Matt Hampson | Normal Not Normal 

In this episode we talk to former rugby player and charity founder Matt Hampson.
At 21, Matt was a rising rugby star with a glittering future ahead of him. All that changed in March 2005 when a catastrophic training accident ended his career and turned his life upside down.
Now paralysed from the neck down, Matt has to use a ventilator twenty four hours a day, but he doesn't let that stop him living his best life.
We chat to Matt about the accident, learn what made him a 'nightmare child' and find out how Matt pulls the sympathy card to get the last chocolate bar.
In 2011 Matt founded the Matt Hampson Foundation, a charity which gives life-changing support to those with debilitating disabilities. In 2018 the charity opened the Get Busy Living Centre, a rehabilitation clinic where people can access physiotherapy and connect with others who have similar stories.
To find out more and donate to Matt's charity, go to www.matthampsonfoundation.org
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Favourite Book - Rainbow Warrior by Francois Pienaar
Favourite Film - The Shawshank Redemption
Favourite Song - Live Forever by Oasis
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RU-vid version edited by Oliver and James Phelps.
Music: 'Not Normal' by Sebastian Forslund, 'Let Go' by Conditional and 'Bobby Swing' by The Bladwerk Band
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Normal Not Normal is a Stabl production. Produced by Alice Homewood. RU-vid version edited by Oliver and James Phelps. Music: 'Not Normal' by Sebastian Forslund
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