Support at the heart of our community
We do things a bit differently at Headway London. Find out more about our work, our team, and what we’re here to do.
We provide therapies, advocacy, family support and community support work alongside our Day & Evening Services at our centre in Hackney: a venue where members can make the most of their abilities and interests. We believe that every one of our members has something to contribute to both Headway London and the wider community.
Our occupational projects include an art studio, music groups, and a professional kitchen.
We also promote awareness and understanding of brain injury by sharing information, running projects that bring our members and the public together, offering training to professionals and businesses, and acting as an educational resource for universities.
Headway London is a charity supporting people affected by brain injury. Working across 17 London boroughs we offer specialist support and services for over 800 survivors, family, friends and carers each year.
OUR MISSION
We empower our community of brain injury survivors and their families to imagine new possibilities – ones filled with creativity, embracing diversity and backed by specialist support.
OUR VISION
Brain injury survivors experience a world which is accessible to them, and where their contributions are valued and celebrated.
“Being at Headway London made me look forward to the future, even though it’s a hard and difficult road. I’ve got the independence back that I’ve been fighting for since my injury.”
Member
Our members say that Headway London helps them to be themselves. They get the support they need with their human rights respected and upheld. They feel they belong.
Our services are designed around our members’ individual circumstances, needs and aspirations. And our staff and volunteers go above and beyond so that our members can live their best lives after brain injury.
Where you live shouldn’t decide what support you get after brain injury.
As Headway London, we’ll build on what already works – strengthening our community in East London, developing a new centre in South East London, and growing in parts of the city where support is hardest to access.
This isn’t about expanding for the sake of growth; it’s about maintaining our magic, and making sure nobody falls through the cracks.
Our 6 strategic aims – developed with our members, staff, volunteers and trustees – explain how we’ll get there.
Members, staff and volunteers are part of a community where everyone is valued and respected. No one wears a uniform or a name badge. Everyone’s identity and role is important and valuable.
We run Steering Groups where feedback and co-creating is encouraged. Many of our volunteers have gone on to become staff members. We believe that every person involved with our charity has something to contribute.
