What are you doing, when and why?

My name is Jackie Cook, my Mum, Marcia, suffers with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis she was diagnosed in 1992 and to help raise greater awareness of this disease which doesn't get as much publicity as it should I will be using my cake making skills to help raise money for one of the charities that help support those with the disease.

I'll be baking and delivering cakes, cupcakes, scones, shortbread as requested to friends and businesses in the the Sheffield area. I'll be asking for £10 per cake or £5 per batch of scones/cornflake buns. All proceeds going to the charity. So if it is someone's birthday, anniversary etc or 'it's Friday and your at work' whatever the reason and you would like to order a cake just let me know.

How do I donate and order my cake?

You can message me through Facebook or Linked In to place your cake order! E-mail me on jackie@cqmarketingservices.co.uk or as most of you will know me the old fashioned way of ringing or speaking to me :-)

Where can I find out more about Primary Progressive MS?

My Mum has set up her own website with further details of how it has affected her and more information, please take a few minutes to have a look.

http://msawareness1.webs.com/

Where can I find out more about the MS Society and their work?

The MS Society does vital work supporting people with multiple sclerosis; running valuable programmes to improve the quality of life of those affected. They also fund research into the cause, cure and symptoms of MS.

To give you an idea of how supporting the MS Society makes a difference for people living with MS, here are some examples of how we spend your donations...further details of how the local branch will use your donations coming shortly

£75 would buy ten dishes for growing nerve cells in the lab;

£100 would pay for two days' specialist training for two Helpline volunteers;

£250 would enable us to support more volunteers.

Out of every £1 raised in 2009, we spent 84p on beating MS.

Raising standards of care
£10 million, or 30p per £1
Through providing respite care, funding MS specialists, the Neurological Commissioning Support programme and much more.

Support
£10 million, or 30p per £1
This is things like giving grants, running our branch network and our freephone helpline.

Cost of generating funds
15p per £1

MS research
£4 million, or 12p per £1
We invested into research in the cause of MS and work towards a cure, as well as research into symptom relief and services to make a difference in the here and now.

Leading the MS agenda
£2 million, or 6p per £1
This includes our policy and campaigns work and raising awareness of MS

Providing information
£2 million, or 6p per £1

Governance
1p per £1
This is things like paying for the auditors and costs related to the AGM.

http://www.mssociety.org.uk

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