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This years Highclere Castle Horse Trials is partly in aid of INSPIRE
Our AGM will be held here on 11th September 2010
Objective
The object of INSPIRE is to promote research into and the development of electronic, mechanical and medical aids to assist the mobility and enablement of people suffering from spinal cord paralysis and its associated effects in the UK and to communicate the useful results of such research.
Introduction
The loss of function in the body caused by spinal cord injury would be a major blow to most people. Yet with a well planned rehabilitation many spinal cord injured recover to lead a full life. INSPIRE recognises that a cure will be found to repair the damage spinal cord but in the meantime, it funds research projects which are designed to lead to an improvement in the quality of life.
Most Recent Projects
What are the views of people with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), healthcare professionals and researchers about the current and future use of FES?
Central Nervous System (CNS) reorganisation after spinal cord injury: its relationship to pain and response to mental imagery
Spinal cord injury usually happens as a result of a car or motorbike accident, a sporting injury or an unlucky fall at home.
There are about 700 such injuries every year in the UK alone. Think about it - any one of these people could have been you.
Make a Donation
If you wish to make a donation, please use a gift aid declaration which allows the INSPIRE Foundation the benefits of tax relief on your donation. Click here to go to a form which you can print out, fill in and return to us with your donation.
Alternatively you can donate on-line via our page at justgiving.com
Background
INSPIRE is a UK national charity which was formed in 1985 by people who were themselves spinal cord injured and who wanted to raise funds for the then embryonic Medical Physics Department in Salisbury. In 1995, the Foundation funded the first Freehand operation outside the USA and since then has been able to fund a number of projects in pursuit of its objective. In February 2000, INSPIRE became a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) and in May 2008 was awarded partnership status by the National Institute for Health Research by the Department of Health.