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.


Staff Spotlight – James Needham

In our second Staff Spotlight in our series, meet James, our Regional Outreach Team Leader ...

2 July 2025

Photo of Peter

Peter’s story: The Mountain That Showed Me I Could

Peter sustained a spinal cord injury at the age of 24, changing his life in ...

2 July 2025

Photo of Rona with her bike in the Netherlands.

Rona’s incredible cycling challenge

We’d like to say a huge thank you to 7-year-old Rona who took on an ...

18 June 2025

Adrian’s story: Mentoring after spinal cord injury

Adrian sustained a spinal cord injury in 2015, after he became ill with transverse myelitis, ...

4 June 2025

Grace’s story: Volunteering as a trustee

Back Up was founded by volunteers, and they remain at the heart of all ...

4 June 2025

Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2025

New data released today, Friday 16th May 2025, shows that over 4,700 people in the ...

16 May 2025

Staff Spotlight – Mark Holland

In our first Staff Spotlight, meet Mark, our Regional Outreach Team Leader at Back Up, ...

9 May 2025

City Dinner 2025

We held our City Dinner 2025 fundraising event on Tuesday 6 May 2025, at our ...

8 May 2025

Becky’s story: Support for children with a spinal cord injury

Meet Becky:In her second year at University, studying Forensic Science Represented Team GB in ...

8 May 2025

Vania’s Story: City Skills

Meet Vania:- A retired teacher - Loves music, folk music in particular - ...

2 April 2025