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.


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

James with his tractor on returning to work confidently after a spinal cord injury

Back Up and Into Work launch: How to return to work confidently

Today, we are thrilled to launch Back Up and Into Work, our employment toolkit. ...

28 October 2021

Give a virtual gift and transform lives affected by spinal cord injury

Increasing numbers of people are asking for charity donations in place of presents. We ...

19 October 2021

Helen and her dog

Back Up Champion – Helen

We are delighted to announce this month’s Back Up Champion, Helen, who raised an incredible ...

13 October 2021

Catherine’s story: Confidence, work, and spinal cord injury

No matter your employment goals, Back Up can give you the confidence boost needed to ...

6 October 2021

Callum, who back uo helped return to work after spinal cord injury, outside

Callum’s story: Getting back to work after spinal cord injury

Getting back to work after spinal cord injury has been the end ...

6 October 2021

Congrats to ParalympicGB!

ParalympicsGB bring home 124 medals

This is the year that the ParalympicsGB team made history. Out of 170 countries, ParalympicsGB won the second highest total ...

6 September 2021