http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/list Mynewsdesk news feed straight from the source http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/list http://www.mynewsdesk.com/images/redesign/graphics/logos/logo-small.png 128 23 en 15 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:05:00 +0100 Adam Hollick has a spinal cord injury which has left him with reduced sensation and muscle strength but he is proving that this is no barrier to a successful career in the fitness industry. After completing a voluntary work placement, he is now a paid fitness instructor at the YMCA gym in Romford. Adam was offered free training through the InstructAbility programme. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/adam-has-become-one-of-romford-s-first-disabled-fitness-instructors-through-pioneering-charity-programme-868363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/adam-has-become-one-of-romford-s-first-disabled-fitness-instructors-through-pioneering-charity-programme-868363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Thu, 16 May 2013 11:51:00 +0100 A 27 year old man with cerebral palsy has recently qualified as a Level 2 gym instructor despite not being able to talk. Laurence James, who is classed as severely disabled and uses a powered wheelchair and a speech aid, gained his qualification with the support of staff from GLL at the Thamesmere Leisure Centre. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/first-ever-person-who-cannot-talk-to-qualify-as-a-fitness-instructor-870962?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/first-ever-person-who-cannot-talk-to-qualify-as-a-fitness-instructor-870962?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Fri, 10 May 2013 14:52:10 +0100 On Friday 17th May, Spinal Injuries Together, a grouping of the UK’s five major spinal cord injury charities, will be raising awareness of the life-changing effects of spinal cord injury through national Spinal Cord Injuries Day. In the UK alone, someone is told they may never walk again Every Eight Hours. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/national-day-shows-that-spinal-cord-injury-needn-t-stop-you-getting-the-most-out-of-life-864429?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/national-day-shows-that-spinal-cord-injury-needn-t-stop-you-getting-the-most-out-of-life-864429?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Fri, 03 May 2013 11:52:00 +0100 The 14th annual Sports Quiz Dinner in London was marked by the warmest day of the year and a fantastic atmosphere at the long-favoured venue, Lord’s Cricket Ground. Over 650 guests enjoyed a drinks reception and sumptuous three course dinner whilst battling it out over the legendary Sports Quiz, hosted by Aspire President and renowned sports presenter, John Inverdale. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-sports-quiz-dinner-london-2013-862253?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-sports-quiz-dinner-london-2013-862253?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +0100 Nearly 40% of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) feel that their care needs are not being met by relevant UK authorities, according to a research report by the spinal cord injury charity, Aspire. Survey participants reported that only their very basic needs are fulfilled and that care packages do not allow people to live independently. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/shortfalls-in-care-system-deny-spinal-cord-injured-people-their-independence-857918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/shortfalls-in-care-system-deny-spinal-cord-injured-people-their-independence-857918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:20:22 +0000 Disabled people in Harrow and surrounding areas are being invited to apply for funded places to train as fitness instructors with the award winning InstructAbility programme. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/fitness-industry-training-for-disabled-people-in-stanmore-area-844811?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/fitness-industry-training-for-disabled-people-in-stanmore-area-844811?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:15:00 +0000 Disabled people across the UK will have more opportunities to get involved in sport after Aspire’s InstructAbility programme received over £850,000 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Inclusive Sport fund. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/sport-england-invests-in-disabled-fitness-instructor-project-to-increase-participation-818209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/sport-england-invests-in-disabled-fitness-instructor-project-to-increase-participation-818209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000 Living in a care home has a devastating impact on the lives of people paralysed by spinal cord injury. Lives are put at risk by unsuitable care and facilities, and by suicidal feelings due to poor quality of life. Aspire commissioned new research with Loughborough University to examine the effect of the common practice of forcing people with spinal cord injury to live in care homes. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/life-threatening-risks-of-living-in-care-homes-for-spinal-injured-adults-803172?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/life-threatening-risks-of-living-in-care-homes-for-spinal-injured-adults-803172?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:30:00 +0100 The fourth Annual Aspire Assistive Technology Conference will feature touch screen tablets and phones as a potentially huge step forward in assistive technology for people paralysed by spinal cord injury. The Conference will take place next week on 23rd and 24th October at Portland College in Nottingham. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/ipads-and-iphones-to-feature-in-demonstration-of-assistive-technology-for-people-with-spinal-cord-injury-804612?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/ipads-and-iphones-to-feature-in-demonstration-of-assistive-technology-for-people-with-spinal-cord-injury-804612?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:20:00 +0100 Today, Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop donated £50,000 to Aspire. This fantastic donation will ensure that we can continue to help people paralysed by spinal cord injuries live independent lives, giving them vital access to specialist equipment that would otherwise be out of reach. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/million-pund-drop-donate-ps50-000-to-aspire-793552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/million-pund-drop-donate-ps50-000-to-aspire-793552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:05:11 +0100 Damien Hirst, Frederick Forsyth, Tracy Emin and Julian Barnes are just a few of the famous names that are supporting a fundraising campaign chaired by Thomas Gibson, a Mayfair based art dealer. The Harebell fundraising appeal is in aid of the spinal cord injuries charity Aspire and aims to raise £1,875,000 to provide accessible properties for people who have been permanently paralysed. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/world-famous-artists-and-authors-donate-to-appeal-that-will-provide-accessible-homes-for-people-paralysed-by-spinal-injury-791392?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/world-famous-artists-and-authors-donate-to-appeal-that-will-provide-accessible-homes-for-people-paralysed-by-spinal-injury-791392?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:00:18 +0100 A team of five Aspire InstructAbility graduates will carry the Paralympic Torch on a leg of its journey from Stoke Mandeville to the Olympic Stadium. The five Fitness Instructors, all of whom were unemployed before using the Programme to gain their qualifications, will be in Regent’s Park at 9.37am. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/disabled-fitness-intructors-to-carry-paralympic-torch-787416?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/disabled-fitness-intructors-to-carry-paralympic-torch-787416?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Wed, 02 May 2012 11:30:19 +0100 Aspire has received responses from three candidates following our briefing that was sent to all candidates for the Mayoral election about wheelchair accessible housing in London. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-receives-responses-from-london-mayoral-candidates-on-wheelchair-accessible-housing-755647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-receives-responses-from-london-mayoral-candidates-on-wheelchair-accessible-housing-755647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Tue, 01 May 2012 11:49:28 +0100 Hot on the heels of our evening at Speaker’s House, and the preparation of not one, but two new Aspire Houses, comes the news that we’ve been shortlisted in the UK Housing Awards 2012. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-housing-is-shortlisted-for-prestigious-uk-housing-awards-2012-755389?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-housing-is-shortlisted-for-prestigious-uk-housing-awards-2012-755389?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:58:00 +0000 Aspire’s very own Joe Gilbert, Maintenance Manager, has been selected as a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer. Joe was nominated by Director of Operations Tasha Webster for his commitment to wheelchair basketball http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/joe-gilbert-carrys-the-torch-for-the-london-olympics-and-aspire-743481?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/joe-gilbert-carrys-the-torch-for-the-london-olympics-and-aspire-743481?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:39:40 +0000 In 2011 Vicky narrowly avoided a spinal cord injury when she was hit by a falling rock whilst rock climbing in Patagonia. She was really lucky to survive. Now she and her friend Anna are running 202 miles in 8 days to raise funds for people with spinal cord injury who were not so lucky. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/2011-a-broken-back-2012-fighting-back-a-220-mile-run-in-8-days-742486?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/2011-a-broken-back-2012-fighting-back-a-220-mile-run-in-8-days-742486?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:40:00 +0000 Aspire has undertaken research looking into continued healthcare provision for people with Spinal Cord Injury and disabled people. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-research-on-continued-healthcare-741986?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-research-on-continued-healthcare-741986?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:49:15 +0000 Instructability is a pioneering course by Aspire and YMCAfit. We provide free training to anyone over 16, disabled, unemployed and living in a London Borough. The course gives participants the skills, knowledge and confidence to begin their fitness career. Successful completion of the course will lead to an internationally recognised qualification, the CYQ Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/new-instructability-course-comes-to-hillingdon-741538?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/new-instructability-course-comes-to-hillingdon-741538?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:25:50 +0000 Aspire research with some of the UK’s Spinal Injury Centres shows that 20% of patients are discharged from hospital into nursing homes. In most cases, this is simply because an accessible property isn’t ready for them. Still more go to homes that have yet to be adapted, whilst others end up using hotels or staying with friends and family. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-aquires-two-new-houses-for-people-with-spinal-cord-injury-741097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-aquires-two-new-houses-for-people-with-spinal-cord-injury-741097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:31:00 +0000 Aspire is proud to announce that we are the winners of the JustGiving Charity of the Year People's Choice Award for 2012! JustGiving said,"We were overwhelmed by more than 800 nominations for the 2012 JustGiving Awards. Some made us smile, some tugged on our heartstrings, and each one was inspirational." http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-is-charity-of-the-year-740145?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/aspire/pressrelease/view/aspire-is-charity-of-the-year-740145?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=pressrelease Aspire