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.

Healthy life with a high level spinal cord injury

We spoke to five people with a high level spinal cord injury about their experiences and ...

2 May 2017

Ella’s Story: My first 5K

I didn’t agree to the Supernova lightly, as the idea of pushing 5k felt like ...

2 May 2017

Back Up launches Family Outreach & Support Coordinator role

We’re thrilled to announce that Andrew Dickinson has taken over a new role at Back ...

10 April 2017

Volunteering at Back Up | How can you get involved?

We believe that all of our team of over 400 volunteers make a unique and ...

3 April 2017

Andreea’s Q & A: Volunteering as a corporate buddy

How did you first become involved with Back Up?In November 2015, I received an email ...

3 April 2017

Richard’s Story | Giving people a new lease of life

Richard, aged 64, is a long standing volunteer power chair trainer ...

3 April 2017

Hugo’s story: Running For My Sister

Some people are clearly born runners; their long legs bound gracefully over concrete, one long ...

2 March 2017

Leonie and Lucille’s story: Our Family

We were introduced to Back Up during our first whirlwind stay at the National Spinal ...

2 March 2017

Back Up Fest Coming Soon

On July 8 2017, we will hold our first ever Back Up Festival at Cokethorpe school ...

2 March 2017

Wheelchair Skills Extra | Getting around your city

In 2016, we decided to change the name of Join the Dots to Wheelchair Skills Extra.Many ...

3 February 2017