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We absolutely love the AMAZING LEGS 4 AFRICA !! Their mission is to improve access to prosthetics in Africa. Across most of the world, prosthetic legs cannot be reused, so they end up in landfills along with our avocado stones and crunched up beer cans. "Imagine that,...

Unfortunately we have had a number of scams reported to us.  One in particular is a text message which is going round telling you, that you have been in close contact with Omicron variant. There are so many others currently circulating.  Our Family Mentor Volunteers...

Dear Steel Bones Families We hope this finds you well.  We loved catching up with some of you at Celebration Day despite 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 hosting...

UPDATED WINNERS NEWS THANK YOU TO ALL OUR ENTRIES THEY ARE AMAZING !! We found it very hard to judge, everyone deserves a treat so we will be posting sweets out. The dogs who enetered will also be receiveing some doggy treats. Pumpkin carving winner; Wisemans Adult...

We are THRILLED to launch another Christmas Card Competition for 2022.  After the huge success of 2020 AND 2021 with incredible designs from amazing artists we are keen to run it again.  With support from Limelight Design and Print, the winning entry will be put onto...

STEEL BONES ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE AMPUTEE COMMUNITY. Every single minute of your time makes a difference whether its 3 hours a week or 1 hour every once in a while, whatever it be we are so grateful to all our volunteers who make...

The cost of living crisis plus the further fuel increase today is shocking and extremely worrying.  This impacts everyone in The amputee community hugely.  YOU ARE NOT ALONE get in touch with us 01223734000 to talk it through or contact any of the support lines...

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Our sincerest condolences are with the Royal Family on the passing of their beloved Mother and Grandmother and to all across the World who admired our magnificent Monarch. Long live the King. In these saddest and uncertain times let us not forget we are not alone....

My name is John Bowles and I am aged 82, although I am often told I look like 62 and act like 22. My left leg was amputated in October 2020 below the knee and my right leg above the knee in May 2021.   Because of the imbalance  I am unable to use prosthetics,  so a...

Volunteers are sending out the next batch of support packs when schools are back. Apologies to those of you who have been waiting, we are just waiting on a couple of things to be restocked so we can send you the full pack. If you haven’t already signed up please...

We have 2 fantastic meet ups happening in September.  Kings Lynn on 15th Seoptember and Bury St Edmunds on 21st September.  It is an informal coffee catch up event and we would love to see you.  To book your place ring 01223734000 or email hello@steelbone.co.uk

We have been making some big changes to IT and infrastructure behind the scenes to ensure we work as efficiently as possible so we can help more families. We now work with 750 families which have tripled since the Pandemic and 1335 families in total since we began in...

Check out this awesome video DJ Dylan aka An Amputee Aborad put together for us when he joined us for the first Celebration Day since 2019. It was wonderful to have the Award Winning Ibiza DJ join us and hope you enjoy this fab video which will give you some insight...

What’s your name, how old are you? Dylan 37     Tell us a little bit about what you do...         I am a Dj on the weekends and I work for a bank in the week. I Dj in nightclubs all over Europe, I also have s YouTube channel (An Amputee...

As many of you know, we are extremely keen to find out about all those amazing places to visit that are fantastic for accessibility whether walking on prosthetics or in wheelchairs.  We would love to hear about any places you want to give a GOLD STAR too for...

WE ARE EXCITED TO LAUNCH OUR SUMMER FUN IN THE SUN PHOTO COMPETITION We would love to see how you are spending the Summer doing all the things you love.  We have £50 Amaazon voucher as the Winner's Prize.  All entries will be judged by Trustees.  Entries need to be...

Steel Bones were thrilled to host another Celebration Day after 3 years hiatus due to the Pandemic.  This special, jam packed day took place in Isleham thanks to kind permission of the Isleham Parish Councillors. MASSIVE THANK YOU TO THE FUNDERS WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE...