Smiling MS Society supporters.Smiling MS Society supporters.

What is My MS Walk?

My MS Walk is a flexible walking challenge that lets you choose the date, pick the distance and make it your own personal challenge. By taking part and with your fundraising, you will help raise vital funds for groundbreaking research and clinical trials, including our world first Octopus trial.

Here are a few more examples of what you can do:

· Choose your favourite local park or walking trail and enjoy a peaceful walk with a view.

· Walk to work in the morning or on your lunch break. Log your process onto a fitness tracker

· City Steps Challenge – Tackle a set number of steps or miles across your city in a day or over a couple of weeks.

· Team Challenge – Get your friends and family to go on a hike or set a group distance goal to complete together.

· 30 miles for our 30 Octopus sites

· 1 - 100km – or set your own distance goal

· The choice is yours!

Once you have signed up, you will be able to create a JustGiving page. We’ll also send you one of our branded t-shirts.

How your money helps

Every pound you raise will go towards our Stop MS appeal. You can help turn world-leading research into life changing treatments.

Incredible advances have been made. But now, more than ever, your time, energy and enthusiasm is needed to build on this remarkable progress.

Scientist in a lab with a lab coat, looking at data on the computer.

£50

is enough to operate a high powered microscope for an hour to study cells and tissue affected by MS at the necessary resolution.

Scientist in a lab with a lab coat, looking into a microscope.

£100

is enough to process four blood samples and extract information about genes and the immune system that is vital when testing out new treatments.

Scientist in a lab with a lab coat, looking at samples.

£250

is enough to run an MRI scanner for an hour and provide the detailed images of the brain crucial for understanding MS progression. We are currently funding projects that use MRI scanners to carry out trials and understand MS in more detail.

Our MS Research

Hearing you have progressive MS can turn your world upside down, knowing disability will worsen and treatment options are limited. But there is hope. We’re in the middle of a treatment revolution for progressive MS. Now, more than ever, your support is needed to build on the incredible advances that have been made. By taking part in My MS Walk, you can drive forward the revolution towards treatments that thousands of people desperately need.

Find out how our research is progressing