Jean-Baptiste Wautier says he is honoured to have been appointed as Aspire’s new Chair Read more
Based on the inspirational true story of Mercedes Gleitze the film opens on 8th March 2024 Read more
Your opportunity to run in the footsteps of legends Read more
Reaching Communities England helps Aspire to expand our Assistive Technology Programme Read more
Our annual Swim Celebration Dinner was held at Grim's Dyke Golf Club Read more
Aspire comments on the new policy Read more
Aspire is saddened by the news of the passing of Antony Barnes Read more
Aspire steps down as the sector steps up to embed equality, diversity and inclusion in the professional workforce. Read more
Paul Parrish is part of a six person relay team taking on the Arch to Arc challenge, the hardest triathlon in the world. Read more
Sign up to swim the Aspire Channel Swim and swim 22 miles over 12 weeks this autumn Read more
Aspire has partnered with Temporary Adapted Living Solutions, who provide temporary living solutions that enable downstairs living Read more
Aspire has partnered with Adapt Ability, who will now be based at the Aspire Leisure Centre. Read more
Thanks to everyone who attended our Sports Quiz Dinner in London Read more
Aspire has had its Disability Confident Leader status renewed. Read more
This Christmas we are trying to raise £10,000 to buy assistive technology kit for six Spinal Injury Centres. Read more
Aspire has been given a 2 star accreditation and ranked 14 in the charity list of Best Organisations to Work For Read more
Aspire pays tribute to its founder Bill Freedman who passed away last week. Read more
The team arrived in France after swimming for 14 hours and 3 minutes Read more
Join Lerona's team and cycle or handcycle from London to Amsterdam Read more
Aspire would like to thank the James Tudor Foundation for their generous support of our Independent Living Advice Service in Salisbury. Read more
In July we held our virtual Patient Education conference. Read more
Paula Craig MBE is swimming the English Channel to mark the 21st anniversary since she sustained a spinal cord injury Read more
Eight UK charities come together to celebrate Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2022 Read more
Our 21st Sports Quiz Dinner was held at Lord's on 21st April 2022. Read more
Cottesmore Golf Club raises £10,000 to support people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Aspire's Director of Fundraising and Marketing Services on how Aspire's fundraising fared during the pandemic Read more
Aspire's Director of Services, gives an update on Aspire's Services Read more
Aspire launches its 3 year strategic plan Read more
EmployAbility Leisure launches three guides to support the leisure industry to attract more disabled people to the workforce Read more
Aspire welcomes news of advances in research that can improve the lives of those who have been paralysed by a spinal cord injury. Read more
Read this blog by our Money Matters Specialist to find out how you can become more energy efficient Read more
Last weekend we held our Swim Celebration Dinner for our 2020 and 2021 open water swimmers Read more
Our 20th Sports Quiz Dinner at Lord's was finally able to take place, hosted by John Inverdale Read more
Aspire worked with the Holby Team on the story about Lucky being paralysed by a spinal cord injury Read more
If you are worried about the rising gas prices, our Money Matters Specialist may be able to help Read more
Sign up to the Aspire Channel Swim for free and swim 22 miles over 12 weeks to support people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Our Director of Fundraising talks about the impact that Covid-19 had on Aspire's fundraising Read more
Aspire and Fittleworth have formed a partnership to work together to support people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Together with Back Up, SIA and Spinal Research we will be raising awareness of Spinal Cord Injury on 21st May 2021 Read more
How Covid-19 affected our Welfare Benefits Advice Service Read more
On Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day we take a look at how Covid-19 affected our Housing Service Read more
On Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day we take a look at how Covid-19 affected our Assistive Technology Service Read more
On Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day read about how Covid-19 affected our Independent Living Service Read more
Take part in a study by UCL looking at the challenges people with Spinal Cord Injury have accessing smartphones Read more
Aspire pays tribute to Margaret Tebbit, who has been associated with the charity since sustaining her sustained her spinal cord injury in 1984. Read more
Aspire's Virtual Sports Quiz was hosted by John Inverdale with guest Clare Balding Read more
2020 saw swimmers cross the English Channel, swim the Solent to the Isle of Wight and along the River Arun Read more
Sign up to our online seated exercise classes for disabled people Read more
How Aspire is able to start providing its Assistive Technology service again post-lockdown Read more
Eight swimmers successfully swam across the Solent to the Isle of Wight to support people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Sign up today to swim 22 miles over 12 weeks to support people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Aspire's open water season swimming season began with a solo Channel swim and the first of our Relay Channel teams Read more
Aspire and Frenkel Topping launch joint venture Read more
Can you help us continue to support people with Spinal Cord Injury? Read more
Our Money Matters Specialist is still available to give advice to people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Leading charities collaborate to mark spinal cord injury awareness day Read more
If you or someone you know has a Spinal Cord Injury you can still contact us Read more
More than a number is a landmark report calling for urgent action to address serious concerns in how the NHS funds care for severely disabled people Read more
This year's open water swimmers gathered in Watford for a dinner with guest speaker Keri-anne Payne Read more
Bedroom tax is not fit for purpose and should urgently be reviewed Read more
InstructAbility has won the International Innovation Prize awarded by the World Leisure Organisation. Read more
Sign up to swim for free in your local pool to help people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Aspire, SIA and Back Up have signed a joint commitment to work more closely together to improve the lives of people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
This Saturday the Ride2Recovery cycling team set off to ride 850k from Innsbruck to Geneve over six days Read more
Aspire's Housing Advice service is pleased to be working with Branch Properties to help you find accessible accommodation. Read more
How Brian Carlin came up with the Aspire Channel Swim 20 years ago Read more
Team Neptune became the 50th relay channel swim team to successfully swim from England to France Read more
Aspire swimmers swam the Henley Mile to celebrate 10 years of relay channel swimming Read more
We have just launched the 2019 Aspire Channel Swim. Sign up now! Read more
Six swimmers successfully swam the length of Loch Lomond in a relay. Read more
After choosing Aspire as charity of the year, 22 cyclists rode 500km across Europe. Read more
Brian Carlin spoke about how Aspire Law will provide an alternative sustainable commercial income stream for Aspire Read more
All our services work together to support people with Grants, Welfare Benefits Advice and Housing Read more
On 17th May we will be celebrating Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day with other UK charities because every four hours someone is paralysed by an SCI Read more
Book now for Coloplast's conference providing support and education for people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
The 2019 London dinner has raised an incredible £105,000 to support people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Our London Marathon runners are on track to raise £50,000 Read more
Aspire’s Policy Manager has been appointed by the British Standards Institution as the new Chair of its committee on designing accessible and inclusive built environments Read more
You can now buy Aspire and Aspire Channel Swim branded clothing, hats and bags to support people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
The number of people paralysed by a spinal cord injury is much higher than previously estimated. Read more
We ranked 27th in The Sunday Times list of the 100 Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to work for. Read more
Swim 22 miles in your local pool from 28th January to 22nd April to support people with Spinal Cord Injury. Read more
Aspire's Policy Manager is taking on the ultimate white knuckle challenge as part of a four man bobsleigh at Innsbruck to raise funds for people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
Brian Carlin met with the Deputy Mayor of London for Transport to discuss the need for better accessible access for disabled people at1 Stanmore tube station Read more
Aspire's Money Matters service provides free and confidential advice to people concerned about their debts, to help them take back control of their finances. Read more
Thank you to all our donors and fundraisers, without whom we would not be able to provide practical support to people with Spinal Cord Injury Read more
160 people attended our Manchester Sports Quiz dinner to raise funds for people with spinal cord injury Read more
This year's Pro Am Golf Day raised £2,000 to help people with spinal cord injury Read more
Aspire's open water swimmers have had an incredibly successful 2018, raising over £220,000. Read more
On 13th September Aspire held a celebratory evening to mark 35 years of supporting people with spinal cord injury. Read more
Read about Glenn Bryant's book A Quiet Genocide, based on the experiences of disabled children during the Holocaust. Read more
Aspire took to the Houses of Parliament to hold a round table seminar on the shortage of accessible housing in the UK. Read more