Amplifying our members’ voices is particularly important to us as the general awareness levels of brain injury remain incredibly low. Not only this, but the narrative around it can also be quite sensationalist and detached from the people living through the experience.
We work closely with our communities to develop content, campaigns and press opportunities which focus on the issues most pressing to them. This can cover film, writing, or audio – we try to keep our activity flexible and broad to engage with different members and audiences. Every year we run a campaign during Action for Brain Injury Week in May which is co-produced at Headway East London. Our intention in the coming year is to begin developing our social justice voice and engaging with policymakers to directly support more people affected by brain injury.
In recent years our work has been featured in the likes of the BBC, Guardian, Boston Globe, Independent, Telegraph, VICE and Evening Standard.