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A Day In The Life Of Our Chief Executive
Mary Goode is Chief Executive of Headway Cambridgeshire and this is her experience of a typical working day: 5:00: I live between Bury St Edmunds and Diss so it takes me quite a long time to get into work at the Ida Darwin Hospital in Fulbourn. I get up early and tank up on coffee. I always drink the de-caffeinated variety, so the buzz is purely psychological. I’m hyper enough without caffeine. The journey to work is accompanied by Radio 4’s Today programme whic... Read more... -
Have Your Say
Are you one of our hub-based day service clients? Are you one of our community clients? ... Read more... -
November Partnership Board News
The PDSI Partnership Board meeting help on Thursday 20 November 2014. Report by Ron Bennett The November board meeting was held at the Scott Wilson Room at Papworth Everard. In attendance for Headway Cambridgeshire were Chris Eleftheriou Service User representative and Ron Bennett, chair of the Partnership Board. At the November meeting the board discussed the following: Cambridgeshire Hearing Help is in negotiation with Cambridgeshire a... Read more... -
P.D.S.I Partnership Board Meeting May
The May Partnership Board meeting was held at the Horizon Resource Centre in Cambridge on Thursday 15 May 2014. In attendance from Headway Cambridgeshire was Ron Bennett, Chairman of the Partnership Board. Matters Arising Transport issues have been raised at the previous two PDSI Partnership Board meetings. Many similar problems have been reported by other Partnership Boards. It has therefore been agreed that it would be in everyone’s interest to have representatives from all boa... Read more... -
ABI Week 2014 - Don’t Cut Me Out!
Action for Brain Injury Week this year will take place 12 – 18 May 2014. Headway UK have announced that the central theme and content for ABI Week will focus on increasing awareness of the plight of individuals affected by brain injury whose access to vital support services is being reduced as a result of funding cuts and welfare reforms. These cuts are hampering people’s ability to lead independent lives and are increasing the likelihood of them requiring additional stat... Read more... -
P.D.S.I Partnership Board February
The February Partnership Board meeting was held at the Horizon Resource Centre in Cambridge on Thursday 20 February 2014. In attendance from Headway Cambridgeshire were Chris Eleftheriou and Jeanette Tasker, Director of Services at Headway Cambridgeshire and Ron Bennett, Chairman of the Partnership Board. Matters Arising It was agreed that there would be no changes to the Terms of Reference for the Partnership Board at present and this should be looked at after one year to see how ... Read more... -
Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment (PDSI )Partnership Board
Did you know that two of Headway Cambridgeshire’s clients represent the views of disabled service users on the Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment (PDSI) Partnership Board? Ron Bennett and Chris Eleftheriou are your representatives and are keen to hear from you. [caption id="attachment_5667" align="alignleft" width="225"]... Read more... -
Chief Executive Update 9 December 2011
Tees have invited staff from Headway Cambridgeshire to attend a celebration at their new Castle Park offices in Cambridge next week, where festive refreshments will be available. It will be a great opportunity to meet up with our friends Tees who have showed Headway Cambridgeshire so much support with their many 'Baton Challenge' fund raising events across the summer of 2011. We continue our developments in social media as work progresses on our new website, which we launch in January 2012. W... Read more...
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A Day In The Life Of Our Chief Executive
Mary Goode is Chief Executive of Headway Cambridgeshire and this is her experience of a typical working day: 5:00: I live between Bury St Edmunds and Diss so it takes me ... Read More
