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[AnnaSR]

Please tune in this Sunday 20th February at 4.55pm to see Richard Hammond and Melanie Reid front a BBC appeal for Spinal Research - to help us raise awareness of the need to invest in research to repair the injured spinal cord.

Join our Facebook event too! http://www.facebook....180795625293147

Thank you so much

Anna
SPinal Research
www.spinal-research.org

[Edinburgh Colin]

Joined, accepted the invitation and passed it on to many.

I'll be watching.

[Doodle]

I'll be watching too!

[JaneC]

Great, the more publicity we can get about spinal injuries and research the better !!

[cas]

I'll be watching!!

[knightrider]

I'll be watching, shame it's only on for 10mins, lets hope they make a good point etc

[AnnaSR]

Thank you guys, really really appreciated. We want to make a big splash and get as many people as possible to watch!

thanks

Anna x

[Edinburgh Colin]

Here is the youtube of the appeal on the BBC

[greybeard]

Thank you Colin. I missed the live showing.

[weedave82]

II went round to see my friend big dave, he is back home in aberdeen after a lenghty stay in the glasgow SCI unit and sure enough the very second i arrive the appeal starts on the telly, if dave wasn't excited enough seing his friend mellanie being interviewed, at the very end of the appeal were you see the info on how to donate you can see dave coming out of the unit in the background, he was on the TELLY for a few seconds, he was well chuffed!!!!

[AnnaSR]

weedave82, on 22 February 2011 - 11:46 PM, said:

II went round to see my friend big dave, he is back home in aberdeen after a lenghty stay in the glasgow SCI unit and sure enough the very second i arrive the appeal starts on the telly, if dave wasn't excited enough seing his friend mellanie being interviewed, at the very end of the appeal were you see the info on how to donate you can see dave coming out of the unit in the background, he was on the TELLY for a few seconds, he was well chuffed!!!!

that's great

what did you guys think of the appeal? Anna x

[dangerousdave]

Although we think SCI is a big thing and needs major funding
That is not the way it's percieved by the majority of citazens
So nought will come of it
It's a minority injury and needs goverment aid to raise the research needed, which of course because of the banks spending all the goverment cash, wont happen
So unless there is a major epademic of SCI injuries - dream on

[FlyPelicanFly]

dangerousdave, on 23 February 2011 - 04:11 PM, said:

Although we think SCI is a big thing and needs major funding
That is not the way it's percieved by the majority of citazens
So nought will come of it
It's a minority injury and needs goverment aid to raise the research needed, which of course because of the banks spending all the goverment cash, wont happen
So unless there is a major epademic of SCI injuries - dream on

Wow!

[123]

I hate to sound cynical, but I think he's right. We are a minority group and, therefore, not given priority when it comes to funding. The money is often ploughed into more common conditions that affect a far higher number of people, ie, cancer. While I certainly don't begrudge these people the help they get (they are worthy causes), I do feel that SCI sufferers are somewhat forgotten. And we have no chance of a cure as yet, we just have to pick up the pieces and carry on somehow.

[FlyPelicanFly]

123, on 23 February 2011 - 06:05 PM, said:

I hate to sound cynical, but I think he's right. We are a minority group and, therefore, not given priority when it comes to funding. The money is often ploughed into more common conditions that affect a far higher number of people, ie, cancer. While I certainly don't begrudge these people the help they get (they are worthy causes), I do feel that SCI sufferers are somewhat forgotten. And we have no chance of a cure as yet, we just have to pick up the pieces and carry on somehow.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease! Squeak loud!

[Edinburgh Colin]

I heard this morning they had raised £50k so far, not going to get much for that!

[greybeard]

We could all help raise the profile of this appeal by posting the YouTube link to all our UK friends and acquaintances.

[Trinity]

greybeard, on 23 February 2011 - 09:51 PM, said:

We could all help raise the profile of this appeal by posting the YouTube link to all our UK friends and acquaintances.

Already done! Spammed my facebook page with the links too