Headway Essex
Providing Brain Injury Care & Support
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25th Anniversary
2010 is Headway Essex's 25th Anniversary - 25 years of care for people with brain injury and their families.
The History of Headway Essex
1985
Colchester and North East Essex Headway was started by an occupational therapist as a Support Group meeting once a month, as part of Headway, the National Head Injuries Association.
1987
A two-bedroomed bungalow, situated in the grounds of Severalls Hospital (a large Victorian psychiatric hospital), was leased from the local Health Authority.
The Headway House Day Centre had opened for two days a week, with an employed part-time co-ordinator and many volunteers recruited to help.
1991
Headway Essex became a Registered Charity in its own right and a
Company Limited by Guarantee.
1992
The Headway House Day Centre was open five days a week.
Family Support services were introduced with the recruitment of a part-time Family Support Worker.
1993
The Headway House Day Centre was altered and extended to 1200 square
feet, double its original size.
1997
A Fundraising office was opened and a full-time Fundraising Manager and a part-time assistant were recruited.
1998
The Fundraising department moved to premises in Colchester town centre.
2000
In order to support people in the rest of the county a change of name to Headway Essex was required.
2001
Community Support Services were introduced across the county.
2003
The Community Support Service relocated to the Town Office.
2005
A Lottery Grant was awarded to increase the size of the day centre and add
more facilities to enable more people to be supported.
Headway Essex celebrated 20 years of brain injury care and support.
2006
Day Care Services were temporarily relocated into Portacabins to enable
the extension building works to start. The extension was completed and
Day Care Services moved into the new building.
A new minibus was purchased.
Headway Essex was involved with the making of “Recovery” a 90 minute BBC Drama on the impact brain injury has on a family. Headway Essex hosted visits from researchers, the writer Tony Marchant, Film Director Andy de Emmoney and actor David Tennant, who as a result became Patron of Headway Essex.
2007
The Community Support Service was restructured and set up with an outcomes focus.
25% more people with brain injury are supported than in the previous year.
2008
Two new care officers recruited at the Day Centre in Colchester enabling more people to be supported.
2009
An additional community support worker recruited for South Essex to help meet demand.
A Pilot Day Care Service launched in South Essex one day a week for 20 weeks
2010
Headway Essex celebrates it's 25th Anniversary.
Headway Essex launches its new website.
Headway Essex provides care and support for survivors of brain injury and their families and carers
Headway Essex Town Office, 58b Head Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1PB.
Headway Essex is a Registered Charity No. 1008807 and a Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England No. 2674755
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