Cor Hutton, Founder of Finding Your Feet
In June 2013, Cor Hutton was given a 5% chance of survival. Suffering from Pneumonia and Sepsis, she was in a coma for 10 days during which time her family came to terms with the fact that she may be gone forever. To save her life, Doctors were forced to amputate both her hands and feet. Within one year of her recovery, and finding a lack of peer support in the community, Cor started Finding Your Feet with a clear goal – to bring amputees together. From then, Cor has been front and centre of what our charity does. She’s also found time to win countless awards and honours, break records, become the first Scot to receive a double hand transplant and is a regular face in the media to change perceptions of disability in society.
Cor’s Cheat Sheet
✓ First female quadruple amputee to climb Ben Nevis
✓ Commonwealth Games Baton Carrier
✓ Spoken at TEDx Glasgow
✓ Awarded an MBE as part of the King’s Birthday Honours list
✓ Awarded the Freedom of Renfrewshire
✓ Presented with the Points of Light Award by David Cameron
✓ Finding Your Feet has raised over £1,000,000 for amputees
✓ Has been officially commended in the Scottish Parliament
✓ First Scot to receive double hand transplant
✓ Lobbied Scottish government to raise awareness of sepsis and was part of the subsequent successful campaign
✓ Received endorsements from Nicola Sturgeon, Andy Murray, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and more
✓ Released an autobiographical book titled “Finding Your Feet”
✓ Appeared on Good Morning Britain, The One Show, Fox News, Sky News and most national broadcast and print media
✓ Presented with a Citizenship medal at the Houses of Parliament for her service to community
✓ Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The University of the West of Scotland
✓ Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The Open University
✓ Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Glasgow
