We have set up this page to support our much loved son, brother, grandson, friend, partner and colleague, Martin Shepherd, as he faces the biggest challenge of his life.

On 10th July 2019, Martin was involved in a serious motorbike accident on his way home from work. He survived but sustained extensive physical injuries and severe trauma to his brain. He had to undergo a number of big operations to repair broken bones, along with major surgery to his head and brain to ultimately save his life. After 3 months in intensive care fighting to survive, recovering from kidney failure and multiple life-threatening chest infections, his body has healed well, exceeding everyone's expectations. But his head injuries have not followed the same path. He is now in a specialist Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit in a state of "prolonged disorder of consciousness". Martin is a fighter however, and now, at the peak of his intensive rehab care, is showing some signs of possible awareness and recovery. But it's slow. It's going to be a long long road.

Martin is currently being put through his paces, undergoing extensive testing and intensive physiotherapy. But, he will soon be moved to a more long-term care solution where the treatment is less intensive, possibly sometime in December. The treatment then backs off and, here, he would then benefit from additional sensory treatments, specialist equipment, and continuous care if he is to make any further headway. NHS England will hopefully provide basic care - they have been incredible already! But as Martin had no private medical insurance, and there is no big insurance payout from the accident itself, the rest of the financial support is to come from family and friends. We have no timeline, only hope.

We are incredibly proud of Martin and everything he has achieved in his 23 years. He is brilliant! The lives of everyone who knows him have been devastated by this event, and we want to do everything we can to help him through it.