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Step Right Up to the 2014 Footloose Fun Walk!

Step out of Spring and into Summer with the Society’s Footloose Fun Walk! This year the event will be held on Sunday 2 November in Hagley Park, with the walk beginning at 10.30am. Held during Parkinson’s Awareness Week to highlight the need to stay as active as possible, the Fun Walk is open to all…

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Goodbye For Now

One of our Physiotherapists, Jessie Snowdon, has recently resigned from her current role. She has asked for the chance to say farewell. This month marks eight years since I started working at the Society. During this time I have met hundreds of people who have been affected by MS or Parkinson’s; some I have met once…

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Total Mobility Update

The date for starting the new Total Mobility Smart Card system has been delayed, so please ensure you continue to use the ID card and vouchers that you currently have. If you run out of vouchers, send in your used voucher books and you will be posted a set of new vouchers. If your ID…

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Street Appeal 2014 Aims Higher

The Carnation Day Street Appeal will be taking place across Canterbury on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th September, and the Society needs at least 400 volunteers just like you to help us achieve our new fundraising target of $45,000! All we’re asking is for an hour or two of your time on one of the…

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President’s Message

We say a very reluctant farewell to our Physiotherapist Jessie Snowdon and a huge thank you for eight years of loyalty and dedication to ensuring that the provision of physiotherapy services to people with MS and Parkinson’s is the very best it can be. Jessie’s creativity and tenacity has seen the Society develop programmes and…

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MS+PD Launches New Website

Thanks to a generous grant from Four Winds Foundation, the Society has migrated from it’s old home on the Internet to this much more modern one! The previous website served us well for almost 10 years but changes in technology over this time have made it easier for small organisations to use online service much more effectively to communicate…

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