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@gimmehopejoanna 

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gimmehopejoanna

I need your ideas - building a community

My local MS community centre is only up during the day. Having spoken to people at the centre they've been said they would support me in opening it a couple of evenings a month for young people / those that work full time. I'm really excited about this, however, I'm stuck for ideas of getting the word out there. And more - what do I say? What would make you want to (probably) step outside your comfort zone after a long day at work to come and hang out with other MSers?
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@Stumbler
@Stumbler
 

@gimmehopejoanna , I've always seen that as a problem, MS meeting places, be that community centres or MS Treatment Centres are more geared towards the non-working community. This makes them inconvenient and not particularly inviting (too many old codgers there, like me) to the younger demographic. Lack of support for this demographic was the driving force behind Shift.MS There's also a Facebook Group, MS-UK, which may be more responsive. It's UK-based, rather than Shift.MS, which is international.....

@StrictlySoca
@StrictlySoca
 

Having things to do rather than sitting around talking might help - a kind of try something new idea. It’s tricky to get a group going so set a series of meetings that are predictable. You can also pay Facebook to target ads - it’s quite cheap. students I work with seem to be on Instagram a lot more. Get a social media management app which pushes out your content to all platforms. Good luck our Sheffield group took a while