Probably best to speak to <a href='https://shift.ms/community/people/gpeps/' rel='nofollow'>@gpeps</a> about this :)

Hi @elinsweep - welcome to Shift.ms! The first Shift.ms site launched about three years ago. Shift.ms is a small charity set up by myself and @freddiems. I was diagnosed with MS aged 22, about 8 years ago. We felt there was a need for a site to support younger people, those who had only recently diagnosed and wanted to get on with their life, and maybe had different needs to people who've been living with MS for many years. We spoke to lots of other MSers, other charities, neuros and nurses etc about the need and decided to make it happen. After a couple of years of fundraising, the site went live in 2009. Shift.ms is a community. We are independent and make decisions based on this being a friendly space, a place where users can support each other. We had lots of feedback about our old site, people wanted more social networking features etc... the current site went live about a month ago - we really hope people are liking it! Up until recently, nearly all the content and information had been user generated, but with the addition of the Magazine last summer and a project or two in the pipeline, we hope we can really add to the offering by creating some of our own content. We fundraise to keep Shift.ms going. We want this community to help more MSers in more countries, and to provide more engaging content. This takes time, which unfortunately costs money! Please ask if you have any questions. Thanks, George