PEOPLE suffering from multiple sclerosis can benefit from an aromatherapy service launched by The Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland.
The service is free to people in Wear Valley and Teesdale and offers sufferers massage sessions using essential oils to enhance the experience.
Carers can learn some simple massage techniques at the same time.
The service is supported by Durham Dales Action for Carers and Stanhope and Darlington MS Societies and part-funded by Help the Hospices and the St James Place Foundation.
Aromatherapist Andrea Lambell is hosting three drop-in sessions in Stanhope, Bishop Auckland, and Barnard Castle, where she will answer questions and tell people what to expect.
These are at the Weardale MS Society office, Martin Street, Stanhope, on Thursday, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm; the Butterwick Hospice, in Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, on Tuesday, June 7, from 10am to 12.30pm and the Richardson Hospital, Victoria Road, Barnard Castle, on Tuesday, June 14, from 10am to 12.30pm.
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