{"id":134,"date":"2010-12-07T17:59:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T16:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=134"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:50:48","slug":"programme-action-guest-speaker-on-multiple-sclerosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2010\/12\/07\/programme-action-guest-speaker-on-multiple-sclerosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme Action : Guest Speaker on Multiple Sclerosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2010\/12\/soroptimists-and-speaker-from-multiple-sclerosis-society.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimists and speaker from multiple sclerosis society\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ken Johnson, Regional Chair of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, spoke at South Lancashire&#8217;s winter Programme Action meeting. Opening with a quick-fire quiz he checked members&#8217; basic\u00a0understanding of MS, and was impressed with the result. He then outlined the condition itself, dispelled a few of the myths that surround it and highlighted some of the ongoing research that the Society funds. He also explained how the MS Society works both locally and nationally. In conclusion he demonstrated &#8211; very accurately and to everyone&#8217;s great amusement &#8211; some of the \u2018encounters&#8217; he has had when wielding a collecting tin outside shops.<\/p>\n<p>Several members took the opportunity to ask questions generated by their own contact with people who have MS. On behalf of the Region, Eileen Griffiths (Programme Action Chair) then thanked Ken for braving the atrocious weather and addressing the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Sclerosis affects more women than men: the ratio\u00a0is about 2:1 and MS is most frequently diagnosed in pre-menopausal women.\u00a0Regional President Jenny has nominated the <a title=\"link to multiple sclerosis society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mssociety.org.uk\/\">Multiple Sclerosis Society<\/a> as the recipient of any proceeds generated by clubs taking part in this year&#8217;s Rose Bowl Competition (the \u2018nest egg&#8217; challenge).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Johnson, Regional Chair of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, spoke at South Lancashire&#8217;s winter Programme&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Programme Action : Guest Speaker on Multiple Sclerosis | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Programme Action : Guest Speaker on Multiple Sclerosis : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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