Webinar from ALS Canada: Navigating Mental Health & ALS

An individual’s mental health and how they are supported is important when facing an ALS diagnosis. On October 11, please join presenters from Sunnybrook ALS Clinic and Hospice Niagara, who will provide in-depth information about the importance of emotional health, conversations about anticipatory grief, and how individuals, family, and friends can access mental health resources […]

Masterclass from the MDN Association – Let’s Talk About End of Life in MND

Online

Time: 10am – 4pm Cost: £40 View events cancellation policy Date: 16 October 2023 Location: Online delivery via Zoom Aim: To help health and social care professionals gain confidence in discussing death, dying and advance care planning with people with MND. By the end of the one-day masterclass, participants will: understand the benefits and challenges of offering opportunities to discuss dying […]

£40

ALS Canada | Community Services – Creative Wellness For Caregivers

Online

Starting October 25, learn about the importance of creating a self-care practice to help manage stress and maintain balance. In this four-week workshop, we’ll discover various self-care practices through guided art and mindfulness exercises. Register for FREE and learn about using art to improve mental health. (Please register by October 18, 2023) Register now

Free

ALS Canada | Community Services – Creative Wellness For Caregivers

Online

Starting October 25, learn about the importance of creating a self-care practice to help manage stress and maintain balance. In this four-week workshop, we’ll discover various self-care practices through guided art and mindfulness exercises. Register for FREE and learn about using art to improve mental health. (Please register by October 18, 2023) Register now

Free

Webinar from the Les Turner ALS Foundation – Ethical Principles & Informed Consent in Research

Online

About the Program: Informed consent is an essential component of research, but have you ever wondered why? Join us for our October ALS Learning Series where Emma Schmidt, Clinical Research Project Manager at the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine will discuss the history behind informed consent, explain the process of informed consent, your […]

Conference by ALS TDI – The ALS TDI Summit

Online

The ALS TDI Summit is a free conference that aims to inform and empower the ALS community by educating attendees about ALS TDI's latest work to discover and develop effective treatments for ALS. The Summit invites all members of the community to learn about ALS TDI's cutting-edge approach to ending ALS.  This year along with […]

Free

WEBINAR: Annual Global Clinical Trials Update

Zoom Webinar

This webinar will provide information on ALS/MND treatments currently in Phase 3 Clinical Trials. We will hear directly about timelines, where the sites are, other programs offered, and who to contact if more information is needed.

Workshop from the MNDA – Respiratory Failure in MND: Secretion Management and Airway Clearance

Newcastle United Football Club

Date: 7 November 2023 Time: 10am-3:30pm (registration and coffee from 9:30am) Cost: £50 View Events Cancellation Policy Location: Newcastle United Football Club, St James Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4ST Aim: to introduce non respiratory specialist members of the MDT to secretion management and airway clearance. Objectives: By the end of the session you will: be better able to identify the presenting […]

£50

MND Association Workshop – Respiratory Failure in MND: Secretion Management and Airway Clearance

National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Society Building

Date: 21 November 2023 Time: 10am-3:30pm (registration and coffee from 9:30am) Cost: £50 View Events Cancellation Policy Location: National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL Aim: to introduce non respiratory specialist members of the MDT to secretion management and airway clearance. Objectives: By the end of the session you will: be better able to […]

£50

From the MND Association – 2023 Annual Stephen Hawking MND Lecture

Online

Effective advance care planning is the important theme of this prestigious event, which is being organised by the MND Association and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT). The lecture will be led by Professor Bee Wee CBE. Bee was National Clinical Director for Palliative and End of Life Care, NHS England from […]

Free

From the MND Association – Conversation with an MND Network Coordinator

Online

Time: 12:30pm - 1:00pm In this session Caroline Bidder, MND Network Coordinator, Swansea Bay will answer questions about how an MND network operates, what makes this dispersed model of care the appropriate one, and the impact it has on people living with and affected by MND. No need to book. Join using the link and passcode […]

Free

Webinar from the MNDA – Pain Management for MND

Online

Time: 11.00am – 12.30pm Aim: To increase understanding of how pain may be experienced in MND and potential methods to treat it. Objectives: to examine current practice for pain management in MND to evolve our understanding of pain in MND and how to alleviate it to explore current thinking and research about pain management and possible future […]

Free