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Manor Garden Centre MS Therapy Centre marks three decades
Cheney Manor, Swindon Over 200 members, families, supporters and VIPs came together for a
01793 526691 party on 6 July to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the award winning
Open 7 days a week Swindon Therapy Centre for Multiple Sclerosis.
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Celebrating, centre chairman David Wray,Eric Hawker, Deputy Lord Lieutenant
Are you looking for an of Wiltshire, High Sheriff of Wiltshire William Wyldbore-Smith, Mayor of Swindon
Nick Martin, community fundraiser Laura Williams, centre manager Jackie Wray
Eye Test at Home? group for people with MS in 1981, involved in the centre to celebrate
Starting as a small diet and exercise lovely opportunity for everybody
the charity now has 360 members, how far we’ve come together.
sixty regular volunteers and its own “Everybody comments on the
Do you have difficulties getting to your
local optician? Then why not let us visit premises in West Swindon where its friendly family atmosphere we have;
you at home for your eye test? purpose made oxygen pressure tank it’s so important that we retain that
• Free NHS test FREE * is located. into the future.”
• NHS vouchers accepted Eye Test Over 6,000 oxygen and physio- Barry Palmer said he had been a
• Flexible appointments therapy sessions are provided each therapy centre user for over 15 years,
year without any NHS funding. although the MS symptoms started in
*Call us or visit website for further details
The annual running costs are met by 1986 and forced him to leave work in
member contributions for therapies, 1993. “I’ve been coming to the centre
www.visionvisit.co.uk 01793 232 588 a £37,000 Big Lottery grant and every week to use all the facilities.
fundraising events. My type of MS means it gets worse
Last Autumn the centre was very slowly. I use the oxygen chamber
awarded the Queen’s Award for Vol- and have regular physio to keep me
PREMIER FLOORING untary Service, the MBE for volunteer stretched out. It would be easy to
groups and four users and volunteers become a couch potato and a burden
CARPETS - VINYLS - LAMINATES were invited to a Buckingham Palace on others but the centre is a lifeline
garden party on 6 June. to keep me as fit as I can be.”
THE PREMIER SERVICE Jackie Wray, who has suffered from Find out more at www.msswindon.
GUARANTEED TO SAVE MS since 1993, said there were only org.uk or call 01793 481700.
YOU MONEY 34 members when she became centre See more party pictures at: www.
manager in 2004. “The party was a bit.ly/SwindonMSTC30
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