Irwin Mitchell were proud to be a sponsor
at the Spinal Injuries Association
Rebuilding Lives after Spinal Cord
Injury Awards, which took place on 4 June
2015 at Hilton Metropole, Birmingham. The
Awards acknowledge the unsung heroes and
inspirational achievers in the world of spinal
cord injury.
Many of the dedicated staff at the various
Spinal Injury Centres around the country
picked up Awards including Mr Soni, from the
North West Regional Spinal Centre, Southport,
who won the Liz Martin Award for his
groundbreaking work on respiratory difficulties
faced by tetraplegics after injury. Claire Guy,
Ruth Peachment and Vicky Munro from the
NSIC, Stoke Mandeville all won individual
Awards for Leadership, Health and Wellbeing,
and Vocation and Employment, while the
physio team from Stoke Mandeville won the
Outstanding Team Award. Jackie McRae, from
RNOH, Stanmore picked up the Award for
Innovation and Research. In addition there
were many nominations from these and other
Spinal Centres, and congratulations must go
to all of them.
The Winners
This year there were awards given to spinal
cord injured individuals who are inspiring
others through their activities. In the category
for Inspirational Sports Personality we
were delighted that one of our ex-clients,
David Follett, was nominated for his work in
promoting the game of para-badminton to
the extent that it has now been named as a
sport at the 2020 Paralympics. Sadly David
did not take the prize which was won by
Shaun Newcomb, a very worthy winner who
has been inspiring table tennis players for
many years.
The overall winner of the Stephen Bradshaw
Award, was Gareth Thomas, who picked up
his award in the Armed Forces Achievement
category. He gave a very moving speech,
which concluded the Awards ceremony, but
for many the celebrations went on well into
the early morning! And so the event ended
for another year, but the work goes on, and
behind the scenes are so many individuals
devoting themselves to improving the lives of
those who are spinal cord injured. Well done
and thank you to you all.
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