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.


Terry, a wheelchair user, and his partner. Read on for his 2020 impact report story.

Back Up impact report 2020: Terry’s story

For our 2020 impact report we interviewed Terry. He told us about how our mentoring ...

17 December 2020

A family where the father has a spinal cord injury. We're seeking a new Services Director to help build our services

Back Up impact report 2020: Remmond’s story

Read on for our impact report featuring Remmond, who we helped understand how to live ...

17 December 2020

Lorraine with her son Christopher who we supported after spinal cord injury. read our impact report to hear their story

Back Up impact report 2020: Lorraine’s story

We spoke to Lorraine as part of our 2020 impact report. Discover how we supported ...

17 December 2020

Jack, someone with a high level spinal cord injury who we spoke to for our impact report, ski karting

Back Up impact report 2020: Jack’s story

Read on for Jack's story from our 2020 impact report. Discover how our ski karting ...

17 December 2020

Hannah, a young person with a spinal cord injury we interviewed for our impact report

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 playing wheelchair basketball

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

Our In the Cloud festival was a resounding success!

In the Cloud: A retrospective

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

30 November 2020

This Giving Tuesday, you can transform lives of oyung people like Emerson - a 5 year old boy with a spinal cord injury.

2020 Christmas appeal: Emerson’s story

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

30 November 2020

David and Nicky - one of our family volunteers- at their wedding

Nicky’s story: Family volunteering

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

30 November 2020

A picture of Emerson, a young wheelchair user, next to a picture of our CEO abigail lock. BBC Children in Need did a short film and animation about emerson's journey

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