Charity
steps provides quality support, information and a voice for families, children and individuals affected by lower limb conditions. To help people to walk and gain independent mobility. We are committed to furthering research, innovation, services and best practice through a partnership approach.
About steps
Twenty five 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.
Now entering their 25th year,
steps is a charity that aims to help people with lower limb conditions.
steps provides support for families and individuals and provides vital services such as a helpline, annual events, publications and much more.
Babies that have Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH) have hips that are not growing properly, making them less stable and more prone for the top of the thighbone to slip out of the socket. Around 3 babies in every 2000 have DDH and between 1- 2% have some minor instability, which will improve on its own.
steps also works closely with sufferers of congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) which is the technical term sometimes known as 'club foot'.
In the UK around 1,000 babies are born each year with the condition. Although treatable children face many years of treatment and some are left with a permanent disability when even walking is painful and difficult. Worldwide in developing countries the condition has a huge impact on individuals and families. 80,000 children a year are born with the condition which because there is no treatment available leads into a downward spiral of deformity, disability, dependency, demoralisation, depression and despair, the whole family suffers with the child.
For more information please contact
steps on 0871 717 0044, or go to their
website
