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Bader Walking School

The Douglas Bader Walking School was officially opened in Kuala Lumpur in 2005 and is still going strong.

Douglas Bader Walking School, Kuala Lumpur - The Plaque in Pride of Place

David Bickers, Chairman of the Douglas Bader Foundation and son-in-law of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, has returned from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where he attended the official opening of the first Douglas Bader Walking School outside of the UK on the 13th June 2005.

Douglas Bader Walking School, Kuala Lumpur - Interior

“We first identified an opportunity to both help and highlight the plight of amputee disabled in Malaysia three years ago. Following meetings with the University of Malaysia Medical Centre and in particular with Associate Professor Dato’ Dr Zaliha Omar, Head of the Rehabilitation Unit, and subsequently with HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad, we have finally achieved our goal,” Mr. Bickers said today. “UMMC is most fortunate in being the recipient of the first Bader Walking School in Malaysia. The School will benefit various categories of patients who arelearning or relearning to walk.”

Douglas Bader Walking School, Kuala Lumpur - Interior

The Medical Rehabilitation Unit manages 50,000 patients a year with a workload of 151,000 patient treatments. “More than half of them can benefit from activities in the Walking School,” commented Dr Zaliha Omar. “HSBC’s involvement in the walking school is part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. I hope that the bank’s contribution will make a difference to the lives of these patients, as they will now be able to access quality care with state-of-the-art facilities that are affordable at the UMMC Douglas Bader Walking School,” said Mr John Coverdale.

The Douglas Bader Walking School, Kuala Lumpur - Interior

The Douglas Bader Walking School, Kuala Lumpur in use for the 1st time

David Bickers with Dr. Zaliha Omar, head of the Rehabilitation Unit

Douglas Bader Walking School, Kuala Lumpur - don't look up!

Introduction

The Douglas Bader Foundation is a charity organisation, formed in honour of Sir Douglas Bader in 1982 by family and friends, many of whom had flown side by side with Douglas during World War 2. Douglas was honoured in 1976 with a Knighthood for his contribution and work on behalf of the disabled. The mission of the foundation is to continue Douglas' work in conjunction with and on behalf of individuals with a disability. read more >
 
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THE BADER CUP was started in 1987, and is now widely recognised as the largest National Mixed Greensome Stableford Golf Tournament in Europe.

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Art to Fly, a specialist aviation artwork Website, was created by Pat Barnard, long-time friend of Sir Douglas, as a way of supporting the Douglas Bader Foundation disabled children’s Flying Days.

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