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.
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
Birmingham Children’s Hospital | Joe’s story
Joe had dreams of becoming a rock star but everything changed four years ago. He ...
6 April 2016
“My life turned on its head after my brother’s injury”
We are turning the spotlight on family members of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and ...
5 April 2016
Burleigh Court: 4 years of supporting Back Up
Every month of our anniversary year, we will turn a spotlight on one of our ...
10 March 2016
Having a daughter with a spinal cord injury
This month of our anniversary year we are turning the spotlight on family members of ...
2 March 2016
Christina: “I definitely feel guilty”
Four years ago, Christina got a call from her mum saying that her brother John ...
2 March 2016
Totalskidskolan: 19 years of supporting Back Up
Every month of our anniversary year, we will turn a spotlight on one of our ...
19 February 2016
