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 launches new partnership with Visara Media to drive awareness of spinal cord injury

We’re announcing a new partnership with Visara Media to develop a series of short ...

6 August 2020

Your guide to bladder and bowel care on the go – sponsored by Fittleworth

Bladder and bowel care is important. Whether you are home or away and whatever your ...

3 August 2020

Top tips for a fab staycation with a spinal cord injury

As we start to see lockdown measures eased for some, you may be considering a ...

3 August 2020

Ian’s Story: Getting active hand cycling

After he sustained a spinal cord injury, we were there to help Ian regain his ...

3 August 2020

Guy’s guest blog: New beginnings

Read on for a fantastic guest blog by Guy. He told us about his journey ...

1 July 2020

Fundraising in lockdown: Your impact

We’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you again to everyone that has ...

1 July 2020

David’s story: Lockdown with a spinal cord injury

Over the past few months, we have all been facing a new normal. The coronavirus ...

1 July 2020

Elaine’s story: How a mentor transformed her life

Two years after a misdiagnosis, Elaine found that her life had been changed forever. What ...

1 July 2020

Kamari’s story: Teaching wheelchair skills in isolation

In the wake of coronavirus, we have had to quickly adapt and change our ...

3 June 2020

Sam’s story: Volunteering as a family mentor during the covid-19 pandemic

We spoke to Sam, one of our fantastic volunteer family mentors, to find out how ...

3 June 2020