
A new Transatlantic alliance has been formed to expand support further for the spinal cord injury community.
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation has collaborated with Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) to foster sharing of best practices, expand services and educational content, and enable joint fundraising opportunities in the US and Ireland.
This Reeve-SII collaboration follows an alliance with the International Spinal Research Trust (ISRT), announced earlier this year, as a joint strategic approach to research with a focus on accelerating the progress of therapies and their delivery to the millions of people around the world living with the life-altering effects of paralysis.
As the only support and service agency for those who sustain a spinal cord injury in Ireland, SII provides support for injured people and their families and friends at every stage, with counselling, community outreach, peer mentoring and activity programs.
Their mission and work mirrors many aspects of the Reeve Foundation’s National Paralysis Resource Center (PRC), which offers comprehensive information, resources, and referral services for the community to achieve a better quality of life.
“The mission of our PRC is to foster involvement in the community, promote health and improve quality of life,” said Maggie Goldberg, President and COO of the Reeve Foundation.
“Our new alliance with SII will help our organisations cultivate and grow community connections, while learning from each other about the best ways to care for and promote the independence of people living with paralysis, a spinal cord injury, or mobility impairment.”
“Spinal Injuries Ireland is delighted to partner with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to advance the mission of providing the best care post-injury in the community for people who have sustained a life changing injury,” says Fiona Bolger, CEO of Spinal Injuries Ireland.
“To date, both organisations have shared best practice in a number of services and in addition our collaboration will allow SII to participate and fund future research projects with Reeve and other partners to accelerate research in to therapies and a cure for spinal cord injury.”









