Based in London, it has offices and local groups in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The organisation funds research, campaigns for social and political change[1] and provides services that help people with multiple sclerosis and their families.
It also compiles the only report of its kind on prevalence and living situations for people with MS across the UK.
[citation needed] The charity has a Research Strategy Committee co-chaired by Professor Nigel Leigh, Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Stuart Nixon MBE.
In 2010, the MS Society Chair Tony Kennan received an OBE in the 2011 New Year Honours.