AmpLAfy Limbless Association

Vascular consultant Dave Bosanquet and LA Volunteer Visitor Lawrence Blomfield explain the importance of patient involvement and peer support when it comes to limb loss – both from a clinician and patient perspective.

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Ella meets Bex Yearworth, prosthetic technician at PACE rehabilitation and trustee of Legs4Africa and Sarah Hope MBE, co-founder of charity Elizabeth’s Legacy Of Hope. Both women are doing amazing work supporting amputees abroad – and share how you can get involved and help those less fortunate too.

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Fresh from a gold win in Tokyo, paralympic triathlete Lauren Steadman shares what it was like retaining motivation for Tokyo 2020, the inextricable link between physical and mental wellbeing and her fabulous experience on Strictly Come Dancing.

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What are the challenges of being a young amputee? And how can these be overcome? Pollyanna Hope, a 16-year-old dancer and one of the first amputees in the UK to have a prosthetic pointe leg for ballet, shares how dance has given her joy and drive, while 28-year-old police officer Ryan Coombes explains the importance of keeping active and the challenge of body image as a young male amputee.

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Accepting and adapting is a difficult part of the amputation journey. Former teacher Caroline Coster became a quadruple amputee following Covid19 and sepsis. A year on, she is walking, raising money for the children’s charity in Africa she supports, sewing (hand sewing and on her sewing machine) and is more determined than ever to get the most from life. Plus psychological therapist Kim Lyons returns from series 1 to offer her valuable insight.

AmpLAfy was recorded and edited by No.8 Studio, Soho, London | no8london.com/

Dr Neil Hopper, a vascular surgeon who became a double below-knee amputee due to sepsis, shares what it is like now being back at the operating table. Victoria Lebrec, who lost her leg in a lorry collision and now works for charity Road Peace explains how she has found a new sense of purpose. Two very different stories – and two very driven people.



AmpLAfy was recorded and edited by No.8 Studio, Soho, London | no8london.com/