Latest news and blogs

Read the latest news from Back Up to find out what we’re up to across the country. We also have a dedicated blog with amazing stories from people of all ages with a spinal cord injury and their families, as well as the volunteers, staff, professionals and fundraisers who support them.

For media enquiries, comment and interviews, please call 020 8875 6773 to speak to our communications team. Alternatively email media@backuptrust.org.uk. We monitor these inboxes both in and out of hours.


Hayley smiling with a sunflower field behind her

Hayley’s story: Connecting with others in similar situations

Read on for Hayley’s story, featured in our 2021 impact report, ...

12 January 2022

Will’s Story: ‘Volunteering gives me purpose’

Read on for Will’s story, featured in our 2021 impact report. Find ...

24 December 2021

Sarah living life confidently after spinal cord injury

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

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

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