THE Douglas Bader Foundation is going into 2012, the year of what will be our 30th Anniversary, on a high note. Not only have we been in existence now for almost 30 years following the charity’s inception after the death of Sir Douglas, 30 years ago in September this year (no mean feat for a [...]
JOIN THE TRIBE!! 2010 is the Centenary Year of the birth of Sir Douglas Bader and a very important year for the Douglas Bader Foundation… Today we are very proud to be able to announce our brand new initiative: BADER BRAVES Was created as a joint acknowledgement of SIR DOUGLAS BADER‘s honourary Chieftainship of a [...]
We have received this invitation from the aptly-named PACE Rehabilitation. If you fit the criteria below you’ve got nothing to lose by following the link for what could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of the ParalympicGB Team for 2012. ************************************************************* Do you have: An impairment? A UK passport? A sporting [...]
Amputee Peng Shuilin opens bargain supermarket called Half Man-Half Price Store From: The Daily Telegraph (Austrailia) November 17, 2009 8:09AM A MAN who had half his body amputated after being run over by a truck has not only recovered but opened his own bargain supermarket – called the Half Man-Half Price Store. Inspiration for amputees [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
AMPUTEE AMBASSADOR WANTED Did you know that there is more than one serious accident per day in the United Kingdom involving Fork Lift Trucks? Were you injured in one? If so, you could really make a difference. David McGuire is currently working on National Fork Lift Truck Safety Week, raising awareness of the dangers of [...]
Comparing Scars Comments (1) Thursday, August 27, 2009 By Laura Bennett Photo Courtesy of The News Journal For Rob Kislow, getting shot was a kind of relief. He remembers a moment of otherworldly calm as the percussive roar of gunfire and the voices of soldiers dissolved into white noise. He blinked back blood. He saw [...]
I’ve received an enquiry from David Gladwell who is currently doing an MSc in counselling. He is looking to recruit research participants who have suffered a traumatic amputation. His study covers amputees and those with spinal cord injury and, while he has managed to recruit people with SCI, sadly no amputees have come forward to [...]
On the 31st May, a glorious sunny Sunday morning I was lucky enough to be part of a select crowd of people associated with Sir Douglas who had gathered outside his old home in Petersham Mews to see an English Heritage Blue Plaque unveiled in his honour by Sir Richard Branson. Douglas and his first [...]
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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.
