The Limbless Association’s Volunteer of the Month for June is awarded to Rob. Rob has demonstrated his dedication to the Limbless Association through various volunteering roles; he is not only a LA Volunteer Visitor, but he also supports the delivery of the LA Kitchen at Mayflower Community Hospital, assists at our monthly Billericay Hub, visits … Read More
This Volunteers’ Week, we took the opportunity to launch our Volunteer of the Month Award! Our first Volunteer of the Month Award was given to two fantastic LA Volunteers – Ian and Sean. They have stepped in to run the LA’s Outreach Hub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, ensuring that local amputees can meet and support … Read More
In this celebration of Volunteers’ Week, we wanted to share information sent to us by one of our LA Volunteers about a clinical trial he was involved in. We’ll hand this blog over to David, who will tell you more! “I decided to join the LA about three years ago. After I retired, I wanted … Read More
My name is Lawrence, and I’m an LA Volunteer Visitor. I volunteer with the Limbless Association to share my lived experience with others like me, hopefully for their benefit – it’s the very least I think that I can do. I joined the LA VV programme as a new amputee, and the experience greatly resonated with … Read More
My name is Julie. I am a Family Volunteer Visitor with the LA. My role involves speaking to those closest to people facing limb loss. This is a very daunting time; life will be very different going forward. Hopefully, I can use my experience to answer their questions and dispel some of the fears. My … Read More
I became a left below-knee (LBK) amputee in November 2019. This was brought about by a running injury, which resulted in a blood clot behind the knee that was incorrectly diagnosed (by me) as a muscular/tendon issue and treated as such for three months, by which time the leg could not be saved. For me, becoming … Read More
