Blog

Read inspiring blogs from people with a spinal cord injury and their family members – as well as Back Up volunteers, supporters and staff members. If you would like to write a blog about your experiences, please email our communications team.

Back Up Impact Report 2021: Chris’s story

Read on for Chris's story, featured in our 2021 impact report. After attending our Skills ...

20 December 2021

Back Up ball image of volunteers who helped out at the event to raise money for those for affected by spinal cord injury

‘Snow much fun’: The Back Up Ball Event 2021

“Best weekend up in Birmingham for the Alpine Ball”“A fantastic evening had by all”“I loved ...

10 December 2021

A review of 2021, from Back Up CEO Abigail Lock

Read on for a blog from our CEO Abigail Lock about how Back Up has ...

30 November 2021

Hear what people we supported have to say about our mentoring service

We recently gathered together a group of people who benefitted from our mentoring service, ...

30 November 2021

Hanna, a young wheelchair user who we helped with spinal cord injury questions

Hanna’s story: Answering questions about spinal cord injury.

Discover how our mentoring service helped Hanna when she had spinal cord injury questions. When Hanna ...

30 November 2021

Back Up launches a new animation explaining spinal cord injury to children

We’re thrilled to launch a fun new animation which explains spinal cord injury to children.Back ...

30 November 2021

A family with their young son, who is a wheelchair user. Our Education Inclusion Toolkit is there to help children and young people affected by spinal cord injury in education.

Back Up launches new Education Inclusion Toolkit

Back Up, the only UK charity with dedicated services for children and young people affected ...

8 November 2021

The Back Up “What Next?” course returns

We’re thrilled to announce that our first fully virtual course, "What Next?", is back ...

2 November 2021

Ellis, who told us about what she learned about changing your outlook after spinal cord injury, using her wheelchair

Ellis’s story: Living confidently – how to change your outlook for the future

We recently spoke to Ellis, who told us about what she learned about changing your ...

2 November 2021

Steve playing wheelchair rugby. Reado n to discover how he adapted to ageing after spinal cord injury.

Steve’s story: Ageing with a spinal cord injury

Read on for a blog from Steve, who told us about his experiences ageing with ...

2 November 2021