Welcome to our Impact report for 2022-2023

Welcome to another Impact report, bringing some of the highlights of the past year and thanking you for your support in what I feel is our busiest year so far.

We welcomed a new Chairman of the Board of Trustees in March 2022, Professor Kailash Bhatia, and said a fond farewell to our outgoing Chair, Professor Clare Fowler CBE who left after 12 years of service on the Board. She wrote our first research strategy, supported the development of our services for those affected by MSA and had been a fantastic advocate of the charity. Thank you, Professor Fowler.

Our research grants were awarded this year to four projects and for the first time we focussed on funding clinical research. These are detailed in the Research Update section (Pages 6 - 7 )

We increased our Services Team and have welcomed another MSA Nurse Specialist, Debra Vincent-Scott in July 2022, whose role was funded initially by the CAF Resilience Fund. We now have a MSA Health Care Specialist (HCS) Team of 6 specialists, plus a Social Welfare Specialist.

We were pleased to welcome 2 new members to our Fundraising Team, Donna Quinlan as Head of Fundraising, and Eleanor Jarvis as the Events, Community and Digital FR Officer.

Fundraising has reached new heights with the help of our many loyal supporters and an update is on Page 8. A new Fundraising

Team welcomed back our Senior Fundraising Manager, Tanya, from Maternity leave in July, then prepared for a busy Christmas period and year-end. The Team has settled in well and has been positively received by our amazing supporters who undertook lots of interesting and challenging activities with their guidance. We are so grateful to everyone who supported us, whether through a fundraiser or direct donations, this is even more appreciated given the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Thank you so much.

Finally, I want to thank all those who completed the 2022 MSA Needs Survey. This has yielded lots of interesting results that will enable our Information and Services Team to develop a strategy for the next four years that hopefully meets the needs of the families we serve. Highlights are given on page 4 of this report.

With very best wishes,