TRISHNA Bharadia, a Multiple Sclerosis awareness campaigner is teaming up with dancer Aljaz Skorjanez to battle five other couples to win a Comic Relief fundraising special of Strictly Come Dancing.
The People’s Strictly, on BBC One, follows six lucky people, chosen from thousands of nominees to take part in their very own Strictly experience.
Trishna is a Multiple Sclerosis and disability fundraiser and awareness campaigner and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2008, at the age of 28.
Trishna volunteers with several MS charities, including the MS Society, Asian MS and the MS Trust and in 2013 she was named ‘Volunteer of the Year’ at the MS Society Awards.
As well as fundraising, Trishna is also editor of the Asian MS quarterly newsletter; writes for MS and speaks at both local events and large pharmaceutical conferences about MS.
She said: “Whether or not you win, you feel as though you’ve already won.
She added: “I’m getting to do things I’d never have dreamed about.”
The money raised from the show will be spent helping to change the lives of poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
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