The Douglas Bader Foundation is greatly indebted to Sophie Delderfield (daughter of Keith, our Director of Operations) for taking part in the London Marathon this year in support of the charity. Not only did she complete the gruelling run but she beat last year’s time to boot. She is still trying to reach her sponsorship [...]
The 2009 Amputee Games, creating sporting opportunites for the newly disabled. The 2009 Amputee Games is back at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the home of disability sport, for another power packed two-days of sporting opportunity. Participants will be invited to ‘have-a-go’ at 13 Paralympic sports under the guidance of the sporting governing bodies. The inaugural event [...]
Please check the link below for an article featuring Richard Whitehead amongst others who produced good performances in the Boston Marathon www.thebostonchannel.com/sports/19233102/detail.html Thanks to Steve McNeice as ever for sending us this link
Five-year-old amputee Ellie Challis has become the youngest person ever to be given prosthetic blades. Read this article …. http://itn.co.uk/news/c37fef0efe27445415ec306c9477fbc8.html
The show Are You An Egghead? is a spin off from the TV series Eggheads which is on daily BBC2 6pm. The BBC looking for someone who is a confident quizzer to join the Eggheads as a permanent member of their team. Are You An Egghead? sees competitiors battle against one another for the grand [...]
The show Are You An Egghead? is a spin off from the TV series Eggheads which is on daily BBC2 6pm. The BBC looking for someone who is a confident quizzer to join the Eggheads as a permanent member of their team. Are You An Egghead? sees competitiors battle against one another for the grand [...]
We are grateful to Steve McNeice for sending us this information. It is well worth checking out the videos on the first link, one of which shows some amazing footage of a double amputee using 2 POWER knees. http://www.examiner.com/x-6767-Miami-Military-Health-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Robotic-arm–DEKA-Arm–new-hope-for-amputee-vets http://www.dekaresearch.com/deka_arm.shtml
REVOLUTIONIZING PROSTHETICS PROGRAM (From the DARPA Fact Sheet, February 2008) Throughout history, the battlefield loss of limbs has been the major driving force for technological progress in the field of prosthetics. For example, formation of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association resulting from the post-WWII leadership of Dr. Norman Kirk, Surgeon General of the Army, [...]
The 2009 Amputee Games The 2009 Amputee Games, creating sporting opportunites for the newly disabled. The 2009 Amputee Games is back at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the home of disability sport, for another power packed two-days of sporting opportunity. Participants will be invited to ‘have-a-go’ at 13 Paralympic sports under the guidance of the sporting governing [...]
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.
