Let’s go camping in France!

Myself (@femke on Shift.ms) and my husband own a campsite and chalet park in the stunning Lot valley of southern France. I have MS and would like to invite other MS sufferers to stay at the campsite at a heavily discounted rate. Having discussed this with @stumbler, I thought a week where like-minded people could come together would [...]

Where did shift.ms come from?

I’ve been meaning to post regularly for a couple of years – but when doing things in your spare time, it’s hard to make it happen. Hopefully this is the first of many to come. I want Shift.ms to become as transparent as we can be. How did Shift.ms come about? Who’s running it? [...]

Gallop – A ground-breaking film for MS

Having worked so hard with shift.ms on Gallop for the last eighteen months, I was keen to share some thinking (and we certainly did a lot!) behind the film. The striking thing about Gallop is that we’ve chosen fiction rather than the documentary form more commonly used in ‘health’ films. We made a decision to [...]

Creative Director?!

When you work on a project for a long time different priorities pop up at different times. George and I set up the Shift.ms site about 3 years ago, and since then I have been labeled the Creative Director (I think I gave myself that title!). Yet being so close to Shift.ms I have [...]

The story behind Gallop

We are excited to announce that Shift.ms has been working on a short film for the past year, which will be released next week. The film, Gallop, will be available for everyone to watch on www.shift.ms from Monday 16th July. Before I talk more about the film, I first want to give you some background [...]

Making the People’s Hot Topic

I hope you’ve checked out the latest People’s Hot Topic videos on sex. “But how are these PHT vids created?” (I hear ye cry) Firstly, gpeps and I gather up topics that you lot have been talking about. We also get suggestions (send us yours!) and read what’s going on in MS news. With this [...]

BETA explained

You have probably seen the Beta sign at the top of the website – what does this mean? Well, in short, it mean this website is a work in progress. We are aware there are glitches, incomplete pages, links that don’t work, some accessibility issues… but instead of the backroom staff – that’s Beki, Freddie and [...]