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.


David before lockdown, sailing

David’s story: Lockdown with a spinal cord injury

Over the past few months, we have all been facing a new normal. The coronavirus ...

1 July 2020

Elaine, who was supported by a back up mentor, on a boat before her injury

Elaine’s story: How a mentor transformed her life

Two years after a misdiagnosis, Elaine found that her life had been changed forever. What ...

1 July 2020

Kamari, one of our young wheelchair skills trainers, on our u13 MAC course

Kamari’s story: Teaching wheelchair skills in isolation

In the wake of coronavirus, we have had to quickly adapt and change our ...

3 June 2020

Sam, one of our family mentors, with her partner

Sam’s story: Volunteering as a family mentor during the covid-19 pandemic

We spoke to Sam, one of our fantastic volunteer family mentors, to find out how ...

3 June 2020

Juliette taking on her spinal circuit challenge

Juliette’s Spinal Circuit challenge – cycling 1799km on a stationary bike

Last month, we held a new fundraising challenge to help support our services during these ...

3 June 2020

a child with a spinal cord injury who recovered from Covid-19, having a socially distanced visit from his dad.

Covid-19 and me: A parent’s account of their son contracting coronavirus

This is a guest blog written by Anna-Marina whose son, who has a spinal cord ...

28 May 2020

a person washing hands in line with coronavirus advice.

Important information and updates about coronavirus and our services

The team at Back Up are closely monitoring government advice on coronavirus. We know that ...

22 May 2020

SCIAD banner

Leading charities collaborate to mark spinal cord injury awareness day

Today we are marking Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day (SCIAD). This annual event is collaboratively ...

15 May 2020

Peter

#SCIAD2020: Peter’s story

This story was written by our partner charity SIA, in collaboration with us for ...

11 May 2020

This Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day, we are telling Neil's story - Neil is a man with a spinal cord injury who can walk.

#SCIAD2020: Neil’s Story

To mark Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day, we are sharing stories about people who have ...

11 May 2020