Community

We provide support to individuals with a brain injury, their families and friends both at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and in the community across Cambridgeshire.

Our community team of Brain Injury Co-ordinators, Peer Mentors and our Young Person’s Worker are here to help you, regardless of when the brain injury occurred or where you are in your journey.

Our support aims to help individuals and their families to understand brain injury and how it affects them, adjust to living life after a brain injury and to feel supported in this process.

We do this through

Provision of information and advice about brain injury and its effects
Support to cope with the emotional impact of brain injury
Helping people to learn the skills and tools needed to manage their condition
Helping people to build confidence and independence
Helping people to access the resources they need

When you make contact with the team they will talk through your questions or needs and help find the right solution for you. It may be as simple as providing you with some information or it could be that you would like some more in- depth support. This can be provided via email, telephone or face to face in your home or other local setting.

Services available include

1:1 community rehabilitation support through our Independence Service
1:1 support to get back into employment, education or volunteering with Community Connections
Fun friendly social opportunities through our Social Support Groups
Support and advice from people with first-hand experience of brain injury through our Peer Mentoring Scheme
Learning bushcraft skills, green woodworking and outdoor volunteering at our Outdoor Project
Growing fresh, organic produce on a local farm at Grow, Share, Eat to support individuals living in food poverty
Learning carpentry and furniture refurbishment skills at The Workshop
Community gardening group every Thursday afternoon at The Green Back Yard, Peterborough.

For a free chat about any issue you may be experiencing following brain injury and to access our community based services please call 01223 576550.

“ The Hospital Brain Injury Co-ordinator became someone who absolutely understood how I felt, I didn’t need to explain. I could talk about my fears and worries. She was such a great support through the difficult days, but could also celebrate the small step successes, which was important to me. ”