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We’re inviting you, your family and friends, to get on your bike – or scooter, skateboard, trike, tandem, penny farthing or unicycle, in order to raise funds for those living with an acquired brain injury and their families and carers...
One of our supporters, Wayne Chivers, who received help from Headway Essex, decided to take on our Virtual Colour5K. Wayne, who suffered a stroke in 2008, which left him paralysed down his left side of the body, has been walking...
At the start of the year, Headway Essex Staff and volunteers were planning to spend last Saturday getting covered in coloured paint at our eighth annual Colour5K event. Unfortunately, when Covid-19 struck, we realised that the event would have to...
One year ago in June 2019 we started on a very exciting journey; to expand our services for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury and their families living in South Essex, with the launch of our Day Service activity sessions. As...
As the UK begins to relax lockdown restrictions, I find myself thinking about our clients and others who live with an acquired brain injury, and how they will cope in this new socially distanced world. The restrictions brought about to...
The Virtual Colour5K This year we were due to hold our eighth annual Colour5K at the Ardleigh Showground on Saturday 27 June 2020. Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we could not hold the event. Recognising how much support there...
Coronavirus has made life feel very different for everyone, but at Headway Essex we want to make sure that we can continue to support you throughout these very different and challenging times. Virtual Activity Sessions If you are an existing...
Over the weekend I was reflecting on the annual UK wide ‘Hats off for Headway Campaign’. I started thinking about different hats that our team members wear professionally when working with clients – who all have an acquired brain injury....
When Stella Kerins started her new job, at the beginning of March this year, as Head of Brain Injury Care Services at Headway Essex she could not have envisaged how quickly things would change. In her first blog she talks...
The Coronavirus may have put a halt on traditional fundraising, but it cannot keep us down. Our clients need to be supported now more than ever, so we need your help! Thankfully, we got our creative caps on and have...
