On 13th June 2008, amputees met at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Hants to take part in the inaugural Amputee Games. 12 teams of eight amputees and two healthcare professionals participated in 13 Paralympic sports over two days to win the trophy and experience the benefits of participation in sport. The Games will give primary amputees [...]
INAUGURAL AMPUTEE GAMES 13th – 14th June 2008 The brainchild of David Hilton and Kiera Roche (Event Director of the Douglas Bader Foundation), the Inaugural Amputee Games was held in June and proved to be an enormous success. David, who lost his leg (above knee) in 1974 is also paralysed from the waist down and [...]
PACE Rehabilitation is opening a clinic in the South to meet the growing demand for its services. The leading multi-disciplinary rehabilitation clinic, which has been assessing and treating patients from across the UK and Europe at its centre in Manchester for the past five years is opening a new clinic in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Experts in [...]
You’re special to us you know! So we thought you’d like a more personal service for more specific advice or maybe to make a 1-2-1 contact with another amputee.
Just email Leggz at leggzhelpline@hotmail.co.uk
THE BADER CUP was started in 1987, and is now widely recognised as the largest National Mixed Greensome Stableford Golf Tournament in Europe.
John Southwick founded the Tournament to raise funds for The Douglas Bader Foundation. He still organises the competition.
Please see the Bader Golf Page and the nested Bader Cup pages on the left hand menu bar.For more information, a brochure or to enter and help to raise money for a good cause, please visit John Southwick's dedicated Website:
www.thebadercup.co.uk
Art to Fly, a specialist aviation artwork Website, was created by Pat Barnard, long-time friend of Sir Douglas, as a way of supporting the Douglas Bader Foundation disabled children’s Flying Days.
You can find out more about Art to Fly and the aviation paintings and drawings, aircraft prints and books – all signed by famous WW11 pilots and carefully selected and attractively priced for aviation art collectors - by visiting the Website:
www.arttofly.orgAs Art To Fly is a non-profit organization, 100% of the profits of any sales go to help disabled children experience the joy of flight through the Douglas Bader Foundation’s “Bader Braves” Flying Days programme, details of which can be found on this Website.
