Revive MS Support provides therapy, advice and support to people affected by the condition
A new state-of-the-art facility will allow a Glasgow charity to improve its services for people with multiple sclerosis.
Revive MS Support provides vital therapy, advice and support to people affected by the condition in the west of Scotland.
After a number of years operating from “cramped” premises in Maryhill, the charity is now set to move to a new £1.5m centre in Govan.
The centre’s facilities include seven spacious therapy rooms, a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber, a gym, and a large cafe.
We will be able to help more people affected by MS in the Greater Glasgow area and beyond
Iain Morrison, Revive’s chief executive, said the new facility would allow the charity to reduce waiting times and offer more services.
He said: “For a number of years we have seen a steady increase in the number of people living with MS that want to access our services, either at our centre in Maryhill or our outreach clinics across the west of Scotland.
“We realised that in order to better serve the needs of our current clients, as well as be there for potential clients, we would need more space than our current centre is able to offer. Therefore, we decided that we would need a larger building that would help us to reduce our current waiting times and give us room to develop our services.
“Our new accommodation will enhance our services in many ways: we will have more space, which will improve the delivery of existing services; we will be able to increase the number of appointments, as well as expand our group work and exercise classes and we will be able to help more people affected by MS in the Greater Glasgow area and beyond.”
The relocation has been made possible by an extensive fundraising campaign and support from organisations including the Robertson Trust, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, the RS Macdonald Charitable Trust, the Henry Smith Charity, the Clothworkers’ Foundation, the Hugh Fraser Foundation and the Wolfson Foundation.
