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Community Engagement UK Pop Up Circles Tour 2023
The Community Engagement team are very excited to announce their 2023 Pop Up Circles tour.
Our top 10 lifestyle book recommendations
What's on your reading list this year? We asked our medical advisor, Dr. Jonathan White, to share his top lifestyle and wellness book recommendations to help you follow the Overcoming MS Program in 2023.
Your favourite recipes in 2022
Take a look through the most popular recipes of 2022. A huge thanks to everyone who has shared their delicious recipes with us this year! Did your favourite recipe make it on the list?
Most popular podcast episodes of 2022
2022 has been a significant year for the ‘Living Well with MS’ podcast, as we released the 100th episode and reached the milestone of over 300k downloads since the podcast started. Get inspired and listen back to the most popular podcasts this year.
Ultra Challenge Series 2023
Walk, jog or run one of the unforgettable events in the Ultra Challenge Series, whilst supporting Overcoming MS.
Celebrating the Community Engagement team's year
Community Engagement Programme Manager, Liz Waters reflects on the Community Engagement team's year.
I am Overcoming MS
Have you been helped by Overcoming MS? If so, we want to hear from you.
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Celebrating 10 years of Overcoming MS
It's 10 years after our founder, Linda Bloom, first shone a light on Professor George Jelinek’s groundbreaking MS lifestyle program by setting up the now-global Overcoming MS charity. So, our team of OMSers, board members, trustees, facilitators, staff and many others came together to mark this incredible milestone – and toast to the future.
Give Hope this Giving Tuesday
Donate and empower more people with MS to lead a full and healthy life. Hear from Michelle Martin, the Interim Fundraising Lead at Overcoming MS, on what's inspired her this Giving Tuesday.
A Day with the Holistic Health and Wellness Forum
Start your December with a virtual day of learning about the benefits of yoga. Join the Virtual Holistic Health and Wellness Forum for MS on Saturday 3rd December.
“I feel empowered that I’m taking charge of my health myself”
Claire Dean has been following the Overcoming MS program for fourteen years. She has been called an inspiration by her neurologist and now runs her own online group exercise sessions every day. We sat down with her to hear about her inspiring journey and her love of exercise.
October's Don't Send Me A Card featured artist
Catherine Lamontange is our featured artist for our Don’t Send Me A Card e-cards in October.
Supporting You This World Mental Health Day
Our wonderful Community Engagement Team completed Mental Health First Aid training this month, working on important skills to be able to provide support to our Overcoming MS community and team when we need it most. They share how they feel about the training and their valuable roles as Mental Health First Aiders.
September's Don't Send Me A Card featured artist
Laurie Ferraro is one of our featured artists for our Don’t Send Me A Card e-cards. She shares her love of photography and nature.
10 minutes with George
To mark Overcoming MS' 10th Anniversary, we are delighted to bring you a short series, '10 minutes with George’, with Professor George Jelinek. Each episode, with the creator of the Overcoming MS Program, is available to listen to as part of the 'Living Well with MS' podcast, and you can watch them on video here, too.
100th episode of Living Well with MS podcast - with host Geoff Allix
This week we released the 100th episode of our podcast ‘Living Well with MS’ and we wanted to mark the occasion by learning more about our host, Geoff Allix. Geoff volunteers for Overcoming MS and has hosted the podcast since it began in 2019. Read on for his stories from the past 100 episodes.
August's Don't Send Me A Card featured artist
Jayne McClure is one of our featured artists for our Don’t Send Me A Card e-cards. She shares her poetry and her art, inspired by her dreams.
MS and the Menstrual Cycle
Menstrual periods can be a notoriously challenging time. For some people, adding multiple sclerosis (MS) into the equation can cause a worsening of pre-existing symptoms, known as a pseudo-flare or a pseudo-exacerbation.