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.
How London to Paris ride helped Siby to rebuild independence
It was 1994 when a motorcycle accident changed Siby's life overnight. She was young, confident ...
27 June 2016
Will Clark: Being independent with high level injury
This month of our 30th anniversary year, we are talking about independence and what ...
27 June 2016
Four volunteers who go above and beyond to deliver our services
Maisie GrahamMaisie was just 14 years old when Transverse Myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal ...
31 May 2016
Joe Gadd: From service user to top Fundraiser
While working at a summer camp in the United States, Joe was involved in a ...
31 May 2016
How volunteering changed someone’s life
This month of our 30th anniversary year, we want to turn the ...
31 May 2016
No matter where you are, we want to offer support
At Back Up, we pride ourselves on being a truly national charity. Over the last ...
4 May 2016
Jacques’s story: Being able to walk
When most people think about spinal cord injury, they imagine someone in a wheelchair. But ...
4 May 2016
Brian Sirrel: Our oldest wheelchair skills trainer
Getting on the bus, going to the local shops or the pub, playing with your ...
4 May 2016
Calvert Trust | Supporting Back Up since 1989
In 2006, an accident changed Mary's life forever. She was left permanently paralysed from the ...
6 April 2016
Coloplast | 8 years of working together
Each month of our anniversary year, we are focusing on a theme - an issue, ...
6 April 2016
