WHO WE ARE
The Matt Hampson Foundation inspires and supports young people seriously injured through sport. Through expert physiotherapy, specialist personal training, support, mentoring and advice, the Foundation helps people with life-changing injuries to get busy living again.
Registered Charity Number 1139823
WHO WE SUPPORT
All of our beneficiaries have different stories to tell, but they all share something in common;
a determination to overcome adversity and a desire to get busy living.
WHAT WE DO
The Get Busy Living Centre is the brainchild of founder and ex-England and Leicester Tigers rugby player Matt Hampson OBE, who himself experienced a life-changing injury in 2005, leaving him paralysed from the neck down, aged just 20.
By becoming part of the community that Matt has created, beneficiaries of the Foundation are able to draw on the experience and knowledge of people who have been on the same journey. They develop the tools and skills they need to move on as they start to rebuild their lives. The centre becomes a place where they can feel normal again and be part of an active social scene as they retrain themselves to focus on what they can do – not what they can’t.
Eventually beneficiaries progress to the point where they become the ones providing the support to others. This in itself is a huge part of their rehabilitation and being able to help others provides a real sense of purpose and identity.
The Foundation helps people get busy living again after a life-changing injury – whether it’s helping them get back into sport or supporting them in adapting to their new life.
LATEST NEWS
Find out what’s been going on at the Matt Hampson Foundation
SOPHIE’S IMPACT REFLECTED WITH AWARD
Congratulations to the Matt Hampson Foundation’s head of operations Sophie Wilson who has received the Rising Star award from the Spinal Injuries Association.
TINDALL JOINS GET BUSY LIVING CENTRE TEAM
A visit from Foundation patron Mike Tindall provided a highlight to another hectic week at the Get Busy Living Centre.
AMBASSADOR – JACK VAN POORTVLIET
Our ambassadors play a key role in taking the Foundation’s message far and wide. So how did they get involved and how do they ‘get busy living’? Meet rugby international Jack van Poortvliet.
NOMINATION ‘MEANS SO MUCH’ TO SUTTY
Personal trainer Sutty has been shortlisted in the British Fitness Awards for his work with Matt Hampson Foundation beneficiaries.
A massive thank-you to our Sponsors and Partners
