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MS Society faces legal injunction over MS centre closure

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:03 am
by MSUK
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Furious campaigners for the Helen Ley centre near Leamington are applying for a legal injunction to prevent owner the MS Society from closing it down after hearing a second take-over offer was declined.

The charity plans to stop running the home, which is England’s only dedicated respite care centre for people with multiple sclerosis, and it will close in January unless an alternative buyer emerges.

This week Martyn Tilson, chairman of the Helen Ley Action Group, told the Courier that MS Respite and Care Services Ltd (MSRCS), with whom a deal recently collapsed, approached the society to say the offer to take over both Helen Ley and another home was still open but the offer been declined.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1865