Support available – Living with MND / Carers / Family
Local Support
As a branch, we can offer people living with MND, their Carers and family members, support locally in Greater Manchester. This can be done in a range of ways, from our support groups to our wonderful Association Visitor volunteers. To see the support an AV can provide, please visit the MND Association’s dedicated website page.
We have a team of trained Association Visitor Volunteers (AVs) who can keep in regular contact with you, either by visiting you at home or keeping in touch by telephone, text or email.
AVs (Association Visitors) perform a vital role in supporting people affected by motor neurone disease – both those with the disease and those close to them. All Visitors are volunteers who have been carefully selected and have undergone a thorough training programme. If you feel you would like to have local support, please contact our Local CSC to discuss.
National Support
The MND Association provides the connect service which can also be useful for Health and Social Care professionals, as well as people living with MND, their carers and family. Connect can also try to arrange the support of an AV and put you in touch with a local branch. Grants are also available from the MND Association and our branch, see our Support Grants page.
You can contact the MND Association’s connect service Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm & 7 pm to 10:30 pm. Phone: 0808 8026262 or email mndconnect@mndassociation.org.
See more on the connect service on the MND Association website and there is also a separate moderated forum available. To give that a try, please visit the Forum website.
Carers Guide
For unpaid Carers, the MND Association have developed fantastic guidance ‘Caring and MND: Support for you’. Download a copy from their Support for Carers page.
Updates to the Get Support section
We are always looking to develop the website and this section in particular.
Please take a look at the subjects covered under the Get Support sub-menu. To do this simply click on the Get Support section above (on mobile) or hover your cursor (desktop/laptop) and you will see the various pages.
You can check out our friends at Over The Rainbow who raise funds to support our work, information on grants, benefits and services.
If you feel that you have a hint or tip that may benefit our members, please email the branch.