Meet Dr Cor Hutton MBE BCAc DL

Quadruple Amputee. Record-Breaker. Speaker. Disability Advocate. Game-Changer.

Cor Hutton has defied every expectation placed on her.

After surviving sepsis and becoming a quadruple amputee, she founded Finding Your Feet – Scotland’s only national charity for amputees. What started as a few people sharing stories over a cuppa has grown into a movement that changes lives, challenges perceptions and supports thousands across the country.

Since then, Cor has become the first female quadruple amputee to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, trekked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, the first Scot to receive a double hand transplant, and a national voice for disability, organ donation and health awareness.

She’s not just a charity founder. She’s a speaker, record-breaker, campaigner, changemaker and someone who somehow manages to make people laugh, even when talking about the hardest things.

Cor’s Story: From 5% Survival to 100% Determined

In 2013, Cor was given a 5% chance of survival after being struck down by pneumonia and sepsis. Against all odds she survived, but both her hands and legs were amputated. What followed was a long recovery – made harder by the complete lack of peer support for amputees in Scotland.

So she did what Cor does best. She got on with it and she built something.

She launched Finding Your Feet within a year. Today, the charity offers clubs, well-being support and confidence-building sessions to over 1,500 Troopers (that’s what we call the amputees we support) and Cor still leads it day to day.

She’s also become a sought-after public speaker, known for her honesty, humour and ability to connect with audiences of all ages. She stops rooms, moves people, and leaves them changed, not just inspired.

Read Cor’s full story at findingyourfeet.net/cors-sepsis-story

Milestones & Achievements

✓ First female quadruple amputee to climb Ben Nevis

✓ First female quadruple amputee to summit Mount Kilimanjaro

✓ First Scot to receive double hand transplant

✓ Spoken at TEDx Glasgow

✓ Carried the baton at the Commonwealth Games

✓ Founded Finding Your Feet, now supporting 1,500+ amputees across 10 Scottish regions

✓ Finding Your Feet has raised over £3.8 million for amputees

✓ Lobbied Scottish government to raise awareness of sepsis and was part of the subsequent successful campaign

✓ Received public endorsements from names such as Johnny Peacock, Lorraine, Andy Murray, The Rock (yes, really)

✓ Released her book, Finding Your Feet

✓ Featured on This Morning, The One Show, Sky News, BBC, Fox News, Full Disclosure Podcast and most national media

✓ Regularly speaks at businesses and events to change perceptions around disability and resilience

Book Cor to Speak

Cor isn’t your average speaker. She doesn’t do scripts or clichés – she tells it like it is, with raw honesty, dark humour and the kind of lived experience that stops a room in its tracks.

She’s been described as “unforgettable”, “awe-inspiring” and “the kind of speaker who makes you want to do better.” People laugh, cry and leave her talks genuinely changed – not just entertained.

Because Cor doesn’t just talk about resilience. She is resilience. And that’s what makes her different.

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Hear what people have to say about Cor’s talks

“Cor’s presentation – wow, so engaging and inspirational. Really hits you when people are in front of you talking about their challenges. This can only improve everyone’s awareness and how to move forward to make our work place a more inclusive environment” – BNP Paribas

“A truly inspirational speaker that left people in awe of her achievements and resilience in her journey.” – Curry’s

“I was just in awe of Cor today. Every time I hear that story it just inspires me to do better. It’s such a tough story to tell, but it’s told from a place of pure determination. A strength and resilience that shines through in Cor’s personality” – CX Services

“I am feeling quite emotional and certainly inspired by your talk. Thank you so very much from us all. It was so moving to hear your story, we are full of admiration for you.” – Optegra

“Cor wowed the room with her inspiring story, everyone left the seminar on a high. It was like time stood still whilst Cor talked through the hurdles and achievements in her life, she left us with a feeling that we could do anything we put our minds to” – Assist FM

Awards & Recognition

🏆 MBE for services to charity and amputees
🏆 Deputy Lieutenant of Renfrewshire (2025)
🏆 Self Management Champion Award (2024)
🏆 Freedom of Renfrewshire
🏆 Points of Light Award, presented by the Prime Minister
🏆 Citizenship Medal, Houses of Parliament
🎓 Honorary Doctorate – University of the West of Scotland
🎓 Honorary Doctorate – The Open University
🎓 Honorary Doctorate – University of Glasgow
🏆 Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 since 2021
🏆 British Citizen Award for Service to Community (2019)
🏆 SWBS Scottish Women’s Award – Winner (2019)
🏆 Glasgow Times Scotswoman of the Year – Winner (2019)

🌟 ASBS Inspirational Woman – Featured (2019)
🌟 No1 Magazine Amazing Women – Featured (2019)
🌟 Daily Mail Inspirational Woman – Finalist (2015)
🌟 Scotswoman of the Year – Finalist (2015)
🌟 Scottish Women’s Awards – Shortlisted (2019)
🌟 Pride of Sport Special Commendation (2019)
🌟 Inclusive Companies Diversity Awards – Shortlisted (Positive Role Model category)
⭐️ Circle of Inspiration – Women in Charity Nominee (2023)
⭐️ Women of the Year Awards – Currently Nominated
⭐️ BWS Top 100 Women to Watch in Scotland

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