Twenty years ago, families of children with lower limb abnormalities had nowhere to turn. This was the situation Sue Banton found herself in following the birth of her son Daniel with club feet. The frustration and isolation she faced motivated her to set up steps as a self-help group in 1980. Eight years later, steps became a registered charity and now helps over 2,000 families a year.

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Reach was formed in 1978 by parents of children who were missing part of their arm or a hand, in order to lobby for the provision of a new artificial arm under the NHS.
Since then Reach has grown to become a national organisation providing support and advice for children with hand or arm deficiencies, and their parents.

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Dorset Orthopaedic was set up in 1989. The original concept of producing the best possible artificial limbs still remains as true today as it always has done.

Bob Watts and his team set out in 1989 to develop a centre that was the best in the United Kingdom the team consisted of some of the best Prosthetists and Technicians in the country at the time.

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