Videos

"The idea that someone with a spinal cord injury would be suitable for residential care is completely preposterous"

Nov 21, 2012 10:49 GMT Aspire 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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InstructAbility: Fitness Industry Training for Disabled People

Nov 19, 2012 10:24 GMT Aspire 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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Paralympic gold medallist Tom Aggar: the impact of housing spinal injured people in care homes

Nov 16, 2012 15:23 GMT Aspire 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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Catch the Extreme Cellists at the start line on London  Marathon Day!

Apr 26, 2012 10:26 BST Aspire Clare Wallace, Jeremy Dawson and James Rees make up 'Extreme Cello'. They have supported Aspire for a number of years and this year ran the London Marathon with their cellos on their backs - the cells weight almost a stone each. So far they have raised around £10,000 from their marathon efforts!
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