Through
the generous support of Harris Cartier and tremendous fundraising efforts by
our friends, Standing Start is now able to offer full and partial funding
support for those wishing to try out our Programme on a Trial Week.
Standing
Start is the leading rehabilitation centre for spinal cord injuries in the UK
and through active exercise has already made a huge difference to a wide range
of Clients. But the work at Standing Start has an important psychological
benefit too. After an injury you are repeatedly told all the things you can't
do but we want to find and develop what you can do. When you find those things,
small or large, you finally find you are fighting back against your condition -
hence our motto Hope Believe Achieve. As a result of our Programme many
individuals have returned to work, taken up new sports and hobbies, had the
confidence in their independence, many of these things they have been told they
can't do. It can be something small like feeding and dressing yourself through
to going back to College on your own. When you see impact of these improvements
on the faces of our Clients you know it is all worth while. We deal with hope
and positivity, not despair.
Our 'Trial Week' provides an
introduction to our programme through five two hour sessions where we can see
what you can do and you can see what we do. We can try a wide range of
exercises and equipment to ascertain where there is function and control and
use various techniques to improve these areas along with the underlying
principle of core strength.
Harris
Cartier Solicitors specialise in acting for clients who have sustained a spinal
cord injury.Our Solicitors are members
of a number of specialist panels and organisations, including the Spinal
Injuries Association Personal Injury Solicitors List and the Law Society’s
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Panels.We have extensive experience in working with nationally recognised
experts in the field of spinal injury and, for example, in the associated
fields of care, accommodation, case management and rehabilitation.
The
Head of our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Department, Kent Pattinson,
is delighted Harris Cartier is able to sponsor a number of trial assessment
weeks at Standing Start Rehabilitation Centre.Kent states that “A client of mine currently attends Standing Start for
regular therapy.He was so enthusiastic
about the benefits of his therapy sessions both in terms of physical and
psychological benefit that I decided to invite Peter Carr, the founder of
Standing Start, to give a presentation to my team in our London office earlier
this year.I was so impressed by Peter’s
enthusiasm, drive and ethos for rehabilitation that I felt this matched our own
approach in relation to client care and interest in advances in therapies,
technology and rehabilitation for the spinal cord injured community.Harris Cartier wanted to assist Standing
Start and felt that sponsoring a number of trial assessment weeks would allow
individuals the opportunity to experience for themselves the specialist
facilities and exercise programmes Standing Start has to offer”.
For
more information on Standing Start, the 'Trial Week' and our funding support
email info@standingstart.org.
Standing Start Trust is a registered charity no 1135290
