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.

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Rich’s story: Becoming a wheelchair skills trainer

In 2009, Rich was on an exciting holiday in Cyprus with a group of close ...

2 August 2017

Shelley’s story: Becoming an occupational therapist

On Friday 15th November 2013, I was driving to work as usual. It was a ...

2 August 2017

Katy’s story: A new beginning

In October 2005, I was working as a primary school teacher.  One day, I was ...

2 August 2017

Sarah Bryan takes over as Back Up’s new CEO

We’re pleased to announce that Sarah Bryan has officially begun her tenure as the new ...

24 July 2017

Back Up Fest | Thank you!

We just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who got involved in ...

21 July 2017

Thank you to our 2017 Snowdon Push team!

After an amazing weekend at the beginning of July, we wanted to say a huge ...

11 July 2017

New CEO appointment

We are delighted to announce that after a thorough recruitment process, we have appointed Sarah ...

5 July 2017

Catherine’s story: Confidence is everything

In 1993, Catherine was just embarking on the start of her adult life when she ...

5 July 2017

Back Up’s research into ageing with spinal cord injury

We’ve recently begun a research project into ageing with spinal cord injury and we’ve been ...

5 July 2017

Mark’s story: My first solo flight

In August 2016, Mark was preparing to attend the Moving Forwards course ...

7 June 2017