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WE ARE BEYOND EXCITED TO BE PLANNING ANOTHER CELEBRATION DAY CELEBRATING OUR 10TH BIRTHDAY AT THE BEECHES IN ISLEHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB7 5RY ON 12TH JULY 7-9pm: Join us for a special evening of Games and fun to celebrate 10 years of the Steel Bones Community. Fun for...

We have loved seeing you all at the recent meet ups - just 1 left in 2024 to go Stevenage on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who has made it along to one of the coffee catch ups in 2024 and to all those who helped make them happen. Thank you so much !

We are thrilled to announce the development of a groundbreaking initiative: the UK Limb Difference Research Community. This community aims to bring together amputees, individuals with limb differences, their supporters, industry professionals, and researchers in the...

We were thrilled to receive an invitation to the Carol Service held in Peterborough to mirror HRH Princess of Wales' concert in Westminster Abbey.  Graham and Roger, 2 long term members of the Peterborough Group attended to represent amputees in this county.  Big...

Thank you, @newmarketcommunitychoir, for an absolutely wonderful evening.— in Newmarket. A huge thank you for all the amazing bakes to raise funds for Steel Bones. we can not thank you enough.— in Newmarket. Thank you for choosing us as your charity of 2024 — in...

2025 is the 10th birthday of the Steel Bones facebook community starting. So we have lots of exciting things planned to celebrate the incredible community we have become. There will be lots more to be announced throughout 2025, but first and foremost, get this date in...

We are delighted to introduce you to the latest member of our team - John Whitman who will be coordinating our local meet ups, supporting the meet ups teams and planning some awesome events and activities for us all.  here's a little but about John: Hi My name is John...

Please be mindful all dates are subject to change but please do let us know you are coming to an event so we can inform you of any changes.  We email all people in the county where the meet up is happening, if for some reason you do not get these updates ring us on...

Trustees are thrilled to announce Online Coffee Catch Up will return on 13th Jan thanks to our volunteers making it possible. If you would like to register your interest to join these online meet ups click here: https://forms.office.com/e/BXsyLks3AN

Massive thank you from Chef Adrian and Sharon for an amazing Gingerbread Recipe which was put to delicious use at the Chirstmas party along with sensational Mince Pies. You can make your own limb different Gingerbread Men by following this recipe:

BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT to the AGM 2024.  You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEk8jWtjMQ  Steel Bones AGM notes: Monday 18th November 2024. The Beeches, Isleham. Present Colin Phelps (Chair), Edward Bye, Dianne Gaskin, Wendy Bearton,...

HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who made it to today’s Christmas party. We loved seeing you all a special thanks to Father Christmas for popping by, @newmarketcommunitychoir for beautiful singing, The Beeches for delicious food and amazing space @JLWsoundandlight Party...

We were so pelased to be able to present Sudbury and Colchester Canoe Club and all our challengers with a  formal thank you from the Trustees and a presentation of photographs from the adventure and video montages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyJbBMIZmYw...

We had a brilliant time with our Family Mentors yesterday at the Annual Training and get together. Big thank you to @cfg_morethanlaw @irwin_mitchell @tees.law for attending to give superb guidance on what legal support they can provide our families with. Also Linda...

My name is Jane and I am 42 years old. I have been a triple amputee for nearly 25 years after contracting meningitis and septicaemia at the age of 17. I lost my right leg below the knee, my left forefoot and heel and all fingers and thumb on my right hand. Luckily, I...

My name is Ann-Marie, I’m 38 and live with my husband who is 40. He loves cooking and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Together we love live music, art, sneaker culture, tobogganing and all things Japan related. We’ve been to Japan twice and hope we’ll be lucky enough to get the...