Our Day Service is where members, staff and volunteers come together to share experiences and contributions. We give each other practical and emotional support; forging new relationships and identities.
Based in Haggerston (Hackney), our Day Service is the hub for all our other services. It’s where our members can work in partnership with their own keyworker to rediscover what they love doing, understand what they need, and find the activities, outings, therapies and support that are right for them.
Our members and volunteers make the Day Service a relaxed, welcoming, friendly, diverse and creative place. It’s a space to be ourselves, share good humour, do the activities we enjoy, and support each other.
Open 48 weeks of the year (Monday to Friday from 10am until 3pm), our Day Service takes a holistic approach focusing on the goals of each individual member.
All activities are encouraged but optional, and each day looks different as a result.
Becoming a member of our Day Service starts with filling out a Referral Form and having an assessment with one of our keyworkers at the centre. People remain members as long as they want and need to, and for as long as funding can be secured.
If you wish to refer someone to any of the Headway East London services, please contact us or download a referral form below.
T: 020 7749 7790
E: info@headwayeastlondon.org
Download Referral Form (PDF)
Download Referral Form (Word)
Please send completed forms to:
Headway East London
Timber Wharf
238-240 Kingsland Road
London E2 8AX
Ensure you enclose all supporting documentation.
Please note that Headway Services must be funded for a person to attend and or receive the service. See the Referral Form for service costs.
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Our members work together to cook lunch for our day service community; sharing recipes, skills and stories along the way. In addition to this we also run a Headway Eats supper club; inviting friends, family and the wider public to an evening of food, music, storytelling and fun.
Submit to Love is our very own art studio – home to both members who have been creating for years, and those who are learning new skills. Together we discover gifts, connections and identities through art.
Walk into our Day Service and the chances are you will hear live music. From singing groups, to guest workshops, to 1-to-1s, we provide lots of routes for members to explore their relationship to and passion for music.
Our members have lived extraordinary lives. Keen to help others learn more about the impact of brain injury, they share their stories – in their own words – in our writing project Who Are You Now?, our Matter magazine and our members’ blog.
How would you feel if you walked into your front room, first thing in the morning, in nothing but your pants, and you didn’t expect anyone there? I was thinking, ‘who is this?’ She sat there looking so pretty. I was looking sheepish. When you’re caught in a situation like that, you have to say something – you have to say anything. So I said something stupid like, “Do I know you?”, or “Do you know me?”
And she said, “I don’t know”.
Who Are You Now? – telling the stories of survivors in their own words: who they were, what happened to them and who they are now.
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