Thriving support group looking to tackle loneliness

A GROUP in Cornwall is aiming to combat isolation and loneliness for people living with an incurable lifelong condition.

- by MAXINE DENTON

The MS Society's South and West Cornwall group provides support to dozens of people living with multiple sclerosis - a condition that affects the brain and spinal cord - in the county.

Fiona Salamone, group coordinator for the MS Society South and West Cornwall, said the group serves people from all over Cornwall, ranging from newly diagnosed people in their twenties, to people in their eighties who have lived with the condition for many years.

They offer a whole host of activities for members to take part in, ranging from bingo to flower arranging. They like to focus on leisure and sport, holding boxing classes and accessible games of bowls. On Mondays they even have a stretch group at Carn Brea leisure centre, where people of all abilities can stretch or take part in yoga.