About Us

What we are about

Approximately 3 people every day have an accident or injury that results in permanent paralysis through damage to the spinal cord.  Despite good medical progress there is still no cure. Paralysis is permanent.

Over 40,000 people in the UK have a spinal cord injury (SCI), the majority of whom are wheelchair bound.  Back-Up is a small, dynamic and professional charity that runs a range of services for people with SCI as well as their friends, family and volunteers to encourage independence, self-confidence and motivation following a life changing injury.

‘What Back-Up offers is beyond your wildest imagination when you are lying in a hospital having been told you will never walk again’ Andy (31) cause of injury – climbing

‘I feel that Back-Up is a vital organisation because it enables people to rediscover themselves and feel useful again.’ Clinical Psychologist, Spinal Injuries Centre