In 2013, Maria, from Lancashire, fell down the stairs. Yet little did she know that such a desperate accident would also eventually lead to her being forced out of home against her will, destroying the life she had worked so hard to rebuild. Maria’s son Ed says “In 2013 my Mum, Maria, was paralysed after…
Today is a day of celebrations at SIA House, not only to highlight SCI awareness day, but also in celebration of our tenth year of fundraising by hosting fish and chip suppers. Our head office team of staff and volunteers all tucked in, with the wonderful smell of fresh fish and chips (and plenty of…
Kay sustained her spinal cord injury from a Cavernoma bleed located at T2 of her spinal cord in September 2017. Whilst in the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Unit in Salisbury she was visited by the lovely Graham Anderson, one of our Peer Support Officers. Graham visited Kay over the course of a few months, offering…
SIA member and fundraiser Ben was injured just under two years ago, on a Sunday afternoon during a motorbike ride through Norfolk with his family. They had been out for the afternoon in the sunshine, when a car hit Ben and his son’s bike and threw Ben from the bike. Ben says he knew instantly…
