Our Partners

Shift.ms is a charity, and we’re extremely grateful to our partners for the invaluable support they have given to us over the years. We couldn’t do the work we do without them.

We’re open, free and independent, and we work with an array of funders and partners to achieve this. Shift.ms is committed to becoming a financially sustainable organisation.


Partners

Shift.ms works with partners to research, co-design and develop our service. This wide network of health professionals ensures our members benefit from the latest knowledge.

  • Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
  • Barts Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Congrex
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
  • University College London Partners
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Funders

Shift.ms works with funders to build scalable, sustainable tools and resources which equip people to make sense of MS as soon as possible after diagnosis.

  • Aviva Community Fund
  • National Lottery Community Fund
  • Comic Relief
  • Monument Trust
  • NHS England
  • Wellcome Trust
  • DCMS
  • RS MacDonald Charitable Trust
  • Garfield Weston Foundation
  • Henry Smith Charity

Industry Partners

The funding we receive from industry partners enables us to independently develop projects that we wouldn’t otherwise be able to deliver. Collaborations with industry partners allows Shift.ms to push the boundaries of what patient support looks like and offer compelling resources that inspire and empower the MS community. Below is a list of the projects that have been made possible through funding from industry partners in the last two years:

2023

Digital Peer Support

Support with delivery of digital peer support services including 1-1 support and member training.

‘MS 1:1 buddy training’

Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme

MSer-led Health Education

Delivery of a number of MSer-led health education resources aimed at supporting people with MS through challenges an MS diagnosis can bring.

‘Womanhood’ video resources

Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Sandoz, Sanofi Genzyme

‘How to get an MS diagnosis’ video resources

Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme

‘MS building blocks’ video resources

Merck, Novartis, Roche

‘Making the right decisions for me’ video resources

Roche

2022

Digital Peer Support

Support with delivery of digital peer support services including 1-1 support and member training.

‘Expanding 1:1 support’

Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, Novartis, Roche

‘MS 1:1 buddy training’

Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme

MSer-led Health Education

Delivery of a number of MSer-led health education resources aimed at supporting people with MS through challenges an MS diagnosis can bring.

‘Me, myself & I’ video resources

Biogen, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme

‘MSers explain it all’ video resources

Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme

‘MSers react, science & research’ video resources

Biogen