General news

We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive reaction to the launch of our major bowel care campaign This is #SeriousSh1t, the aim of which is to stop SCI patients suffering harmful neglect through being denied essential bowel care in some medical settings.

The latest report from the charity Scope into the additional cost of disability shows that disabled people continue to face significant and unfair extra costs.

The Frank Williams Academy has been launched to provide education, training, research and development to support spinal cord injured people.

A bombshell survey of 4,000 patients with long term conditions has revealed that one in ten skip medications due to cost.

Our #EverydayMountains competition will provide accessible equipment and packages exclusively to spinal cord injured people, for free, so they can tackle their own #EverydayMountains

Our major campaign to stop SCI patients suffering harmful neglect because they are being denied essential bowel care in some medical settings was launched at the recent meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on SCI.

The Government has published its’ long-awaited Health and Disability White Paper – ‘Transforming Future Support’.

TV presenter Sophie Morgan and MP Marion Fellows have been joined by the charity Disability Rights UK in demanding that the Government gives the Civil Aviation Authority more powers to fine airlines and other companies who fail in their obligations to support disabled travellers.

The Government has launched a new Emergency Alert service, which will be sending out a welcome message on Sunday 23 April to all compatible phones in the UK.

We’re proud to share the news that our network of support for spinal cord injured people is growing once more.

This April, support the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) by leaving a gift in your will. Your gift, no matter how…

Our founder and life-long president Baroness Masham passed away peacefully at Northallerton Hospital on Sunday, 12 March.