Rishon MS Aid Group, is the only Jewish Charity specifically for Jewish MS sufferers. Rishon holds monthly socials for its members with entertainment and refreshments, raises funds for its own activities and contributes on behalf of Anglo-Jewry to the research fund of the MS Society of Great Britain to whom it is affiliated. Members are also subsidised for an annual holiday in appropriate venues. Rishon is entirely run by volunteers, has no rented premises and no paid staff.