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…
My preparation for SIA’s Eastern European Adventure Final day, York to Bridlington and we finished on my birthday! The day started early from York Minster. A foggy day but we were hopeful it would lift, sadly not. The wind from day 1 returned as did our first experience of driving rain and foggy all the…
My preparation for SIA’s Eastern European Adventure Today was very different to yesterday We left Garforth in the Yorkshire Dales at 9:30am aiming to get to York for 5pm. First of all we had a 5 mile ride just to get back on the route. This ride and the next 15 miles provided a challenging…
My preparation for SIA’s Eastern European Adventure We left morecambe at 9am. Sunny day to start with and an easy ride out to and through Lancaster on the cycleways which included a visit to Lancaster prison. Unfortunately, they released us to head into a 23 mph head wind which we had all the way to…
I am taking part in SIA’s 2019 Eastern European Cycling Adventure on behalf of CFG Law. SIA is a fantastic charity providing help, support and assistance to people who are injured or diagnosed with a spinal cord injury. Whilst working at CFG Law, I have seen first-hand the impact spinal cord injuries have on…
In 2019, SIA will mark its 45th birthday. Though we will pause for a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come as a community – the Disability Discrimination Act and the later Equalities Act, our primary focus this year is for every SCI person to get the care and support they need to lead…
At SIA, we place the needs of spinal cord injured (SCI) people front and centre of everything we do. Whilst we and our families thank the NHS for offering us the chance to rebuild our lives after injury or diagnosis, we’re also deeply concerned that SCI people, along with others with long-term health conditions, continue…
As the 70th Anniversary of the NHS approaches, many of us – whether spinal cord injured (SCI) people ourselves or our loved ones – remember the debt of gratitude we have towards the NHS. With quiet dedication and great skill, our surgeons, nurses and other health professionals have put many of us back together again…
Brexit is one of our generations’ most important political issues. Divisive? Certainly. Complicated? Without a doubt. It’s a topic that affects every single one of us – however we voted – and will continue to do so for many years after we leave the EU in just under a year. But what is the impact…
It’s all too easy, whilst writing a blog on bowel care to inadvertently resort to puns. After all what’s a conversation about bowel care if we don’t make a lighthearted reference to the ‘bottom line’? The truth though is that the quality of NHS bowel care provision for spinal cord injured (SCI) people is just too…
On the 6 September, a truly unique and exclusive event took place in aid of Spinal Injuries Association, at the home of Williams Racing in Grove, Oxfordshire. The lucky guests arrived for a Champagne reception and the chance to view the inspiring Trophy Room which is housed in the Williams Conference Centre. After a chance…
