Posts Tagged “Brain Injury”
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Growing Together
At Headway Cambridgeshire we offer specialist rehabilitation for people with brain injuries. A vital part of the treatment is Horticultural Therapy which helps to increase psychological, physical and emotional well... Read more... -
Stories From Headway Cambridgeshire
People who sustain a brain injury often find that the shape of their lives is altered completely by what has happened to them. Previously made plans seem impossible to achieve. At Headway Cambridgeshire it is our mission to support people to identify, achieve and celebrate each milestone along the path to rehabilitation. Stories from Headway Cambridgeshire “I contacted Headway because I had lost my ... Read more... -
Thank You For Making It A Great Day
Thank you to everyone who came to our ‘Seeds of Summer’ Garden Party and helped make it a really great day. The event, held on Saturday 11 June, coincided with Carers Week: ‘an annual awareness campaign to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers’* enabling us to celebrate the Seeds of Summer with our clients and their family and carers. Many of our clients are reliant on somebody for ... Read more... -
Make May Purple!
Our regular client blogger Wendy has an important message for us this May... "Just as a reminder that this month is 'Make May Purple' month. The Stroke Association is holding lots of events throughout the land to raise awareness of how much a stroke can affect the person and the people around them and to raise money to help those people. Please ... Read more... -
ABI Week 2016: Be Concussion Aware
Headway Cambridgeshire asks local sports clubs to ‘be concussion aware’ as part of the annual national campaign, Action for Brain Injury Week 2016. Headway Cambridgeshire, which helps people in the county to rebuild their lives after brain injury, will... Read more... -
Blazing A Trail
Trail Riders in joint endeavour to raise money for brain injury The Cambridgeshire group of the Trail Riders Fellowship are turning one of their summer events on August 6th into a fund raiser for Headway Cambridgeshire. Colin Pountney, an active member of the Cambridgeshire TRF and a trail riding fanatic, has been riding motorcycles for 35 years. Over the last 2 years Colin has organised a long distance trail ride to the ... Read more... -
Heads-Up Spring 2016 Newsletter
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Living With Brain Injury: Cognitive Strategies
Headway Cambridgeshire would like to invite anyone with a brain injury or their family and or carer to attend a FREE cognitive strategies workshop. Living with Brain injury – Cognitive strategies We are very fortunate to be able to offer a cognitive strategy and assistive technology workshop in both Wisbech and Fulbourn, delivered by our Headway Occupational Therapists. Both workshops are identical so please book to attend which ever location is most convenient for you. ... Read more... -
Wanted: A Research Volunteer To Join Our Exciting Heritage Project!
Do you have an inquisitive mind? Are you a natural detective who knows when to dig deeper and when you’ve exhausted a lead? Are you interested in working with archive materials and photographs, and helping people with brain injuries to make sense of these materials to produce an exhibition? Project Background Looking Back at Making Headway is an exciting new project that will see people with brain injuries working as part of an all-ability group of volunteers uncovering existing mat... Read more... -
Volunteer Occupational Therapy Assistants Needed
An Occupational Therapist (OT) works with people to enable them to live as independently as possible, and to engage in occupations/activities that promote their health and well-being. Volunteering can be a good way to gain experience if you are thinking of becoming an OT or working in the health field. As a volunteer you will be able to: Develop knowledge of brain injury and how it impacts upon an individual’s daily functioning. Develop skills that improve communic... Read more...
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Enjoying a Model Conversation
Our regular client blogger, Wendy, has paid a visit to The Junction in Cambridge yet again. For a change it wasn't to see one of her favourite bands. Here Wendy tells us what she has been up to...... Read More
