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Jane Shepherd to take on the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon for nsif
Nsif supporter Jane Shepherd will be taking on the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon in Dublin on 2nd June 2019. Jane was inspired to fundraise for nsif after meeting Claire Lomas and hearing her story. Following an accident leaving her with…
nsif Supporter Helen Toseland to run 2 Half Marathons
Our fantastic supporter Helen will be taking on not one, but two half marathons in June in aid of nsif. Helen will be running the Hull Half Marathon on the 2nd June 2019, followed by the Humber Bridge Half Marathon…
Loyal supporter Josh Daniel to run the Asda Foundation Hull 10k in aid of nsif
Josh will be running the Hull 10k on the 2nd June to fundraise for nsif. A close friend of his, Steve, has a life changing spinal condition affecting both his mobility and his active lifestyle. Josh is running for Steven….
The nsif Spring Newsletter
To hear the latest updates from the charity, click here to read our spring newsletter.
Meet the Geoffrey Raisman Fellowship student
Kamile Minkelyte recently joined the team at UCL through the nsif funded Geoffrey Raisman Fellowship. Kamile will spend 3-years completing her PhD which will work towards developing a model of spinal cord injury, using OECs and biomaterials. This work will…
Why we decided to fund the Geoffrey Raisman Fellowship
Professor Geoffrey Raisman (1939 – 2017) was a pioneer and expert in his field who dedicated his life’s work to studying the repair of spinal cord injuries. In 1969 he introduced the term ‘plasticity’ to describe the ability of damaged…
Summer 2018 Newsletter
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12th Annual Golf Day Event
The 29th and 30th July marked the 12th nsif Celebrity Golf Event hosted at The Oxfordshire Golf Club. The two-day golfing event commenced with keen golfers braving the showers for a practice round on the world-renowned course. Later that evening…
Clay Pigeon Shoot Event
On 1st June we held our very first Clay Pigeon Shoot event, set in the beautiful Berkshire countryside at Pennsport Shooting School. The day started with breakfast on arrival and a mini masterclass on the art of clay pigeon shooting…
‘Dan’s Dream’ Races To Earn Money For nsif
Dan’s Dream is a beautiful and talented 3-year-old racehorse bred by Hunscote Stud. Thanks to some very generous owners she is racing this year for the charity and any prize money she wins will comes to us. On Good Friday…
Hessle Golf Club’s Huge Fundraising Year!
Last year saw some incredible fundraising efforts from our supporters: from Steven Smith’s London Marathon Challenge to Claire Lomas’ continued support which led to an MBE. As well as these fantastic efforts we were also nominated to be the Hessle Golf…
nsif Visits Wroclaw Walk Again Project
On 18th September 2017 we had the pleasure of visiting the team at Wroclaw Walk Again Project in Poland. It was an interesting and informative couple of days catching up on the progress of the work being carried out. At…
