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SIA ambassador Dani takes on the 2026 London Marathon

20 April 2026

Dani Czernuszka-Watts (37) from Reading is taking on the London Marathon for Spinal Injuries Association, nine years after being paralysed…

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Stevie's Story - From paralysis to the London Marathon

20 April 2026

Stevie O’Brien (39) from Rotherham is taking on the London Marathon for Spinal Injuries Association six years after being paralysed…

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Phil's story - from cauda equina diagnosis to the 2026 London Marathon

20 April 2026

Phil Gutteridge (48) Milton Keynes will be completing the London Marathon for Spinal Injuries Association six years after a spinal…

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Best friends Craig and Mike to complete the London Marathon for SIA

20 April 2026

Craig Manning (42) from Essex will be completing the London Marathon for Spinal Injuries Association alongside friend Mike Nixon (38)…

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Jamie's story - fatherhood and spinal cord injury

2 April 2026

After sustaining his spinal cord injury as a 19-year-old, Jamie was told that despite wanting children, he probably wouldn’t ever…

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NR Times Award-winner Gary Dawson on turning tragedy into purpose

12 February 2026

NR Times Award-winner Gary Dawson on turning tragedy into purpose Gary Dawson is Support Network Manager at the Spinal Injuries Association…

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Black History Month (Forward - Autumn 2025)

1 October 2025

Black History Month takes place in October, but SIA member Ifeanyi Nwokoro asks – to be effective, shouldn’t conversations about…

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Something Wicked - interview with Marissa Bode (Forward - Autumn 2025)

20 September 2025

Wicked movie star Marissa Bode made history last year as the first spinal cord injured actress to play a wheelchair-using…

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Power in Words (Forward - Autumn 2025)

15 September 2025

Award-winning writer, poet and disability activist Bethany Handley, 26, from south Wales believes poetry is a powerful form of activism,…

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Ceramic Sisters (Forward - Autumn 2025)

10 September 2025

When artist Emily Kilby, 27, from Hertfordshire, sustained her incomplete SCI caused by Transverse Myelitis she thought she’d have to…

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Colin's walk to the top of Roseberry Topping

9 July 2025

In 2021, Colin Phipps, 59, from Scarborough was told he would likely never walk again after sustaining a spinal cord…

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Scarborough man told he may never walk again to climb Roseberry Topping for charity

27 June 2025

A Scarborough man who was told he may never walk again is to climb Roseberry Topping to raise funds for…

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