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 with our communications team. Alternatively email media@backuptrust.org.uk. We monitor these inboxes both in and out of hours.
Assistance while travelling on rail after spinal cord injury – a guest blog from Network Rail
We recently partnered with Network Rail and Transpennine Express to create a series of videos ...
6 July 2021
Sue’s story: Holiday after spinal cord injury
After spinal cord injury, you may be keen to travel once again. It may take ...
6 July 2021
Ian’s story: Travel after spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury can affect every part of your life. Some things may feel more ...
6 July 2021
Paul’s story: “#10@10For10”
We spoke to Paul, who is taking on "#10@10for10" - a challenge to support ...
22 June 2021
Christopher’s story: The “What Next?” course
After sustaining a spinal cord injury, it can feel like every part of your life ...
10 June 2021
Spinal Circuit Case Studies
Charlotte – Individual Participant We caught up with Charlotte who took part in the Spinal Circuit ...
9 June 2021
Toon In! Michael Payne Publishes Unofficial and Entirely Unsanctioned Olympic History to Support Back Up
Michael Payne, former Director of the IOC and longtime Olympic commentator, today published “Toon ...
2 June 2021
Jonathan’s story: Supporting young people with a spinal cord injury
Did you know that Back Up is the only charity in the UK with ...
2 June 2021
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2021: Shelley’s story
This Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day, we spoke to Shelley, one of our volunteers. She ...
20 May 2021
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2021: Emma’s story
Back Up worked with Cognizant to develop a wheelchair skills training app to reach ...
20 May 2021
