Living with a brain injury doesn't have to be lonely.
Our monthly support group is meeting in-person again, but we are continuing to offer online events as well.
Check out Ben's brain injury story below.
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Congratulation to Warren for speaking at the Houses of Parliament during ABI week
We were contacted to ask if any of our members wanted to share their story of ABI at the Houses of Parliament during ABI Week. Warren went to speak. You can read his reflections of the experience below:
- "I was very fortunate and humbled to have such a wonderful opportunity to speak in the Houses of Parliament last month on behalf of Headway. Even with my memory it was a day that neither me or my daughter who flew over to support me will ever forget. It’s such an incredible place to be and was just such an amazing experience. Richard and Colin who organised and arranged the event were fantastic.
- It really was so inspiring being lucky enough to be in the presence of other survivors and hearing their stories and what they have gone through and overcome and to be able to share a small fraction of my story with them as well. You can’t help but be humbled by their determination in all they do. I felt so incredibly proud to be part of such an amazing and important event and also left there inspired myself to try and do more going forward. I’m so grateful to everyone involved with Headway and I will always be eternally grateful to them and everyone involved for not only allowing me to be part of such an incredible event but also all they do for all of us day in and day out. Without Headway and the incredible individuals like Philip, Fleur, Colin and Richard I wouldn’t still be here now. Thank Headway you so very very much."
HWL collaboration with 'Dear Annie, I Hate You'
In May, we collaborated with Wild Geese Productions on their production of Dear Annie, I Hate You; a play exploring one woman’s experience of brain aneurysm. As part of this, we collaborated in two ways:
HWL members artwork and poems- various members shared their artwork and poems, which we put up in foyer space to form part of an exhibition for people to see when entering and exiting the performance.
Members Q&A- Two HWL members were invited to the post performance, where they took part in a Q&A to talk about their experience of brain injury and HWL
Thank you to all the members who got involved. We had some lovely feedback from show goers and it was amazing to partner with the team behind such a great play, that shone a light on living with a brain injury.
HWL members artwork and poems- various members shared their artwork and poems, which we put up in foyer space to form part of an exhibition for people to see when entering and exiting the performance.
Members Q&A- Two HWL members were invited to the post performance, where they took part in a Q&A to talk about their experience of brain injury and HWL
Thank you to all the members who got involved. We had some lovely feedback from show goers and it was amazing to partner with the team behind such a great play, that shone a light on living with a brain injury.
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Thank you to the Postcode Society Trust
Our work at Headway West London has been significantly supported by the generous funding awarded by The Postcode Society Trust, made possible thanks to the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Their support enables us to keep helping to make a real difference in our community.
Thank you to The Axis Foundation!
A big thank you to The Axis Foundation for their generous grant towards our computer/mobile contact work. We are very grateful!
Thank you to Sky Creative!
A huge thank you to the D&I team at Sky Creative for joining Hats for Headway to help raise funds for HWL during ABI Week in May.
Thank you to our funders!
A huge thank you to the Foyle Foundation, the Lottery Community Fund, and the Building Stronger Communities Fund for their generous donations. Your funding will allow us to continue and develop our arts and crafts groups and health and wellbeing programme for those impacted by brain injury. We are so grateful for your support.
Our FREE 6-week health and wellbeing course!
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REACTIVATE is a 6-week programme for those impacted by brain injury. The programme will help you to build confidence in self-managing common issues experienced after brain injury. Work alongside professionals to build a personalised toolkit of strategies tailored to your needs. If you are interested in joining, then get in touch via email to be added to the waiting list: [email protected] |
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