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.
![Sarah living life confidently after spinal cord injury](https://www.backuptrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Sarah-Back-Up-08-580x409.jpg)
Sarah’s Story: Living confidently after a spinal cord injury
Read on for Sarah’s story, featured in our 2021 impact report. After ...
24 December 2021
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Claire’s story: Family fundraising for Back Up
We spoke to Claire about taking on a family fundraising challenge to help raise ...
22 December 2021
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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](https://www.backuptrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0186-c-KBartelski2021-580x409.jpg)
‘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
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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
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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](https://www.backuptrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/hanna-580x409.png)
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
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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.](https://www.backuptrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/eit-580x409.png)
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
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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