WELCOME TO SPRING Life SPINAL SCOTLAND

Spinal Life Scotland is your new and improved free magazine from Spinal Injuries Scotland.

We hope you enjoyed the very first Spinal Life in the winter when we launched our new magazine. Our aim is to take the old Newsline and provide you with something more relevant, interesting and in touch with the spinal community. The new team of writers, editors and designers are ready for the challenge!

This is your magazine, about you and for you. At Spinal Injuries Scotland, we want to provide a quality magazine, free of charge, and offer something for everyone. We will be bringing you interesting features, real life experiences and all the latest news from the spinal community. We also want your input. Have you been anywhere or done anything that other members might find interesting? If so, get in touch and get involved. Remember, this is your magazine!

Importantly, we want to make sure the magazine reflects real spinal life. That means we need to be honest. We will not shy away from the subjects that could be challenging to you. We want to let you to know that you are not alone by including real life stories about real life struggles. Spinal Injuries Scotland will always be here if you need to get in touch.

You are always welcome to let us know what you think about the magazine. Maybe there is something you would like us to include. Maybe you want more information about an article from Spinal Life. Maybe you just need some advice and don't know where to go. We are here to help and promise to do everything in our power to meet your needs.

If you are not a member of Spinal Injuries Scotland then what are you waiting for? It is completely free to join, we will send you this magazine every quarter and you can take advantage of all the other benefits our members enjoy. Just get in touch through the e-mail address or phone number below. You can also join up online at www.sisonline.org info@sisonline.org

Please, enjoy your new edition of Spinal Life.

The Editors.

0800 0132 305

IN THIS ISSUE...

February marked the 5th Anniversary of the first guest at Clober Farm. Check out the story and photographs of this innovative accessible accommodation on pages 14, 15, 16, & 17. It is a wonderful place to stay. For more information please visit www.cloberfarm.co.uk.

Wheelchair Basketball is in a league of its own and Amy Stirling reports on how it is going from strength to strength on pages 4 & 5

On pages 10 & 11, Emma Muldoon tells us about her memorable four day trip to Barcelona.

Volunteer of the Year 2017, Tony Kane, is featured on page 28.