Michael Legg may not realise it, but he is a true inspiration to us all at Headway Essex—especially to the people who benefit from our services and have the chance [...]
Action for Brain Injury Week 2025 Action for Brain Injury Week (ABI Week) is Headway’s flagship annual awareness campaign and a key moment in our calendar to champion those affected [...]
Most people who know of Headway Essex will be aware of our centres, where people with an acquired brain injury (ABI) can take part in practical activities to help them [...]
We are beyond proud of our volunteer Dave Stannard who has been nominated for a national award ! Headway UK have announced their list of finalists for the Headway Annual [...]
Headway Essex relies on the generosity of volunteers to help us to deliver our services to adults with acquired brain injury and their families. Our volunteers come from many backgrounds [...]
We couldn’t do the wonderful work that we do, without our amazing volunteers. So we wanted to take a moment to highlight just why we love them so much, starting with Colchester’s resident chef, Lizzie Hendy…
This year the theme of Action for Brain Injury (ABI) week is ‘A Life Rewritten’ raising awareness of how life changes after an acquired brain injury. In this blog, we catch up with Debi and tell her story of a life rewritten after a brain injury.
Be Someone’s Rainbow This Summer We are now in our final month of this year’s Virtual Colour5K and there’s still time to take part and make one final push to […]
My name is Pat, I live with my husband, and grown-up son and I have been his carer for 43 years. My son was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour […]
Volunteers’ Week 2021 Headway Essex volunteers come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life. Everyone has skills and time they are prepared to give. The reward [...]
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