Posts Tagged “Volunteer”
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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... -
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... -
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... -
A Portrait Of Recovery
Helen McMenamin-Smith, a gym client at Headway Cambridgeshire tells us the story of her recovery after suffering a traumatic brain injury in an accident: "I had been on a photography course with my friend on the day I had my accident. I can’t remember anything about what happened but I have been told that there was a motorcyclist coming in the opposite direction. Apparently he increased speed to catch up with his friends who were in front of him and com... Read more... -
We Need You!
Are you interested in hearing people’s stories? Do you want to find out more about the history of Fulbourn and Cambridge? Would you be interested in volunteering some time to work with people with brain injuries? We want to train you to record oral histories about the history of Headway Cambridgeshire, a charity that suppor... Read more... -
A Winning Combination In The Garden
Each year, Headway – the brain injury association, invites nominations from the community in recognition of those affected by brain injury who have made extra special achievements. Those brain injury survivors, carers, volunteers and campaigners who have overcome difficulties, initiated improvements and inspired others. We invited Headway Cambridgeshire staff and clients to make nominations for the awards. The finalists will gather at a ceremony in December 2015 where the winners in each ca... Read more... -
Admin volunteer: Peterborough
Can you spare some time on a regular basis to help out at our social rehabilitation service for adults with brain injury? Headway Cambridgeshire provides specialist support across the whole of Cambridgeshire, for those affected by brain injury. Our services include social rehabilitation programmes in Cambridge and Peterborough, information advice and support at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and in the community; and one-to-one community support. ‘Brain Injury’ has various causes. For exampl... Read more... -
Hub Service Volunteer: Cambridge
Can you spare some time on a regular basis to help out at our social rehabilitation service for adults with brain injury? Headway Cambridgeshire provides specialist support across the whole of Cambridgeshire, for those affected by brain injury. Our services include social rehabilitation programmes in Cambridge and Peterborough, information advice and support at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and in the community; and one-to-one community support. ‘Brain Injury’ has various causes. For exampl... Read more... -
Hub Service Volunteer: Peterborough
Can you spare some time on a regular basis to help out at our social rehabilitation service for adults with brain injury? Headway Cambridgeshire provides specialist support across the whole of Cambridgeshire, for those affected by brain injury. Our services include social rehabilitation programmes in Cambridge and Peterborough, information advice and support at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and in the community; and one-to-one community support. ‘Brain Injury’ has various causes. For exampl... Read more...
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