I am delighted to welcome you to the Eastbourne & South Wealden MS Website.

Our branch has one aim - to help all people affected by MS in Eastbourne, South Wealden, Seaford and in Post Codes BN20 to BN27.
If you have MS, or you are a Young Carer or Adult Carer, or a family member or friend, we will do everything possible to help you and support you. We are a dedicated group of volunteers made up mainly of people with MS or Carers. You can find out all about us and the services we offer by clicking on About Us.

We have our own MS Community Centre in Eastbourne: Telephone 01323 439447

Our Centre is open 10.30 - 3.30 Mon - Fri

I hope you will find our website both interesting and useful. Please do not hesitate to contact us. Whatever the problem, you are not alone. Simply click on Contact us and you will find the names of all of our MS Community Team or telephone us on the above number.

Thank you for visiting our website

Bernard Curtis Chairman

It is an honour to announce that we are the chosen charity of the Mayor of Eastbourne for the coming year 2009/10. The support of Eastbourne's Mayor, Cllr Greg Szanto, over the coming year will help enormously in raising funds and raising awareness of MS. This will be Cllr Szanto's second term of office as Mayor and he explained that he chose us for a number of reasons - one being that his father had MS. He added:

"I have always been impressed by the dedication to the MS cause shown by chairman Bernard Curtis and secretary Margaret Barrett, together with the many other volunteers who give their time to help people with the condition."

We have been fortunate that during the past year Margaret and I have already enjoyed the support of the Mayor at some of our events and he has shown a great deal of interest in our work. As his chosen charity we will really be able to raise the profile of our Centre and of the work carried out by our Community Support Team.

Bernard Curtis (Chairman)

Congratulations to our Vice-Chairman Ian Westgate on being given the 2009 Eastbourne Achievers Award for 'Supporting those with Disabilities'. Really well deserved. Ian is not only our Vice-Chair, he is also Chairman of the Eastbourne Access Group and a leading member of the Disability Involvement Group (DIG) working with the Borough Council. Ian is also dedicated to improving the parking situation in our town for disabled folk - and not forgetting that he writes the information pages for 'Mainstream' every month!

"I am personally delighted that Ian has received this recognition as I am aware of the amount of hours he puts in every week on behalf of the disabled folk in our community. He is a true champion of the disabled and I have the honour of working with him on many projects. His dedication is an example to all of us and we are all very proud of him".

Bernard Curtis (Chairman)