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.

Back Up impact report 2020: Hannah’s story

For our 2020 impact report we spoke to Hannah, a young person with a spinal ...

17 December 2020

Paralympian Sophie Carrigill becomes a Back Up patron

Sophie Carrigill, the Great Britain wheelchair basketball co-captain at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, has today, ...

3 December 2020

In the Cloud: A retrospective

Thank you to everyone who joined us for four days of energy, insight and fun ...

30 November 2020

2020 Christmas appeal: Emerson’s story

Read our Christmas appeal and learn how you can help transform even more lives ...

30 November 2020

Nicky’s story: Family volunteering

At Back Up, we understand that the best people to give support and share advice ...

30 November 2020

Back Up and BBC Children in Need: A blog from our CEO Abigail Lock

Back Up is the only charity in the UK with dedicated services for children ...

12 November 2020

Annelore’s story: Mentoring for partners

Annelore’s partner, Ed, has a high level spinal cord injury. He sustained it in a ...

3 November 2020

Michelle’s story: Taking on a family fundraising challenge

Michelle and her family took on an exciting family fundraising challenge to raise funds for ...

3 November 2020

Ben’s story: Getting Back Up to Work

Our Back Up to Work course was there to show Ben his full potential when ...

6 October 2020

What is our In the Cloud virtual festival?

Now’s your chance to get a festival pass to the Back Up community’s biggest ...

6 October 2020