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For #SpinalCordInjuryAwarenessDay2026 we're asking you to write to your MP. Share your experiences of how fragmented the system already is, and your concerns about what will happen to the SCI community. Download a template letter from our website spinal.co.uk/news/keep-it-to… #SCIAD26
What an incredible night we had at the Royal National Hotel for our Gunpowder Ball 🍾 Thank you to all of our amazing guests, and our sponsors who made it possible!
Fletchers Solicitors | @PremiumCareSol | @ActiveCareGroup | @RathbonesGroup | @SecureHealthcar | @QuilterCheviot
ALT Guests at the 2026 Gunpowder Ball holding wine glasses
ALT Guests at the 2026 Gunpowder Ball smiling
ALT SIA staff at the 2026 Gunpowder Ball smiling
ALT Guests at the 2026 Gunpowder Ball holding champagne glasses
'A father-of-two said a lack of support after he was paralysed left him feeling "imprisoned" in his own home.
David Bateman, from Halstead, Essex, felt abandoned and "not knowing how to survive" after his cancer caused the paralysis in 2023.' @BBCEssex
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6m2…
Thank you @BBCLookEast for featuring David's story on yesterdays evening news as he calls for more support for those living with a spinal cord inuury caused by cancer bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… (go to 8:38)
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🚨 “It wasn’t just a headache.” Disabled musician JOHKES says NHS staff failed to recognise his life-threatening #AutonomicDysreflexia. 🏥 Now he’s campaigning for better hospital training. ✊ Support the petition #SpinalCordInjury vist.ly/5rbxi
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John Smith from Lincoln, spent three weeks in a coma after a car crash left him paralysed and unable to speak. He's now turned the experience into an album.
Watch on ITVX: itv.com/watch/news/singer-so…
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One week to go! ⏳
Join us on 12 Nov for Spinal Cord Injury: Life, Recovery & Beyond.
🎤 Speakers & lived experience
🤝 Networking & roundtables
🎟️ Silent auction supporting @spinalinjuries
📍 Askham Rehab | 2–5.30pm
Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Pkvd…
#SpinalInjury
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It's BACK! The #ChristmasChallenge is just FOUR WEEKS away.
Starting Tuesday, 1st December, for one week only, your donation to participating charities can be matched, doubling the difference for the causes you care about.
Are you ready for the Challenge?
#SaveTheDate
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W50 Live: Williams, 50 Years of F1 Racing is an immersive walkthrough of five decades at the pinnacle of motorsport, celebrating the team’s 50th anniversary.
Taking place at 26 Leake Street, London, from 11–28 February 2027, the experience will bring together championship-winning cars, historic memorabilia and the FW50 show car, celebrating Williams’ remarkable past and looking ahead to its next chapter.
Tickets go on pre-sale to W Club members on 26 October 2026, with general sale opening on 29 October 2026. For more information, visit the link here: bit.ly/3U2SARI
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Disabled people’s organisations have labelled yesterday’s budget as “superficial” and a “miniature sticking plaster” as they wait with concern for the recommendations of two major reviews set to report to the government next month.
#Budget26
disabilitynewsservice.com/bu…
💬"We welcome measures that will help ease the financial pressures facing households. But for people with spinal cord injuries, poverty and the cost of living cannot be separated from the additional costs of disability." Read more 👇
Disabled people’s organisations have labelled yesterday’s budget as “superficial” and a “miniature sticking plaster” as they wait with concern for the recommendations of two major reviews set to report to the government next month.
#Budget26
disabilitynewsservice.com/bu…
Thank you @connor_naismith MP for joining us at our monthly #spinacordinjury community group in Crewe. It was a pleasure to welcome you along to meet our local members and hear from our staff/volunteers about why these groups are so very important 💙
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We've joined a parliamentary initiative with @TheSHCA @GeneticAll_UK @NeuroAlliance & @spinalinjuries to protect specialist NHS care. We're calling for national standards & safeguards to ensure people with complex health needs receive consistent care, regardless of where they live in the UK.
#polio
JOIN your local #SpinalCordInjury community group this November 🍂 We have 35 groups for you to choose, all hosted by SIA staff and volunteers, and taking place throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland
FIND your nearest here > spinal.co.uk/get-support/com…
A wonderful stocking filler ( ... even if we do say so ourselves!) Check out the full series at grandadwheels.com/ with all profits going to spinal cord injury charities SIA & BackUp❤️
Thank you @UniOfHull for giving your local SIA Support Network Coordinator Joe such a warm welcome.
💬 "It's always fantastic to meet the next generation of physiotherapists and to talk to them about the Spinal Injuries Association, as well as sharing my own experiences of SCI"
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Our colleagues at @AskhamRehab are getting ready to host Spinal Cord Injury: Life, Recovery & Beyond on 12th November.
An afternoon of SCI discussion, lived experience, networking and fundraising in support of @spinalinjuries.
🎟️ forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Pkvd…
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What happens when the wheelchair you need isn't suitable for the home you live in?
For people with spinal cord injuries, transitioning to a powerchair can offer significant benefits, but what happens when space is limited and the property is rented?
In her latest blog for NR Times, journalist and author R.F. Hunt shares her personal experience of moving from an active wheelchair to a powerchair, highlighting the challenges of inaccessible housing, independence and the difficult choices facing disabled renters.
Read the full article here: buff.ly/taZ0vkZ
#SpinalCordInjury #Accessibility #NeuroRehabilitation #Disability
Our Rebuilding Lives Conference 2026 - check out the highlights of a brilliant couple of days of insight, discussion and forward thinking ... bringing together the spinal cord injury sector in Milton Keynes youtube.com/watch?v=FR6MWMGb…
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Spinal cord injury services are national assets, but could changes to how they are commissioned put specialist care at risk?
In a new blog for NR Times, R.F. Hunt, writing with the Spinal Injuries Association, highlights concerns that moving responsibility for specialist services to Integrated Care Boards could lead to fragmented care, weakened oversight and greater geographical inequalities.
🔗 Read the full blog: buff.ly/Yyl2evz
#SpinalCordInjury #NeuroRehabilitation #Healthcare #NRtimes
