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The Matt Hampson Foundation

Founder Matt Hampson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Matt Hampson Foundation

Founder Matt Hampson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Matt Hampson Foundation. The charity runs rehabilitation centres for young people who have sustained life-changing injuries where they receive physiotherapy, personal training, counselling and mentoring.

The Radio 4 Appeal features a new charity every week. Each appeal then runs on Radio 4 from Sunday 0755 for 7 days.
To Give:
- Freephone 0800 404 8144
- Freepost ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Appeal. (That’s the whole address. Please do not write anything else on the front of the envelope). Mark the back of the envelope ‘The Matt Hampson Foundation’.
- Cheques should be made payable to ‘The Matt Hampson Foundation’.
- You can donate online at bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4
- Please ensure you are donating to the correct charity by checking the name of the charity on the donate page.

Registered Charity Number: 1139823. If you’d like to find out more about the charity’s work visit *https://matthampsonfoundation.org
*The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is not responsible for content on external websites
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Thu 28 Aug 2025 15:27

The Matt Hampson Foundation

provides physical and emotional support to young people following life-changing injury in sporting activity, helping them to find hope and purpose again whether back into work, study or sport, and to ‘get busy living’.

Foundation family

Foundation family
The Foundation’s Get Busy Living Centre provides neuro-physiotherapy, specialist personal training, wellbeing and mentoring to beneficiaries and the people closest to them, with regional hubs taking support even further.

All-round support

All-round support
Beneficiaries progress to the point where they become the ones providing the support to others. This is part of their own rehabilitation while helping others also adds to a real sense of purpose and identity. 

No limits to ambition

No limits to ambition
They have different stories to tell but all beneficiaries share a desire to overcome adversity and get busy living. After spinal injury on a motocross bike aged 16, Noah is back racing again.

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  • Sun 24 Aug 2025 07:54
  • Sun 24 Aug 2025 21:25
  • Thu 28 Aug 2025 15:27

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