Dear Friends I’m hoping to organise, subject to there being sufficient interest, a day sail for individuals on Spirit of Scott Bader on Fri 24 Sept. This will probably be the last such opportunity this season. If you have previously sailed from Port Solent on the wheelchair accessible catamaran Spirit of Scott Bader you know what to expect. If you [...]
Uncle of meningitis amputee toddler stole £315,000 from her trust fund to pay for holidays… leaving just £239 By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:34 PM on 26th November 2009 Ellie Challis lost her arms and legs after contracting meningitis aged just 16 months. The uncle of a little girl who lost her arms [...]
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 [...]
Tamara Dietrich 9:58 PM EDT, August 20, 2009 Last summer, this community rallied to help a man who’d undergone multiple amputations because of a rare condition first diagnosed when he was 14. That’s when he had his first amputation — a toe. Over the next 20 years, William Allen Honeycutt would lose a leg, half [...]
By KAREN ZRAICK Published: July 27, 2009 A police officer whose left leg had to be amputated after he was struck by a car while on duty in Brooklyn two weeks ago left the hospital on Monday afternoon, saying more with a gesture than he did with words. Instead of being pushed out of Kings [...]
Would you like to take part in Wheelchair Dance Sport? The BBC is looking for Wheelchairs users to participate in a competitive sporting documentary exploring this exciting new sport. The series will consist of 6 x 1 hour programmes for broadcast on BBC3 early next year and will be a televised, non-live competition to find [...]
Would you like to take part in Wheelchair Dance Sport? The BBC is looking for Wheelchairs users to participate in a competitive sporting documentary exploring this exciting new sport. The series will consist of 6 x 1 hour programmes for broadcast on BBC3 early next year and will be a televised, non-live competition to find [...]
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.
