The MS Treatment Centre was originally founded by people in Sussex with Multiple Sclerosis. The majority of our volunteers and trustees are people living with or supporting someone with a long term health conditions such as MS.

 

Our Staff

We currently have two members of full time staff and one part time staff member.

Alan Taylor

Centre Manager

Alan has managed the centre for the past 14 years, he has actively worked towards expanding the centre and the services we provide. Alan is at the centre 5 days a week, and is always available whether it be for a friendly chat or for advice on our therapies, classes and other resources. If you would like to speak with Alan you can find his details on our Contact Page.

Joanna Hedges

Deputy Manager and Fundraising Events Coordinator

Joanna joined the centre in 2010, in a new full time position created due to the centre’s expansion, Joanna support’s Alan in the Centre management, but also focuses her time on organising Fundraising Events, to help fund the centre’s running costs. If you would like to get involved in fundraising in aid of the Sussex MS Treatment Centre you can find Joanna’s contact details on our Contact Page.

Jane Carroll

Fundraising Co-ordinator

Jane has worked at the centre for the past 4 years, she works with us 12 hours a week and concentrates her time on finding grants and other forms of funding to help us maintain the centre’s running costs, and expand our services. If you would like to help us with other forms of funding, you can find Jane’s details on our Contact Page.

Our Board of Trustee’s

Wendy Wilkinson – Vice Chair

Gill Barnes – Company Secretary

Jill Brookes – Treasurer

Martin Bennett – Health and Safety Officer

Debbie Collins – Therapist Repusentative

Debbie Kennard - Committee Member

Mark Randall – Committee Member

Barbara Randall – Committee Member

Virginia Keefe- Committee Member

Ruth Schofield-  Committee Member

Our Interns

We are very lucky to have some great people who come and work with us through various work placement scheme’s.

Our Volunteers

We have an amazing group of people who come to the centre everyday to help us, with out our volunteer’s we would not be able to open 6 days a week, and provide some evening services. They help us run our reception, our HBO chamber, our kitchen , our social and fundraising events.

We always need your help so if you think you could volunteer some time with us please feel free to contact us through the Contact Page.

Our Patron

Belinda Lang is one of the UK’s most popular actresses. The star of 2Point4 Children on television, her West End roles include Alan Ayckbourn’s Things We Do For Love, David Hare’s The Secret Rapture, Noël Coward’s Present Laughter Peter Hall’s much acclaimed production of Coward’s Hay Fever at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.