Campaigning
Working on your behalf
Here at Spinal Injuries Association we continue to work on your behalf throughout the year on the issues that you tell us matter to you.
For more information on our work, please see our Campaigning News or additional information under each of our campaign pages. To contact our Public Affairs Team, please email [email protected]
Sustaining a spinal cord injury introduces pervasive and imposing compounding burdens across physical, mental, social, economic, and familial domains. Our Public Affairs Team work to influence systemic change so that everyone affected by spinal cord injury can live fulfilled life.
Through our specific campaigns focused on defined policy areas we address problems identified as being the most important to the spinal cord injury community. However, sustaining a spinal cord injury affects almost every aspect of an individual’s life. With this understanding, our Public Affairs Team engage with politicians and policymakers to ensure the greatest positive impact possible is delivered for our community. We work with politicians across the board, driven by the shared ambition of improving the lives of our community.
Our Impact
We engage with decision makers at all levels to ensure our community’s experiences are heard and reflected. Some of our recent activity includes:
- June 2025: Andy McDonald MP speaking during the Health Bill Second Reading debate raising serious concerns about the future commissioning of spinal cord injury services and the risks of further fragmentation within the system
- May 2026: Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day and Early Day Motion
- April 2026: Meeting with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
- February 2026: Women and Equalities Select Committee Reproductive Health Conditions for Girls and Young Women Inquiry Oral Evidence and Report
- January 2026: All-Party Parliamentary group on Spinal Cord Injury Parliamentarian Drop In Session
- November 2025: Open Letter to the Prime Minister Calling for a National Spinal Cord Injury Strategy
- October 2025: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Spinal Cord Injury ‘From Fragmented to Coordinated: Building a National Spinal Cord Injury Strategy’ Report
- October 2025: Women and Equalities Select Committee Reproductive Health Conditions for Girls and Young Women Inquiry Written Submission
- September 2025: Work and Pensions Select Committee Employment Support for Disabled People Inquiry Written Submission
Briefings and Resources
2026
- Protecting Specialised Services: Health Bill Report Stage – September 2026
- Protecting Specialised Services: Health Bill Report Stage Amendments – September 2026
- Health Modernisation Bill Second Reading (APPG on Spinal Cord Injury) – June 2026
- King’s Speech 2026: NHS Modernisation Bill – May 2026
2025
- Mandating Wheelchair Accessible Homes: Planning and Infrastructure Bill – October 2025
- Why Concessions Are Not Enough: Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill – June 2025
- PIP Reforms: Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill – June 2025