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Our team are in the midst of attending as many events as possible to spread the word about what we are up to and ensure every amputee knows about us, whether they need support today, tomorrow or the far future. BIG THANK YOU TO VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE ATTENDED EVENTS WITH...

Hi! I'm Rachel, married to Stephen and we have 4 wonderful children. One of our daughters was born with Fibular Hemimelia and had an amputation at 1 years of age. We have been involved with Steel Bones since 2017 when I reached out to them. Amputee life can be a...

A Fantastic catch up today with some of our AWESOME PHONE TEAM CHAMPIONS !! (We have 2 poorly who we miss v much, just cannot wait to have Paul and Rosemary back with us - not long now guys YOU ARE DOING AMAZING) The phone lines are open week days 10am - 7pm and...

There are some fantastic opportunities in Cambridgeshire Peterborough Foundation Trust to enable patients to havbe a voice in decision making.  the more amputees we have involved the more we can help shape local health services. These are not paid roles but you...

We absolutely love seeing members face to face at our meet ups.  Online and in person.  In the last few weeks, the local groups in Peterborough, Kings Lynn, Cambridge, Stevenage, Bury St Edmunds have all met and of course, the online meet up happens every Thursday. We...

STEEL BONES & NUFFIELD HEALTH LAUNCH FITNESS CLUB FOR AMPUTEES IN CAMBRIDGE Steel Bones has launched a weekly fitness club in CAMBRIDGE in partnership with Nuffield Health and Cambridge City Council.   Our first fitness session was held on 4 May where we had...

We are working on raising inclusive awareness for employers. We will be very grateful if you can share what questions or tricky situations relating to your amputation have you been asked by colleagues or employers? We would love to know the good, the bad and the ugly,...

I am Kirsty Thomas and I am 52 years old.  I am married to Paul and we have 6 children between us, (none with each other) and 8 grandchildren from all those kids 😊 I was born with a left club foot, only one but pretty severe.  I had my first surgery at approx...

On 9th May, Jatinder Purewal, National Lottery Fund Officer visited Steel Bones at a meeting supported by Heath Court Hotel.  Jatinder met several volunteers that help make the charity happen day to day along with a number of families which it serves.  Jatinder was...

MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS THESE PAST FEW WEEKS.  Not only continuing to run our meet ups, fitness clubs and events plus planning for the 2023 CELEBRATION DAY but also a massive job was done in organising and clearing our storage unit and packing and...

JOB DESCRIPTION Post Title: Norfolk Steel Bones Hubs Area Co-Ordinator Responsible to: Director 1-year contract £24,960 pro rata before tax 5 hours per week possibly increasing to 10 hours if funding is permitted but this could also be given to another person if the...

Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month #LLLDAM Join us this April to celebrate Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. We will be focussing on seeing the ability and not the disability of our community members. Our objective for this month-long campaign...

Many people have been asking for tips and advice on travel in UK or Abroad.  If you have any recent advice on how to rpepare for a flight, train ride or long drives in the car we would love to hear them. Plus any top accessible places to visit who will get our Golden...

Thank you Paul for telling us a little about you, it is awesome to have you on Board as a Family Mentor and we love seeing you and your family at our events. YOU ARE DOING AMAZING What’s your name, how old are you? Paul sutton  I am 58 Who lives with you and how old...

KIm and Andy travelled to Naidex to review it for Steel Bones Community and they had a blast !! Here's a link to a webinar they gave to our Online Coffee Catch Up meet up which you might enjoy watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCL0ZsWbu0k Below is all their...

Carolyn Young, Lead Commissioner attended the Amputee User Group Alliance meeting in March 2023.  Carolyn updated us that the long awaited NHS Prosthetic Review's draft new specification will be out soon for consultation. It is so improtant we get this out to as many...

Fantastic to launch our South East London Meet Up with these fabulous people. We talked about prosthetics, holidays, phantom pains. Lots of brilliant tips and advice shared. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING We are looking at an outing next time, just finding the right place,...