Spinal Research is the UK’s leading charity funding medical research around the world to develop effective treatments for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury. Every year 1,000 people in the UK and Ireland are paralysed following an injury to their spinal cord.

We receive no government funding and rely entirely on the support of the public to raise funds for our research. Because of the efforts of our supporters, we have funded innovative medical research that has achieved a number of ground breaking changes in the field.

I have had two close friends who have sustained severe spinal injuries, one in a cycling accident and one in a car crash. Both their lives were seriously impacted by their injuries. The research the Spinal Research charity is able to fund is essential if medical science is going to progress the treatment of these terrible injuries.