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We spoke to Sam, one of our fantastic volunteer family mentors, to find out how this service is helping people in these tricky times. Spinal cord injury affects everyone around the person who sustained the injury. In Sam’s case, her life was changed forever when her partner Andy sustained a C7 level spinal cord injury […]

This is a guest blog written by Anna-Marina whose son, who has a spinal cord injury, contracted Covid-19. Read on to find out how their family navigated both this illness as well as spinal cord injury.  Living with a child who has a spinal cord injury is challenging at the best of times. Over the […]

Covid-19 signposting The past few weeks have been tricky, especially if you are affected by spinal cord injury. You may be feeling anxious after spending time self-isolating, or frustrated that your day to day routine has changed significantly and suddenly because of covid-19. That’s why we’ve gathered a collection of external links to resources, applications […]

Meet Phillipa:  Owns three Shetland ponies called Fleur, Tilly and Eric  Enjoys visiting National Trust sites  Loves craft activities, like wreath making  In July 2020, Phillipa sustained a spinal cord injury as a result of a horse-riding accident. “I remember everything – I fell face first off my horse and damaged my spine from C3-C6. I became paralysed from the neck down, meaning I can move my arms […]

Meet Danny Respiratory Specialist Part of the London to Paris cycle challenge Danny is a doctor based in Glasgow, originally from the West Midlands. After studying medicine at Imperial College London, he moved to Scotland with his partner, a fellow doctor from Naples, Italy. He’s now a Respiratory Specialist, with a degree in Neuroscience and […]

Meet Maia:  Studying A-Levels in RE, PE and psychology  Loves playing and watching wheelchair basketball  Has the spectacular middle name Sparkles  In May 2021, Maia’s life changed overnight. At 13 years old, she developed transverse myelitis – an inflammation of the spinal cord – at T10/12, and became paralysed from the waist down. “One evening […]

Meet Emma:   – wife and mum of two boys – volunteers at a local hospice (as well as with Back Up!)  – supports Back Up in a range of ways – from Group Leading to fundraising  We recently heard from Emma, who wrote a wonderful blog about how Back Up helped her with rediscovering life after spinal […]

At Back Up, we keep volunteers at our heart. We were founded by volunteers, and to this day they are still essential in providing our life-changing services. That’s why we recently celebrated our volunteers at our annual Back Up Ball, with our 2024 awards ceremony. One of these award winners was Cath, who took home […]

Meet Lisette: Lives in North Yorkshire with her family Has three adult children at various stages of “emptying the nest” Loves to live an active life, and has recently rediscovered cycling Spinal cord injury can happen to anyone at any time. Lisette sustained her incomplete injury from an epidural injection ahead of a scheduled surgery. […]

Meet Cath: Mum of Pete, who sustained a spinal cord injury while mountain biking Is an active member of the Back Up community, attending our Back Up Lounge and volunteering with us She kindly supported us in running ten family support sessions in 2023! The impact of spinal cord injury is overwhelming – including for […]