Scouts and the Regain Cycling Challenge 2025
Scouts and the Regain Cycling Challenge 2025 The Regain Cycling Challenge is back for 2025 and once again open to everyone in the Scouting community. This exciting event is a great opportunity for groups to camp, earn badges, take on a challenge and meet some very inspirational people. Why should your Scout Group take part … Read more
Gala Dinner 2025
Following the incredible success of our 2024 Gala Dinner, we’re delighted to announce that the Regain Gala Dinner 2025 will take place on Thursday, 16 October 2025, at The Peninsula London Hotel! We can’t wait to welcome you back for another spectacular evening in 2025. Join Lord Ivar Mountbatten and the trustees of Regain for … Read more
Regain Cycling Club in London
The Regain Cycling Club is a welcoming Cycling Club in London, created by our charity. The club is open to anyone who rides. Whether you’re a tetraplegic, paraplegic, or simply looking to join a social group ride, this is the perfect place to connect, ride, and enjoy great food afterwards. About the Club We believe … Read more
Cavendish Brooke
Regain are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Cavendish Brooke.
Corpay Foreign Exchange
Regain are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Corpay. This partnership will enable Regain to raise funds.
The Regain Cycling Challenge 2025
Join us for the third Regain Cycling Challenge at the famous Thruxton Motor Racing Circuit in Andover, Hampshire.
Rob Smith
Rob Smith MBE broke his neck in a cliff fall accident in 1996. He has a degree in mechanical engineering which he uses creating products for those with reduced hand function as the CEO of The Active Hands Company. He has been a high level athlete in both wheelchair rugby and wheelchair racing and still … Read more
London ASICS 10K
Dash past iconic central London sights Big Ben, the London Eye and the River Thames in a 10K race to remember on Sunday 14th July 2024.
Great South Run
The AJ Bell Great South Run is probably the world’s favourite 10-miler, with inspiring history, salty air and glorious sea views guaranteed.
Cardiff Half Marathon
The Principality Cardiff Half Marathon has grown into one of the largest and most exciting road races in Europe. It is Wales’ largest mass-participation and multi-charity fundraising event and the second largest half in the UK.
Manchester Half Marathon
This inaugural half marathon sees runners take on generous, closed roads across the towns of Old Trafford, Stretford & Brooklands, with the promise of great support and an abundance of entertainment en route.
Royal Parks Half Marathon
This is the most spectacular half marathon that central London has to offer – it is a unique and inspiring event.
What is Tetraplegia
Tetraplegia, or quadriplegia as it is sometimes referred to, is the result of a severe spinal cord injury. It can occur as the result of numerous sporting accidents; rugby, horse riding, trampolining, diving and gymnastics are common activities where a freak accident can lead to paralysis. It can also be caused by both whiplash and … Read more
Steve Osborne
Regain has been an inspiration to me. Over the past 10 years I have taken part in cycle challenges all over the world and Regain supported me in my bid to get into the GB Wheelchair Racing Team.
Rob Smith
Regain has been very supportive to me and my family and many major moments and memories of my life have happened with Regain.
Jason Cooper
I now have a real chance of achieving my ambition of selection for the GB Squad for the Winter Paralympics in 2014.
Ivan Newton-Edwards
I love meeting up every year at the Sports Award Lunch to hear the inspiring stories of tetraplegics who achieve in sport.
Kylie Grimes
Regain is an amazing charity – I took part in the Vietnam to Cambodia Ride on a handcycle provided by Regain and came back inspired and motivated.
Andy Lee
With Regain’s very generous help I’m now able to get in and out of my new vehicle, drive from my wheelchair and leave my house independently once again.
Patrick ‘Paddy’ Hogan
I’m loving my IPad. I’ve had it a month now and I would like to say a big thank you to all the fundraisers of Regain in supporting people such as myself, enabling us to get things like this which are very useful to us.
Adie Scott
The rugby wheelchair which Regain kindly supplied me allows me to train three times a week as a player for Team Solent Sharks.
John Hepworth
Thanks to Regain, the acquisition of my Quickie Jive Outdoor Chair in 2013 has helped me regain some independence and enjoyment of outdoor life.
Alex Smart
Thank you very much for Regain’s contribution to my new rugby wheelchair. It fits me great and I can already feel the improvement in my game from it.
Owen Lowery
In September 1987, when I was 18, I suffered a spinal injury during a Judo tournament in St Helens, as a result of which I was left paralysed from the shoulders down and dependent on a ventilator to breathe. I was a multiple British Judo champion at the time.
Barry Davies
The 2018 Wimbledon Championships marked the end of Barry Davies 52 year career as a television sports and events commentator and presenter which he began as a member of the ITV team when England won the World Cup in 1966. In the years between he has been to nine more World Cups and 19 summer … Read more
Brough Scott
In February 1962 Brough Scott won a point to point at his very first attempt. If that was something of a miracle, he only had to wait a month before receiving an even more generous gift from fate he walked away from hospital a day after falling and cracking a bone in his neck. Since … Read more
Mark Foster
Mark Foster is one of Britain’s most respected sports media personalities. As a five-time Olympian, World, European and Commonwealth Champion and holder of eight world records in a career spanning 23 years, Mark Foster is one of Britain’s most successful swimmers. In 2008 Mark was chosen as the flag bearer for the 2008 Beijing Olympics … Read more
Paul Sculthorpe
Paul Sculthorpe is the man who was born to be a superstar. Touted as a future Great Britain skipper before he even played his first game as a professional, he has more than lived up to the billing over the ensuing years.The only player to ever be named Man of Steel in successive years, the … Read more
Peter Norfolk
Peter Norfolk has had an outstanding career in Sport. Being a tetraplegic himself Peter brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding to the Charity, knowing what it is like to become tetraplegic and overcome your accident and then achieve in Sport. Peter has earned 5 paralympic medals, 10 Grand slams ( US open and Oz … Read more
Charlie Hodgson
Retired English Rugby Union Player, Charlie Hodgson, is the leading premiership points scorer of all time – and now a patron for Regain. Having been the Fly Half for Sale Sharks and Saracens, he also played for England, before announcing his international retirement in 2012. Charlie says: “I was honoured to be asked to be … Read more
Miles Dean
Miles is a tax adviser and Managing Partner of Milestone International Tax Partners LLP. He is the co-author of International Tax Systems and Planning Techniques (Sweet & Maxwell) and The Principles of International Tax Planning (Corpus), as well as numerous academic articles. Miles has a varied client base ranging from owner-managed businesses to international investment … Read more
Paul Coleman
I was introduced to Regain by my cousin, Dominic, one of the “older” crop of Trustees. Spending time with Dominic was my first exposure to the life-changing impact spinal cord injuries inflict not only on the individual but across their family and friends. It’s also been a privilege to witness at first hand the resilience … Read more
Stephen Killick
Regain welcomed Stephen Killick to the board of Trustees in April 2019. Stephen joins the board with a wealth of experience in financial management. Stephen is 1st Option’s Finance Director and is a chartered management accountant and a CIMA member in practice. After qualifying he gained experience in a variety of commercial organisations covering all … Read more
Lord Ivar Mountbatten (President)
Lord Ivar Mountbatten is the longest serving of Regain’s Trustee having been first appointed to the board in 1994. He became Chairman in 1999. Ivar is also a trustee of the “C Group” a subsidiary charity of the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund; the C Group’s looks after the welfare of injured Royal Marines. Ivar … Read more
Dominic Coleman
Dominic Coleman has been a trustee with Regain for over 5 years. Dominic broke his neck in a sporting injury in 1993 becoming tetraplegic at a C-5 level. As a professional graphic designer, Dominic designed the current logo and corporate identity as well as maintaining the Regain website and Facebook pages. An avid rugby and … Read more
