MS:Play FAQs

Sign up to our March event or pick your own date. We will send you the instructions for setting up a Just Giving page, how to start collect sponsorship and how to collect sponsorship during your gameplay.

Visit JustGiving for full instructions how to stream your game play. This webpage will also explain how you can link your Just Giving pages to your stream to collect sponsors as you play!
 

The MS Trust is a small UK charity that goes above and beyond to support people living with MS today. We are an organisation that is here to help by providing trusted information and a friendly voice at the end of the phone. We are also helping to close the gap in MS services across the UK by training and funding MS specialist nurses. Collecting sponsorship through your game play, means we can continue to be there for the 130 people who find out they have MS each week.

Yes. Here is some information about the technology and accessibility features that make gaming accessible.

The Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC) for the Xbox console has 19 ports to add switched and 2 ports for left and right joysticks. The PlayStation console allows you to remap buttons and PS4/PS5 have some good accessibility features. Read more about accessibility on the Xbox One website, the PS4 website and the PS5 website. 

To find out more about accessibility gaming on a desktop visit the Microsoft website or the Apple website. For mobile phones visit the Google Android website, Apple iPhone or Apple iPad websites.

Co-op gaming allows you to play together. The Xbox has a co-pilot feature which allow gamers to use two controllers as one (this can also be used with XAC switches).

Games which have accessibility features:

• Exclusive to PS4 Uncharted 4 by the developer Naughty Dog
• Exclusive to PS4 Spider-Man by Insomniac Games
• Exclusive to PS4 God of War by Santa Monica Studios
• Minecraft
• Mario Odyssey by Nintendo
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider by Crystal Dynamics
• Exclusive to XBOX Forza Horizon 4 by Turn 10 Studios
• Platformer Celeste  

To find out more about making your gaming accessible visit Special Effects website.

No worries, you can take part in your very own gaming challenge on a date that suits you. Visit make your own event for more information.

If you raise over £150 for the MS Trust, you will receive your very own limited edition MS:Play prize. This can be via your online fundraising page or sent direct to the MS Trust. Please note: the £150 needs to be received by the MS Trust, before gift aid is added to qualify.

To sign up to MS:Play you need to be over 18 years old. If you are under 18, ask a parent or guardian to sign up on your behalf (using their email address) and get them involved in your challenge too!

You may find that you receive cash sponsorship too. To send this to the MS Trust, bank the money and send it across to the MS Trust on our pay in your fundraising money online page, or by calling 01462 476707.

The MS Trust fundraising team will be in regular contact to help you start fundraising and to share top fundraising tips. They will also provide info on how to stream your game play, link your Just Giving page and how to prepare for your gaming challenge.