A CHEQUE for £20,000 has been presented by a Salisbury-based charity to a former jumbo jet pilot who, after suffering spinal cord injury, has gone on to develop a rowing project at Brunel University.
INSPIRE, based in the Spinal Unit of Salisbury Hospital, is helping to fund the scheme, led by Robin Gibbons, which involves electrically stimulated rowing for people with spinal cord injury.
The event, which took place at Salisbury Racecourse on March 14, was attended by local businesses and friends of INSPIRE including John Glen MP, a patron of the charity, Luke March, chairman of the trust and the Earl of Shaftesbury, who was invited to present the cheque.
During the evening guests were treated to a wine tasting session by Charles Steevenson Wines and Monsieur Victor Fauvell of Woolley & Wallis auctioned some donated prizes, one of which was a rare vase, donated for an INSPIRE table sale and found to be the work of a leading glass maker of the last century.
The INSPIRE Foundation was founded 26 years ago in Salisbury Hospital by people who had suffered spinal cord injury. Over the years it has funded many projects to promote research into and development of electronic, mechanical and medical aids to assist mobility and enablement of people suffering spinal cord paralysis.
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