[edwilcox]

Hi,

Myself and a Loughborough-based, former paralympic athlete are currently developing a charitable organisation for disabled individuals. The aim is to develop a rehab centre, based in in the Midlands, that will provide affordable and accessible sporting, rehabilitative, and therapeutic services to people with a range of neuromuscular conditions. This centre will essentially pick up from where NHS-provided services end, an area which we have found disabled people regard as sorely lacking in the Midlands.

We are currently looking to extend our board of trustees and develop a network of patrons and volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, including charity, fundraising, business, rehab, legal etc. We would be interested to hear whether there is anyone out there who would be keen to be involved in the development of our charitable organisation, in any capacity at all, or whether anyone could provide us with any advice/links etc. We're hoping that it will ultimately become a nation-wide charity, so welcome any input from people regardless of where they're based in the UK.

I sincerely hope to hear from you.

Kind regards,

Ed Wilcox
D2D Rehabilitation Solutions
01509 554 329

[pjcstoke]

Standing Start is the leading rehabilitation centre for spinal cord injuries in the UK and through active exercise has already made a huge difference to a wide range of Clients. But the work at Standing Start has an important psychological benefit too. After an injury you are repeatedly told all the things you can't do but we want to find and develop what you can do. When you find those things, small or large, you finally find you are fighting back against your condition - hence our motto Hope Believe Achieve. As a result of our Programme many individuals have returned to work, taken up new sports and hobbies, had the confidence in their independence, many of these things they have been told they can't do. It can be something small like feeding and dressing yourself through to going back to College on your own. When you see impact of these improvements on the faces of our Clients you know it is all worth while. We deal with hope and positivity, not despair.
Get in touch - it may be worth having a chat
Peter
Peter@standingstart.org

[brockit79]

edwilcox, on 20 November 2009 - 11:09 AM, said:

Hi,

Myself and a Loughborough-based, former paralympic athlete are currently developing a charitable organisation for disabled individuals. The aim is to develop a rehab centre, based in in the Midlands, that will provide affordable and accessible sporting, rehabilitative, and therapeutic services to people with a range of neuromuscular conditions. This centre will essentially pick up from where NHS-provided services end, an area which we have found disabled people regard as sorely lacking in the Midlands.

We are currently looking to extend our board of trustees and develop a network of patrons and volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, including charity, fundraising, business, rehab, legal etc. We would be interested to hear whether there is anyone out there who would be keen to be involved in the development of our charitable organisation, in any capacity at all, or whether anyone could provide us with any advice/links etc. We're hoping that it will ultimately become a nation-wide charity, so welcome any input from people regardless of where they're based in the UK.

I sincerely hope to hear from you.

Kind regards,

Ed Wilcox
D2D Rehabilitation Solutions
01509 554 329

This sounds interesting. I will ring later
Brockit

[siobhanb]

New years resolution...Volunteer.

[Charlie-boi]

Hi, this sounds realy great. I have noticed in the midlands however there are no gyms focused on disabled/wheelchair fitness, health and sport. I would love to help train people in such situations as a greater knowlage is needed to find the alternative ways to train after disability. I also feel this would bring many people into the world of fitness and sport. symply through peer support. I think in most normal gyms many disabled users can feel unconfident doing there exercises weather it be transfering to machines or getting to the floor for stretches in front of many other able bodied gym users. With a disabled oriantated environment this may help people get over the inhibition or atleast find a way round them to get on the road of fitness and health.

With you asking for help/volenteers what sort of roles would people be doing?

regards charlie

[brockit79]

hey C-Boi,

at the National Aspire Centre located at RNOH London the facility is amazing and as a person in to health an fitness I'd love somewhere more local to us so I can exercise without feeling conscious. Check it out