What does The Back-Up Trust do to
help?
Back-Up does not think it is enough to tell a newly
paralysed person what they are still capable of. We provide the
environment, support and opportunity for people to prove it to themselves.
Back-Up's year round programme of activity courses
and events are not disabled holidays, but challenging, integrated
courses for able-bodied and spinally injured people.
The courses give people back the self-belief, motivation
and independence, which spinal cord
injury takes away. The results are inspirational and life changing.
How does The Back-Up Trust operate?
Back-Up is an energetic, up-beat charity, motivated
by the overwhelmingly positive feedback we receive from our participants.
All our courses are fully integrated with equal numbers
of paralysed participants and able bodied volunteer "buddies".
Back-Up works closely with the other charities for
spinally injured people and the UK hospitals which have specialist
spinal injury units, such as Stoke Mandeville.
To maximise the number of spinally injured people
we help and keep our costs to a minimum, Back-Up employs only a
small staff team and relies heavily on the assistance of volunteers,
many of whom are former beneficiaries, in all areas of its work.
Back-Up receives no government or statutory funding
and depends entirely on voluntary contributions and the fundraising
efforts of our supporters to survive.
How did The Back-Up Trust first begin?
The Back-Up Trust was founded in 1986 by Mike Nemesvary,
a tetraplegic and former British and European Freestyle Champion
and James Bond stunt double, whose life was devastated after he
broke his neck during a workout on a trampoline in the mid 1980's.
Despite being paralysed from the shoulders down, he was determined
to get back to the life he enjoyed. An appeal was launched and,
thanks to its success, the charity was set up to help others in
a similar position.
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The Back-Up Trust
The Business Village
Broomhill Road
Wandsworth .
London
SW18 4JQ
Telephone: 020 8875 1805
Fax: 020 8870 3619
E: admin@backuptrust.org.uk
W: www.backuptrust.org.uk

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