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Steel Bones Blog – June 2024 – Forbes Mutch Hiking Adventure (1) 31 May 2024 Jenny Mutch (Mant) walks 200 miles in aid of Steel Bones Hi, my name is Forbes Mutch and I’m sitting at the dining room table in our Hertfordshire home, looking out of the window and...

Thank you to everyone who has joined us throughout April and May at our many different meet ups and events from paintballing to picnic and coffee catch ups. We love seeing you all and are very grateful for you joining us as we love arranging these meet ups.  For all...

We have had a whole host of amazing fundraisers in the past month and are bowled over by all their efforts and amazing FUNDRAISING  Best of luck to everyone running the Lodon Marathon today - have fun stay safe and exspecially to the icnredible Richard Harding who has...

HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED TO OUR SURVEY. We received 181 responses in total and we have a winner for our £50 amazon gift card through our random number selctor, which w3as allocated as to the position your submitted the form. Well Done Doug for winning...

We are so excited about this year’s Celebration Day on the 21st July 2024! Don’t forget to register for free, places are filling up fast!  The day is completely FREE for the whole amputee community to come together whether you come with family, friends or on your own...

Please read below to find out more about the incredible Josephine Bridges who Founded Positive Bones, who provide funding for amputees and those with limb difference so that they can purchase specialist equipment, services and prosthetics that enable and empower them...

A special concert hosted by the awesome Newmarket Community Choir at our HQ, @theBeeches on 15th June buy your tickets here to enjoy their gorgeous music: https://buff.ly/3UV7w0H Thank you very much to the Choir for their support of Steel Bones as their Charity of the...

Exciting news, adventurers!  Gary and Wendy from Steel Bones recently paid a visit to Sudbury Canoe Club to prep for the upcoming Sudbury to the Sea challenge. And guess what? The preparations are shaping up nicely! We put our canoes to the test, and I'm thrilled to...

We hope you are having a fantastic week.  Huge welcome to all our new members.  We will be sending out a Bumper ENewsletter SOON but wanted to send a separate email dedicated to the NEW DRAFT specification for the NHS Prosthetic Service. You can read all about it...

We spent a memorable Good Friday in warrior gear paintballing.  We have first hand reviews coming shortly from participants to give you a good idea as to what it was like paintballing with prosthetics.  The place we went too, is fmailiar with wheelchairs attending too...

We are passionate about providing amputee families with the very best advice, tailored for their needs and so for the last 2/3 years, we have been trying to find the best model for providing amputee families with superb and tailored legal advice to them 121....

Wow we had a whole host of activities during Limb Loss Limb Difference Awareness Month  including podcasts, press articles, meet ups and events. It was AWESOME Thank you to everyone who participated to help us raise as much awareness as possible. This update was...

Posted on 16th March ... So we have heard that earlier today in TESCOS NEWMARKET GOLDEN TOKEN WAS HANDED OUT AND THE LUCKY RECIPENT CHOSE STEEL BONES TO RECEIVE £5,000 GOLDEN GRANT ! WE ARE ALL ABSOLUTELY THRILLED AND SO GRATEFUL - these funds are a MASSIVE MASSIVE...

MASSIVE THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers Maxine, Annie and the incredible GRAVEL ROAD BAND, Supported by Irwin Mitchell who raised a staggering £1100 at a brilliant Charity Dance on 23rd March   HUGE HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED & JOINED US Click here...

Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for meet ups this month.  We have met up with amputee families in Cambridge, Thetford, Chichester, Haverhill, Bromley, Stevenage, Ipswich and Luton. Click here to find out about our other events lined up:...

PLEASE SEE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW TEAM MEMBER WE ARE RECRUITING.  THIS ROLE IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH THE FUNDING WE RECEIVE FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY REACHING COMMUNITIES FUND FINANCE OFFICER ROLE (As of 27th March 2024) Responsible to: Director 1 year contract 5...

Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month #LLLDAM #LimbLossLimbDifferenceAwarenessMonth Join us this April to celebrate Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. Our objective for this month-long campaign is to empower and connect with people with limb loss...