retreats, one-day events and online offerings. Our facilitator team includes medical doctors, nutritionists, meditation practitioners and fitness experts.
Meet the teamGovernance
Our Trustees volunteer their time and skills to set and review our overall direction. The Trustees govern the Overcoming MS charity and make sure we’re delivering on all our objectives, so that every person with MS can lead a full and healthy life.
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We are a Disability Confident employer
Disability Confident provides employers with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to attract, recruit, retain and develop disabled people in the workplace.
Whatever the size of your business, tools, guidance and advice will help you to recruit and retain from the widest possible pool of talent and help you keep valuable skills and experience.
Media Office
Contact us for comment on healthy lifestyle and its impact on MS, as well as spokespeople and case studies. Click here to find out more.
Overcoming MS Policies
You can download our most recent Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Complaints policies below.
If you’d like to access another Overcoming MS policy, for example, Information Governance or Whistleblowing, please get in touch via our contact form.
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