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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
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'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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💬"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 💙
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 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…
📰'Spinal cord injury services are national assets and need to remain so' @editorNRTimes @Hunt2Ruth nrtimes.co.uk/spinal-cord-in…
'SIA calls on Chancellor to protect disabled people’s independence ahead of the budget'
Yesterday, @Nik_Hartley OBE, Chief Executive of SIA, has written a letter urging the Government to refrain from introducing further changes to the Motability Scheme.
spinal.co.uk/news/sia-calls-…
JOIN OUR TEAM! SIA are currently recruiting for two important roles in our clinical team:
- Spinal Cord Injury Specialist Nurse (NW)
- Clinical Lead
Find out more and APPLY: spinal.jobs.people-first.com… #SpinalCordInjury
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Yesterday our Continuing Healthcare Caseworker Mandy, joined SIA Trustee and Chair of the CHC Alliance @MHendersonDSC, and 13 other charities in Westminster to deliver a petition calling on the Government to fix NHS continuing healthcare funding once and for all #FixTheFunding
Today SIA joined @DementiaUK and all of our fellow charities to deliver the petition calling on the Government to fix NHS continuing healthcare funding once and for all.
Thank you to everyone who signed and shared the petition 💙 #FixTheFunding
You signed. You shared. Today, we delivered. 📫📨
Alongside 13 other charities, we took 26,451 signatures to @DHSCgovuk and called for an urgent review of #NHSContinuingHealthcare.
Families affected by #dementia have waited too long for better care and support. Now, we need the Government to act. #FixTheFunding
ALT A person holds a box labeled with a message to Yvette Cooper MP, highlighting a demand from 26,451 people to address NHS continuing healthcare funding. The box also features a blue sticker saying "NHS Continuing Healthcare - Fix the funding." The background shows historic architecture, with people walking and carrying umbrellas.
ALT A group of people stand outside near the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) in London, holding signs about dementia and Huntington's disease awareness. Some individuals hold large cards with text, while others have umbrellas. The weather appears cloudy.
SIA welcomes @transportgovuk announcement of stronger safeguards for disabled air passengers, and better training for airline staff. The accessibility improvements come from the Aviation Accessibility Implementation Group, chaired by Baroness @Tanni_GT
spinal.co.uk/news/sia-welcom…
📰 'People who have been paralysed following life-changing spinal cord injuries due to cancer are reporting lack of care and feeling abandoned after their cancer treatment'
READ MORE: spinal.co.uk/news/people-wit…
It's Cauda Equina Awareness Day (shout-out to Cauda Equina Champions Charity) and today we're talking about Deryck's story⬇️
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It's Cauda Equina Awareness Day (shout-out to Cauda Equina Champions Charity) and today we're talking about Deryck's story⬇️
spinal.co.uk/reclaiming-my-l…
🗣️Protect Specialist NHS Services
Today 33 organisations, Parliamentarians, and people with lived experience of long-term conditions and disabilities have written to the Prime Minister to raise their concerns that specialist NHS services aren’t protected in the Health Bill⬇️
ALT Letter to PM
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