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The British Polio Fellowship is the largest UK charity dedicated to supporting people living in the UK who have Polio and Post Polio Syndrome (PPS).

The British Polio Fellowship is a charity dedicated to helping, supporting and empowering approximately 120,000 people in the UK living with the effects of Polio and Post Polio Syndrome (PPS), a neurological condition. It provides information, welfare and support to those living with the effects to enable all to live full independent and integrated lives.

02/11/2026

We've joined a parliamentary initiative with Specialised Healthcare Alliance (SHCA), Genetic Alliance UK The Neurological Alliance & Spinal Injuries Association to protect specialist NHS care. We're calling for national standards & safeguards to ensure people with complex health needs receive consistent care, regardless of where they live in the UK.

30/10/2026

Learning how to fall

28/10/2026

The BPF Moti challenge is now live. It begins on November 1st and requires participants to complete 1,500 push-ups within 30 days. To join in: https://joinmoti.onelink.me/K4eX/ah2o5arq.

Share and sign up now 👏👏🎉

Compete in fitness challenges, prove your workouts, beat your friends and win real money. Moti keeps you motivated.

27/10/2026

https://britishpolio.org.uk/world-polio-day-uk-withdrawal-from-polio-eradication-funding-risks-reversing-decades-of-progress/

The UK’s decision to end direct funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) risks weakening efforts to eliminate polio worldwide, doctors from Healthy World, Secure Britain warn on World Polio Day. Falling vaccination rates and a growing number of detections of the virus in sewers h...

26/10/2026

On Saturday it was and the International Post Polio Education Collective (IPPEC) launched its new website https://polioeducation.org

BPF's Kripen Dhrona helped to bring this global volunteer initiative to life, improving access to information for people living with polio’s lifelong effects, including Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS). Explore and share widely: https://britishpolio.org.uk/global-resource-launched-to-support-millions-living-with-long-term-effects-of-polio/

LONDON, 24 October 2026: As the world marks World Polio Day, an international collaboration is launching a one-stop resource comprising medical and scientific evidence, educational resources, lived experience insights, and expertise of support networks to help improve the understanding of challenges...

25/10/2026

We’re incredibly grateful to our Ambassador , for her continued support and unwavering commitment to raising awareness of lifelong and the importance of eradication. Thank you, Anne, for helping keep this vital issue in the spotlight and driving change 🙏🌍

I contracted Polio when I was two and a half years old. It was devastating for me and my entire family. Polio disables! Polio causes division! Polio is expensive! Polio survivors face a complex array of lifelong physical, systemic, and emotional challenges that often intensify as they age.
The prejudice, the stigma, the exclusion ... the public misconception that disability equals less ..
So on this WORLD POLIO DAY, my reflections centre on why every child deserves to take their first steps without the thought and fear of polio. We all know health is a right, not a privilege, so, why are we still letting some children bear the burden of a disease the world has known how to prevent since around 1955?

International End Polio Now Eve Conway Judith Diment N Paul Birtwistle World Health Organization (WHO) Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland Rotary International British Polio Fellowship

25/10/2026

Don't forget those people like Peter who were affected by Polio.

At the age of five, Peter began to feel unwell with a sore throat. In the night he got worse. The GP phoned for an ambulance and Peter was taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital. A few days later his parents were told Peter had ‘Polio’!

I was born 1950 in Birmingham. All things went along reasonably well living in that time, until I reached the age of four when I caught double pneumonia. I was weak and poorly for almost a year and it was touch and go for me, most people thought I would die. Yet, against the odds […]

24/10/2026

The main aim of the International Post Polio Education Collective (IPPEC) is to improve understanding and care for people living with the long-term effects of . It also works to preserve and share valuable knowledge about polio so that it remains available to people around the world, now and in the future 🎉
https://britishpolio.org.uk/global-resource-launched-to-support-millions-living-with-long-term-effects-of-polio/

23/10/2026

What is happening this Saturday on World Polio Day?
* Polio survivor, Jerry Hutchinson will be speaking at the Rotary District 1060 Annual Conference which takes place from 9:30am - 4:30pm at the voco St. John's Solihull hotel.
* Two polio survivors are joining the Ipswich Rotary "Fun Day" at the Admiral's House, 13 Tower Street, Ipswich from 10am - 4pm
* Moz Copestake is doing his bit to raise awareness by giving an interview with Radio Decorum. Listen into DJ Marion from 9am - 11am
Go along. Listen in. Check social media because BPF will be launching a new educational resource

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The British Polio Fellowship, CP House, Otterspool Way
Watford
WD258HR

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 3pm
Tuesday	10am - 3pm
Wednesday	10am - 3pm
Thursday	10am - 3pm
Friday	10am - 3pm

Telephone

+448000431935

Website

http://www.britishpolio.org.uk/

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