The British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotics

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Could you be a BAPO Champion?

We’re looking for BAPO Champions!

Could you help connect BAPO with your local Prosthetics and Orthotics team?

BAPO Champions act as a trusted two-way link between BAPO and their workplace. They share useful professional updates, highlight learning and engagement opportunities, introduce BAPO to new starters and learners, and ensure local views are heard. The role is open to current BAPO members across the P&O workforce, including prosthetists, orthotists, technicians, support workers and managers.

You do not need to hold a senior position, just be approachable, inclusive and enthusiastic about supporting your profession. The suggested commitment is approximately one hour per month, plus a short team update.

This is not a sales role; it is about making BAPO visible, relevant and accessible to colleagues.

Interested in becoming a BAPO Champion? Complete our Microsoft Form to express your interest: 

Submit your interest in becoming a BAPO Champion here

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BAPO Design a Prosthetic Limb for a Superhero

 

A huge thank you to every pupil, teacher and school who took part in the BAPO Design a Superhero Prosthetic Limb Competition. We were absolutely amazed by the creativity, imagination and thought that went into every single entry.

We received hundreds of fantastic designs, each showcasing incredible ideas about how prosthetic limbs can empower superheroes and change lives. Our BAPO Career Outreach Team had the incredibly difficult task of selecting the winners, and with so many outstanding entries, choosing was no easy feat!

🎉 Congratulations to our winner, Oliver Price from St Mary’s Middlewich School, whose school will receive a £1,000 voucher, and to our runner-up, Alexzander Kingston from Darnhall Primary School, whose school will receive a £300 voucher.

Thank you once again to everyone who took part and helped celebrate creativity, innovation and the amazing world of prosthetics and orthotics.

We hope you enjoyed designing your superhero as much as we enjoyed seeing your incredible ideas. Stay tuned for more exciting BAPO Career Outreach activities in the future!