Jun 03, 2013 17:07 BST Aspire Aspire is proud to have entered into a partnership with UCL (University College London) and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital to create three Aspire Lecturer/Senior Lecturer posts at UCL.
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May 23, 2013 15:42 BST Aspire Last Friday’s Spinal Cord Injuries Day saw a united effort from the charities forming Spinal Injuries Together (Aspire, Back Up, Spinal Injuries Association, Spinal Injuries Scotland and Spinal Research) to raise awareness of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI).
May 16, 2013 10:48 BST Aspire Tomorrow is Spinal Cord Injuries Day, a national day to raise awareness of the life changing effects of Spinal Cord Injury. Every Eight Hours someone is paralysed by a spinal cord injury. It could happen to any of us at any time as a result of accident or illness.
Feb 28, 2013 15:27 GMT Aspire At London 2012, we watched Paralympic athletes become sporting heroes, and opinion polls showed a positive shift in the way disabled people are viewed by society. Six months on and what of all the hope and promise of changed attitudes towards disability?
Feb 12, 2013 11:24 GMT Aspire In 2012, Aspire discovered that eligibility criteria for new patients requesting powered wheelchairs in Newham had changed. Residents were expected to use the higher rate mobility component of their Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to access the Motability Scheme to lease their own powered wheelchair, even when they had been medically assessed as needing one.
Jan 21, 2013 16:02 GMT Aspire Find out about our audit of spinal cord injured people’s needs in Manchester and Cornwall. Aspire is teaming up with other leading spinal injuries charities the Spinal Injuries Association and Back Up, with support from Neurological Commissioning Support and the NHS on this joint project.
Jan 09, 2013 15:39 GMT Aspire A brand new InstructAbility course designed to train disabled people as fitness instructors started in Twickenham last week. The course, run by Aspire and YMCAfit, is being hosted at the Twickenham Rugby Football Union (RFU) stadium and the students have the exciting opportunity to train in the stadium’s own fitness gym used by England rugby players.
Nov 08, 2012 16:44 GMT Aspire The Aspire Channel Swim is now well underway and entering into it’s final month. Find out how our swimmers have been getting on as we make a big final push to raise £400k!
Nov 01, 2012 11:42 GMT Aspire New research shows that one in five people who sustain a spinal cord injury will end up living in a care home and that this has a devastating impact on their health and wellbeing.
Oct 26, 2012 15:50 BST Aspire Hands free iPads, an accessible Nintendo Wii controller, apps to aid accessibility and a computer mouse that you can control with your eyes; these were just some of the technology demonstrated this week at Aspire’s fourth annual Assistive Technology Training Conference in Nottinghamshire.