Headway Essex
Providing Brain Injury Care & Support
25th Anniversary
2010 is Headway Essex's 25th Anniversary - 25 years of care for people with brain injury and their families.
Waitrose Token Support
Headway Essex is the Waitrose (Colchester branch) charity for March. Please place your tokens in the Headway Essex box!
David Doodle T.shirt
Watch this space for the David Doodle T.shirt.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Val Pryor one of Headway Essex's supporters won a Headway UK Lifetime Achievement Award presented at the Dorchester in London.
Get Involved - Volunteering
Volunteers are essential to every aspect of the work that Headway Essex provides. Currently Headway has over 60 volunteers supporting its work. Not only are these volunteers invaluable, but they bring to us a wide range of skills and experience which enriches our organisation.
People volunteer for many different reasons below are a few examples.
- To support the work of Headway Essex
- To meet new people and make friends
- To learn new skills and gain work experience
- To give something back to the community
Volunteers help Headway in a variety of ways. If you have a few hours a week to spare on a regular basis and would like to offer your support please contact us.
To read some stories by some Headway Essex volunteer's, click here.
Examples of how you might help:
Day Service
- Adult Education or project work
- Helping with day trips
- Helping access community activities
- Food preparation and cooking
- Group gardening projects
- Supporting group activities
- Administration
- Driving the minibus
Community Support Service
- Helping at support group meetings
- Giving presentations at schools and information days
- Helping out at community groups and activities
Fundraising
- Fundraising administrative work
- Selling Christmas cards and raffle tickets
- Driving the minibus
- Helping out at events
- Setting up a fundraising group and running events
- Helping with publicity placement
- Deliveries and collections
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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