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shared in accessible, multimedia formats. Following
the event, we distributed an expression of interest
form to join the public contributor group, ensuring
it reached a wide audience to encourage a diverse
range of applicants.
Over the first half of this year, we will be working
with the public contributor group and our wider
team of stakeholders to develop a range of content
to share with the community. In addition, we will cocreate a community development plan to guide the
initiative’s growth and impact.
This initiative is being co-produced by the charities
LimbPower, Steel Bones, and Finding Your Feet,
which represent amputees and the limb different
community, and the University of Southampton.
It is supported by BAPO, the British Association
for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
(BACPAR) and the International Society for
Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO).
If you are based in the UK and are an amputee or are
limb different and you’re interested in supporting
and staying informed about the community’s
progress, we invite you to join our Facebook group.
We also encourage allied health professionals who
work with this group of patients to share details of
this research community with their patients, helping
to connect them with valuable resources and
support at https://tinyurl.com/FB-LDRC.
If you are undertaking research in the field
of prosthetics and would like to learn more,
please contact Alix Chadwell at:
a.chadwell@soton.ac.uk
BAPO are the sponsors of the BAPO Award for
evidencing impact and excellence in prosthetics
and orthotics in the 2025 Advancing Healthcare
Awards UK.
This year for the first time in the UK awards we invited organisations to become Programme Supporters,
a way of experiencing the Awards without becoming a full sponsor. We asked for help in promotion,
for the judging and ideas for development in return for a number of free places at the ceremony and,
we hope, more prominent sponsorship in future years.
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