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At Back Up, we pride ourselves on being a truly national charity. Over the last year, our team of staff and volunteers have travelled over 16,000 miles delivering vital wheelchair skills training sessions and patient education seminars in the 11 spinal cord injury centres across the UK. Our volunteer mentors have also been a ‘listening […]

When most people think about spinal cord injury, they imagine someone in a wheelchair. But spinal cord injury affects everyone differently. Some people are able to walk, either unaided or with sticks, and don’t use a wheelchair, or might feel the need to use it some of the time. Spinal cord injured people who can […]

Getting on the bus, going to the local shops or the pub, playing with your grandchildren in the park, or just safely carrying a cup of tea from the kitchen to your living room – that’s what wheelchair skills training is all about. Back Up’s wheelchair skills training sessions are delivered at all 11 spinal […]

In 2006, an accident changed Mary’s life forever. She was left permanently paralysed from the neck down. Life with spinal cord injury is hard but, with the right support, people like Mary can rebuild their confidence and independence. A few years after her accident, Mary wanted to connect with people in a similar situation. That’s […]

Each month of our anniversary year, we are focusing on a theme – an issue, an aspect of our work or a specific group of people with spinal cord injury and their families. In April, we are focusing on our partners and how through working together we can achieve more and make a bigger impact on […]

Joe had dreams of becoming a rock star but everything changed four years ago. He a blood clot on his spinal cord, which caused a stroke. He almost died. After the stroke, Joe spent 15 months in Birmingham Children’s Hospital, a UK paediatric centre offering care to 90,000 children and young people across the country […]

We are turning the spotlight on family members of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and how Back Up supports them. Peter has written about his experiences of having a brother with SCI and hopes that any other siblings reading this may find some comfort, or at least fellow feeling in the words.  I was 15 […]

Four years ago, Christina got a call from her mum saying that her brother John was injured. At first, Christina’s mum said it was just a broken leg, so as not to worry her, but later that day she was told that her brother had broken his neck. “I remember thinking he was going to […]

Every month of our anniversary year, we will turn a spotlight on one of our service providers to recognise their support. This month, we want to thank Totalskidskolan, a ski school in Sweden, which has been running our ski courses in Sweden since 1997. Our friends at Totalskidskolan ran Back Up’s first ski course in […]

Today at least three people will be told they are paralysed or have permanent pain and problems walking as a result of spinal cord injury. The news can be devastating. But at Back Up,  we believe that, with the right support, a spinal cord injury it shouldn’t prevent anyone from getting the most out of […]