Wednesday 21st December Aspire is working in partnership with Loughborough University. Together, we’ll be trying to find out what it’s like to live in a nursing home and to understand what being in a home means for those that are there. Read Read more about how to get involved here.
Thursday 15th December We are delighted to announce that the staff at Salisbury Spinal Injury Centre have honoured Mike, one of our Assistive Technology Volunteers, with an Unsung Hero award for all the volunteering work that he does for them.
Read more about Mike here.
Thursday 8th December We all know that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in the papers. But even so, we were shocked to see Liz Jones in the Daily Mail state that sport is no good for young people and that, “Sport in school is the worst thing you can possibly inflict on children…” Read Aspire's full response here.
Thursday 1st December Aspire is delighted with the reversal of plans to remove the mobility component of DLA for people in residential care, which was announced today. Read more about the announcement from the Minister for Disabled People, Maria Miller MP.
Monday 28th November Aspire is delighted to announce that we have been successful in a funding application to the John Lyon’s Charity to support our Sports Development work. Read Read more about the grant here.
Tuesday 8th November Aspire welcomes the recommendations in the Low Review which have been published following a twelve-week consultation period looking into how disabled people who live in residential care meet their mobility need s. Read more on this story here.
Monday 31st October Aspire’s third Assistive Technology Conference took place in Mansfield last week. Aspire volunteers and NHS Occupational Therapists from Spinal Centres across the UK and Ireland, along with representatives from other organisations, came along to find out about the latest technologies and how they can be used by those with spinal cord injuries. Read more about the conference here.
Monday 24th October The Aspire Channel Swim 2011 has reached the halfway point! This year, over 4,000 swimmers are taking on this challenge to raise money for Aspire. Read more about the challenge here.
Tuesday 18th October With regret, this event has been cancelled. Hollister Ltd. are holding a Spinal Injury Open Day at the Aspire National Training Centre, Stanmore, on Saturday 29thOctober from 11.00am . Find out more about the day and the exciting guests here.
Monday 17th October This weekend, viewers of ITV drama Downton Abbey will have been devastated to see one of the main characters, Matthew, return from war with a spinal cord injury after being wounded in an explosion.
Wednesday 12th October On Friday 7thOctober, a team of six cyclists from Coca Cola Enterprises set off from their Head Office in Uxbridge to cycle 201.2 miles to one of their bottling plants in Wakefield to raise money for Aspire .
Read more about their cycle ride here.
Friday 7th October Aspire and The Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust has provided a specialist house in Buckingham for those paralysed through spinal injury. Read more about the House Launch here.
Thursday 6th October The Aspire Iron Man 2011 took place on Wednesday 5th October at the Aspire National Training Centre in Stanmore. Read more about this exciting challenge.
