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£10 will pay for a set of mugs in one of our accessible houses, ready for that first cup of tea out of hospital.

£20 will pay for a one-hour session with an Aspire Assistive Technologist, helping a patient with a high-level spinal cord injury gain independent access to a phone, tablet, or computer.

£40 will fund two hours with an Aspire Welfare Benefits Advisor, helping people with spinal cord injuries to get the benefits they are entitled to.

£100 will fund a day of support from an Aspire Independent Living Advisor, helping newly injured patients in Spinal Injury Centres understand their injury and work towards living as independently as possible.

£150 will pay for one day of support from an Aspire Housing Advisor, helping people with spinal cord injuries with their housing issues to enable them to live in accessible housing. 

£280 will enable seven Patient Education Advisors to each spend four hours in hospital supporting rehabilitation and education so patients gain as many skills as possible to help them in the transition from hospital to home, and beyond.

£500 will provide a thermostatic temperature controlled shower in an Aspire House to ensure that no one gets burnt, as spinal cord injured people are not able to feel how hot the water is against their skin.

£1,000 will pay for a rise-and-fall sink or hob in one of our houses, allowing a wheelchair user to access them.

£2,500 will buy a special bed with pressure relief mattress for one of our houses.

£3,000 will allow us to laminate the floors for easier movement around an Aspire property.

£7,000 will pay for the annual training costs for our 10 Independent Living Advisors who work in Spinal Injury Centres across the UK providing guidance and advice to newly injured patients.

£25,000 will pay for the fixtures and fittings needed to make an Aspire House fully accessible and ready for someone to live in temporarily whilst they are waiting for adaptations to be made to their own house or are looking for more suitable accommodation.

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Published: 29th January, 2019

Updated: 2nd September, 2025

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