ESR Technology has helped raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society following a charity golf event.

Eight golfers from ESR Technology participated in a Multiple Sclerosis Society Golf Day which was held at the Hart Common Golf Club in Westhoughton, Bolton. ESR Technology was a sponsor of the event which aimed to raise money for the Bolton branch of the Society.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society funds research into the disease, runs respite care centres, provides financial assistance, education and training on Multiple Sclerosis related issues. It produces a range of publications on MS and runs a freephone specialisthelpline.

The Society is committed to bringing high standards of quality health and social care within reach of everyone affected by MS and to encouraging and supporting medical and applied research into its cause and control.

Money raised during the Golf Day from entrance fees, sponsorship, donationsand a raffle amounted to £2,300 ($4,639).

'ESR Technology was delighted to support such a worthy charity as the Multiple Sclerosis Society and to help raise awareness of its very valuable work in the local community,' said one of ESR Technology's Principal Engineering Consultants and organiser of the company's Golf Society Dr John Beard.Trade Arabia News Service