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Cyclists raise £80,000 for ‘life-changing’ gardens at UK’s spinal injury centres

Five cyclists have completed a 1,100-mile trip across the UK, raising more than £80,000 for a charity working to install “life-changing” gardens at every spinal injury centre in the country. Horatio’s Garden has so far enabled the installation of ...

10 Aug 2022 at 17:13

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Donegal patients with Spinal Cord Injury support all for medical cards to be provided on a permanent basis

Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) is hosting a meeting in Letterkenny next week to provide public representatives with a better understanding of the issues that local people living with a Spinal Cord Injury are facing on a daily basis. The ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:33

Six-year-old climbing height of Mount Kilimanjaro for spinal injuries charity

A six-year-old boy has nearly climbed the equivalent height of Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of a charity supporting those with spinal injuries. Cian Paton, from Salisbury in Wiltshire, has completed 17,389ft of Kilimanjaro’s 19,000ft ...

14 Apr 2022 at 14:55

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TV chef's Clonmel cookery demonstration will raise funds for Bansha student with severe spinal injury

Serena Kinane from Kilshane, Bansha with her beloved dog Nala outside the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dublin earlier this year A charity cookery demonstration by TV chef and caterer Eunice Power will take place in ...

06 Oct 2022 at 13:33

Arena bombing survivor climbs mountain in wheelchair

A father left paralysed in the Manchester Arena bombing has conquered the summit of Africa’s highest mountain in his wheelchair. Martin Hibbert, 45, launched the mission to scale Mount Kilimanjaro as he wanted to “move ...

13 Jun 2022 at 10:58

Baroness Masham, longest serving female House of Lords member, dies aged 87

Baroness Masham, a Paralympian and the longest ever serving female member of the House of Lords, has died aged 87, the charity she founded has said. The independent crossbencher, whose name was Susan Lilian Primrose ...

14 Mar 2023 at 05:38

Teenager who broke back in sledging accident returns to the slopes

A teenager who broke his back in a sledging accident has returned to the slopes after raising money for the hospital that cared for him. Filip Cegar, 14, had to learn to walk again after the accident in December ...

20 Feb 2024 at 14:34

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Ballyshannon mother and son set sail for Atlantic TU to raise spinal injury awareness

A Ballyshannon mother and son who both study at Atlantic Technological University have sailed from Poole in England to Dublin in aid of Spinal Injuries Ireland. Victoria Matthews, an accessibility activist and ...

20 Jul 2022 at 14:33

Robotic therapy helps keep father’s dream alive to walk daughters down the aisle

A father-of-four who was left paralysed after a serious crash is now dreaming of walking his daughters down the aisle after receiving innovative robotic therapy. Luke Louden suffered a broken neck and back, ...

03 Jan 2023 at 19:30

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Paralympics presenter Ed Jackson on why he doesn’t regret the accident that left him paralysed

Ed Jackson’s life changed forever when he suffered severe spinal cord injuries, which left him paralysed from the shoulders down after hitting his head in a swimming pool. But incredibly, because of all ...

28 Aug 2024 at 08:00

Man cycling length of Wales in handbike for local boy with cancer

A man cycling the length of Wales in a handbike to raise funds for a local 12-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with cancer has said he is “looking forward to getting to the finish line”. Darren ...

17 Nov 2024 at 14:59

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Mum given ‘1% chance of survival’ after cardiac arrest now competing in wheelchair sports events

A woman who was “saved” by her sister after a cardiac arrest left her paralysed and “unlikely to survive” said she wants to show there is “life after a spinal injury”. Nikki Owen, 65, from ...

29 Jul 2025 at 06:30

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