Posts Tagged “Trustees”

  • Headway Cambridgeshire Is Looking For A Finance Trustee

    Headway Cambridgeshire is a focused and innovative charity that offers comprehensive services aimed at improving lives following a brain injury. Working closely with the NHS and adult social care, Headway Cambridgeshire has an e... Read more...
  • New Year, New You!

    New free rehabilitation courses on offer New Year, New You! Are you ready to make some changes in your life? Headway Cambridgeshire invites you to join new personal development courses in Cambridge & Fenland, to help you get back on track, achieve your goals and make new friends. If you’ve had a brain injury and want to improve your quality of life, this could be your lucky break? Sponsored by the Community Learning Trust, we are able to offer these personal development op... Read more...
  • Cambridge Building Society Charity of the Month

    Headway Cambridgeshire was fortunate to be selected as The Cambridge Building Society's charity of the month for May 2013, with the main event being a treasure hunt, following two routes around the centre of Cambridge. We couldn't have organised the treasure hunt without professional and friendly support from Linda Iggulden (Sales Manager at the St Andrew's Branch) and Suzanne Pattinson (PR Officer) who helped us plan the event, sponsored all the costs, advised on the press release and public... Read more...
  • Headline Picture

    When many people hand out pictures of their children, stroke victim Robert Runcie hands out a photo of his damaged brain. Robert, who suffered his stroke on a train journey three years ago, said the hardest thing is helping people understand: “If you suffer from a physical disability people can see it, but when you have an acquired brain injury people don’t see it – they can’t see in my head.” The chartered civil engineer told a packed audience, at a Headway event at the House of... Read more...
  • Tea and tenacity at Headway House of Commons event

    Partnerships, pathways, prevention and personal stories were at the heart of a House of Commons event to highlight acquired brain injury recovery and rehabilitation. The packed event, hosted by the Headways in the East of England, charities working with clients with acquired brain injuries, heard from five passionate speakers. Mary Goode, Chief Executive of Headway Cambridgeshire, spoke of the importance of true partnerships in delivering seamless rehabilitation and recovery to victims of ... Read more...
  • House of Commons Reception

    Headway Cambridgeshire, in collaboration with other Eastern Region branches of Headway and with PJ Care, hosted a successful reception at the House Commons recently. The event, a High Tea at the House of Commons on Tuesday 30 April 2013, was held to open a discussion on Acquired Brain Injury in the 21st Century. The event was attended by 100 guests including staff from Headway Regional Branches, Members of Parl... Read more...
  • Charity Bike Ride for Headway

    On April 20th Headway Eastern Region is organizing a Charity Bike Ride to raise vital funds to support people who have had a brain injury. Last year 65 people cycled and raised over £4000, this year we are aiming for bigger and better! The ride will be from Cambridge to Ipswich, encompassing some of the beautiful countryside of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. There are plenty of refreshment stops along the way. So why not join us, in a team, as a family, or individually. You can cycle the ... Read more...
  • Ruth and Justina cycle for Headway Cambridgeshire

    Ashton KCJ’s Ruth Booy and Justina Molloy took part in the Cambridge Big Bike Ride on Sunday 8 July to raise funds for Headway Cambridgeshire. They opted for the 201.2km (125 mile) Gold Route which starts at Jesus Green and takes in St Ives, Doddington, Huntingdon, Stilton and St Neots before finishing back at Parker’s Piece. Justina and Ruth are keen cyclists and had been training h... Read more...
  • Trustee’s 46 mile Walk for Headway Cambridgeshire

    On Saturday 23 June 2012, Tom Howes and Ian Few, work colleagues from Cambridge engineering firm TWI, took part in the epic 46 mile Pathfinder Walk which links the historic airfields across south Cambridgeshire. The challenge is to walk the 46 mile course in under 20 hours. Dr Tom Howes is a Trustee of Headway Cambridgeshire and he has undertaken this walk on behalf of Headway Cambridgeshire three times already. Tom suffered a severe brain injury in 1997 when he was knocked off his bicycle o... Read more...
  • Interview with Chris Mann on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

    Around lunchtime on Thursday 12 April, Kate Ward (our Website & Social Media Administrator) called to ask whether I could take part in a live interview that very afternoon with Chris Mann on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. The subject was the “Give It Back, George” campaign, which Headway Cambridgeshire has joined with hundreds of other charities. The recent budget announced measures to limit the tax relief on charitable donations from rich philanthropists. I’d never done a live interview on... Read more...
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