Salisbury Spinal Cord Injury Centre
You may be invited to the Salisbury Spinal Cord Injury Centre for a rehabilitation admission, for a short-stay assessment, and/or for outpatient clinic appointments. They offer a lifelong follow-up service including tissue viability, continence, posture and seating, urology, and sexual function.
SCI charities
Spinal Injuries Association; The Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) aim to reach everyone with a spinal cord injury, to tackle whatever barriers they face, and to connect them to all the help and support they need to flourish in their lives, in the way they want and choose. A UK-wide team of support coordinators and specialist nurses can provide advice and connect you with local and national services that can support you. They provide a SCI specialist counselling service for emotional support, available both for people with SCI and their friends, family and carers.
Back Up; Back Up help people with SCI to rebuild their independence and adjust to life with SCI, so they can reach their full potential. They deliver skills training for both wheelchair users and people who can walk, courses on returning to work, and activity courses including things like abseiling, canoeing, and sit-skiing! They facilitate great peer support services including an online forum and a mentoring scheme which is also open to family members.
Aspire; Aspire provides practical help to people who have been paralysed by Spinal Cord Injury, supporting them from injury to independence. They offer advice on housing, welfare benefits, and independent living. They have an Assistive Technology Programme which supports people with any level of injury to access technology like smartphones and computers.
Cauda Equina Spinal Cord Injury (CESCI) is a support group dedicated to helping people living with Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) find resources and support. They understand the challenges of living with CES and strive to help others.
Cauda Equina Champions; Cauda Equina Champions Charity is a patient-led organisation working alongside people living with Cauda Equina Syndrome. They aim to raise awareness of the syndrome, support the CES community and provide bespoke rehabilitation services for people after injury. They offer peer support by phone and online, workshops and support meetings, and psychological and psychosexual therapy.
Cauda Equina Passport
The CES Healthcare Passport is a personalized, user-friendly document developed by Champions Charity to support individuals living with Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) in healthcare and community settings.
Download the passport below
CES Passport
Sex and relationships
The Spinal Injury Team at Bolt Burdon Kemp Solicitors host a series of webinars for both men and women with SCI, focused on sex, relationships, and women’s health.
- Menstruation to Menopause; this series of four webinars covers important topics including sex and intimacy, parenting with SCI, fertility and pregnancy, and the menopause.
- Sex, Relationships and the SCI Man; this series of four webinars covers sexuality and sexual function, a group of men with SCI and some partners of men with SCI sharing their own experiences of sex and relationships, and insights from a psychosexual therapist.
- Therapists Nearest Me Search Results | cosrt – Search for a sexual and relationship therapist near you.
- SHADA|Sexual Health and Disability Alliance – Sex and relationship support for people with disabilities. SHADA aims to support and facilitate the sex and relationship needs of all people with disabilities.
- Support For You & Yours – Spokz People Community – Support for disabled people and their families.
- The Love Lounge | Enhance the UK – Offer free advice on sex, love and relationships.
Colostomy after SCI
Salisbury Stoma Care department have produced a video for patient’s to understand more about colostomy after spinal cord injury.
To watch the video please click here
