Posts Tagged “Cambridge”

  • 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...

  • 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... "Last week was very exciting as I had been invited to the premier of a Model Conversation which is a documentary about disability that I had been looking forward to for a long time - we were being listened to! The film was shown at The Junction in Cambridge... 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...

  • 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...

  • We Need You!

    Would you be interested in being recorded talking about your experience of brain injury? Would you like your story to become part of the historical record of Cambridgeshire? Headway Cambridgeshire are running an exciting heritage project called ‘Looking Back at Making Headway’. This project involves recording the oral (or spoken) histories of peo... Read more...

  • Diary Of A Wheelchair User

    Our regular client blogger Wendy has written about the trials and tribulations of public transport when using a wheelchair as well as occasions when things go right. Wendy highlights the emotional changes that can happen based on how people treat those using wheelchairs and the effect it can have on the overall experience. First Wendy tells us how it can feel when people don't respond so well to situations involving wheelchair users: "Last week whilst... Read more...

  • Another outing for the Heritage project!

    As part of Cambridge Disability History Month, Headway will be holding a stall at the Meadows Community Centre in Cambridge on Monday 7 December with a focus on our Making Headway project, funded by the British Heritage. The day will include speakers, performers, stalls and various other activities. The event is open to the public between 10.30am and 2pm so why not come along and get involved? Wendy, our regular client blogger, has given us an update of the pro... Read more...

  • Travel Back in Time!

    What’s the story behind Headway’s history? How has brain injury care changed in Cambridge since 1870? What role have local people played in these changes? You are invited to a special event as part of the Museum of Cambridge’s Talk of the Town series. We will be sharing the initial information we have at this early stage ... Read more...

  • Invitation to Headway Heritage Event

    Join us to launch our Heritage Lottery Funded Project:   Making Headway   Museum of Cambridge (Folk Museum) 2/3 Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ   Thursday 22 October 2015, 7.00 pm—8.00 pm   This client-led project will research how the t... Read more...

  • ARU Retro Sports Night for Headway Cambridgeshire

    Anglia Ruskin Men's Rugby Team (Cambridge) are hosting a charity event for Headway Cambridgeshire. Saturday 3 of October 2015, 9.00 pm – 2.00 am The ARU Men’s Rugby Team (Cambridge) will be dona... 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