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 is The October Club’s 2024 Charity Partner
The October Club is delighted to announce that their chosen charity partner for 2024 is ...
29 May 2024

Back Up welcomed Damian Riley as new Chair of Trustees
We’re delighted to announce that Damian Riley took over as our Chair of Trustees on ...
13 May 2024

Alan’s story: The London Marathon
We recently spoke to Alan, who took on the London Marathon and raised ...
1 May 2024

Kevin’s story: Helping others live independently after spinal cord injury
Meet Kevin: A keen cosplayer Enjoys photography ...
1 May 2024

Josie’s story
Josie was nine when her 22-year-old brother Tom sustained a high-level spinal cord injury in ...
20 April 2024

Meet Team Back Up: 2024 TCS London Marathon
The 2024 TCS London Marathon takes place on Sunday 21 April 2024. We are so ...
20 April 2024

Meet our team: 2024 TCS London Marathon
The 2024 TCS London Marathon takes place on Sunday 21 April 2024. We are so ...
18 April 2024

Back Up awarded £401,399 of National Lottery funding to support people with spinal cord injury across Wales
Back Up is celebrating being awarded £401,339 over a three year period from The ...
4 April 2024


Bobby and Amy: Mental wellbeing support for children with a spinal cord injury
Meet Bobby and his family:Bobby loves playing wheelchair basketball as well as video games ...
3 April 2024