Neil Sachse was a young man when he was injured playing Australian rules football with Melbourne's VFL team Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs). He never walked again.

Since the 1975 accident thousands of young men and women have been involved in similar accidents which damaged their spinal cord on sports grounds, Australia's roads and elsewhere. More than 9,000 people with spinal cord injury are living in our community today. They will never walk again. Every year there 400 new cases of spinal cord injury.

Neil Sachse now lives for the day that people with spinal cord injury will walk again. He established the Neil Sachse Foundation as a first step to curing spinal cord injury and return of DIGNITY!

Thanks to vital community support, the Foundation has established the Neil Sachse Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre, to provide a laboratory for researchers and students dedicated solely to spinal cord injury.

Based at the University of Adelaide, the Research Centre will be an integral part of the University's Adelaide Neuroscience Research Insitute. We expect it to also become an international centre -of-excellence that will make a significant difference to the lives of people who suffer a spinal cord injury.

The Centre's research will focus on ways to protect nerves in the spinal cord immediately following damage caused by motor accidents,falls and other accidents (neuroprotection) and to promote their regrowth (reconnection).

We know which projects are vital but require the funds to bring them to fruition and improve people's quality of life. Please help.

Our heartfelt thanks to Scott Group of Companies for their support of the Neil Sachse Foundation.

Breakfast of Champions : A Tough Customer
Wednesday 15 July 2009, Hyatt Regency
Be at the Hyatt on 15 July and enjoy a rare opportunity to hear from three of South Australia’s most revered AFL sporting stars – Graham Cornes, Barrie Robran, Russell Ebert (winners of 7 Magarey Medals between them).
 
It is simply unheard of to bring these three celebrities together for one event. The boys will recall their time on the field against one of footy’s toughest customers, Neil Sachse.
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Neil Sachse Receives Australia Day SA Premiers Awards for Outstanding Community Achievement.
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Research Node Underway
The foundation is proud to announce the commencement of the research node at the University of Adelaide.The Node will undertake our search for a treatment for SCI and will advertise for a Research Fellow to work in the area of SCI research. By filling the position and having the PhD student will provide the impetus for the research centre for spinal cord injury to build upon. The funding for the research fellow has been made possible through the generosity of our supporters whom we thank. Click here to read the entire story.