A brave amputee hailed the public’s support of the Army as “phenomenal” as he watched his fellow soldiers take part in a homecoming parade in Croydon. Hundreds of people lined the streets to welcome home the 2nd Battalion The Rifles, which lost 13 men in Afghanistan this summer. The 100 members of 2 Rifles, based [...]
Lord Horatio Nelson was giving orders 30 minutes after his arm was amputated, according to journals in the National Archive that illustrate the importance of medical skill in securing Britain’s naval might. A collection of 1,200 naval journals, not seen for 200 years, depicts the horror of life on board British fighting vessels in the [...]
On the weekend of the 22nd/23rd August, 75 amputees and ambulant disabled took part in the 2nd Amputee Games. The Amputee Games 2009 was another resounding success and you can now read about it by clicking the link below. Report on the Amputee Games 2009 for Boost Charitable Trust
By Victoria Ward 26/10/2009 A former Army commander yesterday called for Jimmy Carr to quit for making fun of soldiers who have lost limbs. Patrick Mercer, Conservative MP and chairman of the Commons subcommittee on terrorism, said certain subjects should be instinctively “off limits” for stand-up comics. Carr told a 2,500-strong audience at the Manchester [...]
7:00am Monday 26th October 2009 COUNCIL bosses shelved a grant they promised to give a disabled man for vital home improvements — and did not bother telling him. In January, Doug Westwood, aged 62, had his legs amputated and the council agreed to give him £23,000 to build a wet room and an access ramp. [...]
MANUEL DE LOS SANTOS MISSES CUT: ‘I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED, I HAVE HAD THE MOST FANTASTIC WEEK’ Manuel De Los Santos, who lost a leg in a car accident when he was 18, narrowly missed the cut in the Alfred Dunhill Links Team Championship at St Andrews. Playing with professional Richard Bland, the pair scored [...]
By Emily Cook 12/10/2009 A woman whose leg was needlessly amputated has received a six-figure payout from the hospital trust responsible for the blunder. Doreen Nicholls, 72, was told a lump in her foot was cancerous and that her leg should be removed. But after the operation at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH), Birmingham, she [...]
Meningitis charities are warning parents to be aware of the symptoms this winter. Nerys Davies tells Health Editor Madeleine Brindley how the deadly disease almost claimed the life of her youngest daughter Amber JULY 1, 2005 is etched on Nerys Davies’ memory – it is the day her youngest daughter almost died after she contracted [...]
Published Date: 07 October 2009 Gordon Worley sailing one of the Sailability trimarans at Ferry Meadows. (ET061009AS034) Picture: ALAN STORER HE may have lost both legs and relies on an electric scooter to get around – but in a boat on the lapping waters of Ferry Meadows, Gordon Worley feels free again. The remarkable octogenarian [...]
From the Pensacola News-Journal: Jessica Jensen dreams of dancing on Broadway. And the 25-year-old Pensacola resident is letting nothing, including the loss of her left hand to cancer, stand in her way. Leggy and slender, Jensen has the poise and grace of a professional dancer. When she moves across a stage using muscles honed by [...]
It’s Raining Amputees Watch the You Tube film by clicking HERE A group of amputees took to the skies overhead in Nottinghamshire this week, in a charity tandem sky dive. The idea was conceived when a patient at PACE Rehabilitation in Chesham, Bucks casually mentioned to his prosthetist, Jamie Gillespie, that he had always wanted [...]
Another fantastic effort by Olivia Giles of 500 Miles. The Douglas Bader Foundation wishes her (and all her fellow walkers) the best of luck in this great fund-raising endeavour for such a good cause. A quadruple amputee is urging people to take part in a charity walk to help raise money to buy artificial limbs [...]
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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.
