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Charity Calls For Government Action as Poliovirus Detected in UK Sewage for Tenth Time Since 2024

The British Polio Fellowship (BPF), a national charity supporting thousands of individuals in the UK affected by the long-term impacts of poliomyelitis, has issued an urgent warning following the latest... Read more

New Care Plan for Polio Survivors

The British Polio Fellowship (BPF) has launched its new Care Plan for Polio Survivors, designed to support those living with the late effects of polio or post-polio syndrome. This plan... Read more

Charity awards polio survivors £100 towards energy bills

Since launching on 1 January 2026, the British Polio Fellowship has already received 38 applications for its Energy Support Grant from polio survivors seeking help with the rising cost of... Read more

Defeating Polio in 1953: A breakthrough for Dr Jonas Salk

In the first half of the twentieth century, polio outbreaks, especially in summer, caused widespread fear, mainly affecting children. Although we now know it is a highly infectious virus that... Read more

Polio survivors compete in national indoor games in Leicester

Around 100 polio survivors and their partners or carers gathered in Leicester over the weekend to take part in a variety of adapted sports and games, overcoming significant mobility and... Read more

Getting the Pathway right for polio survivors

On 2 March, the British Polio Fellowship (BPF) will be at Stormont to meet with MLAs to talk about improving support for people living with the late effects of polio.... Read more

BPF celebrate its 87th anniversary

The British Polio Fellowship (BPF) is celebrating its anniversary today, Thursday 29 January marking 87 years since it was founded on 29 January 1939. As the charity reflects on its... Read more

New website designed for polio survivor

On Thursday 29 January 2026, the British Polio Fellowship (BPF) launched its new website. It has been designed with one clear focus: delivering a significantly improved experience for the polio... Read more

New BPF website soon to launch

We’re delighted to announce the upcoming launch of a new British Polio Fellowship website on Thursday 29 January 2026. The launch marks a major step forward in how we support... Read more

How the British Polio Fellowship is using #FightForNeuro to stand up for polio survivors

Most of us in Northern Ireland think of polio as something from the history books, wiped out by vaccines back in the 1980s. But for around 50,000 people across the... Read more