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Jun 12, 2013 16:31 BST On 24th May 2013, InstructAbility, a programme offering free fitness industry training for disabled people, was featured on ITV Meridian News. InstructAbility graduates, Daniel Edwards, Simon O'Connor, John Smith and Jo Young talk about their experience of training as disabled fitness instructors. The Sport England funded programme is run by Aspire and YMCAfit. Clip courtesy of ITV Meridian.
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Jun 06, 2013 16:13 BST Vanessa and Dan have trained as fitness instructors for free through the InstructAbility programme. This short documentary, made by local film students, looks at their stories and how they are benefitting from InstructAbility. The InstructAbility programme was set up by by Aspire and YMCAfit.
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May 31, 2013 15:42 BST Sophie Carrigill's inspirational story of dealing with a spinal cord injury at the age of 16 really captures how crucial the support that Aspire offers can be at such a difficult time. Sophie sustained her injury when she was involved in a car accident. Thank you to Sophie for speaking at the 14th Aspire Sports Quiz Dinner in London. The evening raised £90,000 for Aspire.
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Mar 19, 2013 13:45 GMT Last week we heard that Lady Gaga commissioned designer, Ken Borochov, to make her a gold plated wheelchair for her to use while she recovers from hip surgery. Thousands of disabled people struggle to afford a wheelchair that meets their basic needs so we're suggesting that Lady Gaga auctions her chair once she's finished with it and donates the money to help disabled people buy vital equipment.
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Nov 21, 2012 10:49 GMT Andy is paralysed from the neck down after sustaining a spinal cord injury in his early twenties. Following the research findings from Loughborough University that highlight the devastating impact of housing spinal cord injured adults in care homes, Andy responds to the fact that this happens to 1 in 5 spinal cord injured people in the UK.
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Nov 19, 2012 10:24 GMT InstructAbility is an award winning bespoke training programme created by Aspire, the spinal injury charity and YMCAfit, the leading fitness industry training provider.
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Nov 16, 2012 15:23 GMT World rowing champion, Tom Aggar, has a spinal cord injury. We showed him the shocking research findings in the report: Understanding the Health and Wellbeing of Spinal Cord Injured Adults Living in a Care Home (http://www.aspire.org.uk/care-home-research.aspx). This is his response.
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Nov 13, 2012 10:02 GMT Sophie sustained a spinal cord injury in a road traffic accident in America when she was 16 years old. At this year's Sports Quiz Dinner in Manchester, she told her story - from the importance of the right wheelchair and a strong support network to disabled sports and living a normal family life.
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Nov 08, 2012 12:19 GMT Aspire recently commissioned new research from Loughborough University to examine the effect of the common practice of forcing people with spinal cord injury to live in care homes. This video is a response from Chief Executive of Aspire, Brian Carlin.
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Oct 31, 2012 10:57 GMT Aspire commissioned new research from Loughborough University to examine the effect of the common practice of forcing people with spinal cord injury to live in care homes. This video is a response from Nick Caddick, Research Assistant on 'Understanding the Health and Wellbeing of Spinal Cord Injured Adults Living in a Care Home.'
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