SPORTA REPORT REACHING OUT In the last issue of HCM, we continued our series reporting on sporta’s unsung
heroes across the UK. This time we head north to Scotland, to show how four of the country’s many cultural and leisure trusts are changing lives for the better
DELIVERING SOCIAL ROI
ORGANISATION Borders Sport and Leisure
PROJECT
Vibration therapy for MS sufferers
programme to provide multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers with access to vibration technology sessions, run by specially trained instructors. The programme began in January this year following an initial eight-week pilot
B
orders Sport and Leisure is working with The MS Society Borders on a three-year
study, which explored the effectiveness of vibration training in improving fi tness and wellbeing in those with the disease, which attacks the central nervous system (CNS) and can cause a range of symptoms, from numbness in the limbs through to paralysis or loss of vision. The initial study found the vibration
therapy improved participants’ muscle power, strength and co-ordination, mobility and functional mobility and functional reach. Now The MS Society has fi nanced vibration technology kit, and Borders Sport and Leisure is providing staff and unrestricted access to the equipment within its leisure centres. Sarah Calder, aged 46, who has had
MS for more than four years, is one of the local residents to benefi t from the programme. She says: “The sessions are an essential part of my life. They provide safe exercising, are energising, relieve stiffness and aid my mobility.” The programme, currently used
Vibration is proven to ease symptoms for MS sufferers
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by around 20 MS sufferers, has been evaluated using sporta’s Impact & Social Value toolkit to measure social return on investment, which showed that for every £1 invested into vibration technology therapy for MS sufferers, there is a social value return of £4.23. The fi ndings will now be used to demonstrate the true value of the organisation to stakeholder groups, particularly when funding decisions are being made. “MS is statistically more prevalent in the Scottish Borders than other areas of the UK,” says Ewan Jackson, CEO of Borders Sport and Leisure. “Vibration technology is proven to help ease MS symptoms, so we were pleased to be able to offer local residents access to this life-changing programme. We’re also very proud to be the fi rst trust in the UK to have carried out the sporta evaluation on our programmes.”
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