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Please be mindful that the Steel Bones office closes at Christmas and take the festive bank holidays to refresh, revive ready for a jam packed 2024. We will be closed from 3pm on 22nd December and reopen on 4th January. We know these times are very tricky and lonely...

Event Dates for 2024: All dates are subject to change. Please check our events page on the website for more details. January: Date Time Event 4th 10am Steel Bones re opens 10th 11am Ipswich Meet Up 16th 11am Peterborough Meet Up 17th 12 midday Stevenage Meet Up 19th...

It has been wonderful catching up with you all in person and online for the final meet ups of 2023 - THANK YOU FOR JOINING US  

We were thrilled to be chosen as the Christmas fundraiser for the Blatchford Head Office. Below you will see a post from Blatchford about the fundraising. HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THEIR FAB TEAM for baking and donating and being so welcoming to Emma.  Even in such a busy...

On 9th December, we had a fantastic time training more Family Mentors thanks to @tnlcommunityfund  The family mentors are crucial to Steel Bones life ensuring we can help more Amputee families. WELL DONE ALL who completed it BIG BIG THANK YOU thank you too to our...

A FABULOUS SPECIAL AFTERNOON CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS WITH OUR STEEL BONES FAMILY !! Thank you to all who journeyed to celebrate with us despite the weather and terrible traffic. WE LOVED SEEING YOU ! Thank you to the fabulous Dj jay disco and entertainment AND Eriswell...

We were thrilled to be invited to speak at @VASCULARSOCIETY CONFERENCE 2023 on the peer support study we ran with Mr Metcalfe and Physio team at Lister Hospital. It is a fantastic conference WELL DONE ALL INVOLVED #VSASM #VascularSocietyConference #Peersupport...

THANK YOU to all who joined us for the AGM online and in person and TO EVERYONE WHO PLAYS A PART BIG OR SMALL TO HELP DO MORE - not possible without each and every one of you T H A N K. Y O U Fantastic to host our AGM in our brand new HQ The Beeches and celebrate the...

Wendy and Emma were thrilled to attend a celebration at Snettisham Co Op whose customers raised £1044 for us. MASSIVE MASSIVE THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE as well as the fab team there !! We had a lovely time meeting your amazing team and customers.  We are also...

Dear Steel Bones Families We hope this finds you well.  We loved catching up with some of you at Celebration Day despite the very hot weather, it was incredible to see you.   We look forward to seeing more of you as we plan in lots of exciting events. We will be...

We recently held a webinar Detective Nigel Sutton, Fraud and Cyber Security Advisor of the Serious & Organised Crime (Intelligence and Specialist Crime Department) with Cambridgeshire Constabulary. Below is a fantastic booklet packed full of fantastic advice and a...

It’s #TrusteesWeek! The time of year when we celebrate the amazing contribution made by trustees for their charities and recognise the difference they make. You can find out about this week’s range of events and access free guidance and resources at...

JUST OVER 2 WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS PARTY 2023 PLEASE BE AWARE THE CHRISTMAS PARTY DATE HAS CHANGED TO 3rd DECEMBER sincere apologies for this late change. There was some Confusion with the venue but we hope you can still Join us for what will be a fabulously, festive...

Please see below information on new and upcoming roles available with the NHS to enable patient voices to be heard.  The more amputees we have involved in such opportunities the better. If anyone requires a reference for any of these roles please get in touch to...

@CambsPboroICS HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL finalists in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board's Health Innovation Prize  2023 - amazing to hear the incredible work that has happened only Possible with the Innovation Fund - thank you to all the team...

WOW WOW WOW! We are so excited that we now have 1000 members in our Steel Bones community! That’s 1000 families we can help, support and guide through life as an amputee. AMAZING! Thank you all for your continued support - it has only grown thanks to the power and...

Trustees are keen to hear from anyone who might like to know more about the Chair of the Trustees role.  Our current Chair has headed up the team since 2019, through the toughest of times and to a new era of multi-year funding which has transformed the organisation. ...