Dean & Ipek – a perfect partnership!
Peer Support Worker Dean has been involved with Headway East London for nearly a decade. From comms volunteer, to Saturday Social support, and now his current role in the Casework team working with survivors and their families in the critical aftermath of brain injury; he brings a unique perspective to our work through his own […]
Better Together – Headway East London at the Royal London Hospital
Started in October 2021, Better Together provides free support to brain injury patients at the Royal London Hospital. Our expert Casework team is on hand to deliver specialist advice and information to survivors and their loved ones, offering reassurance about the practical and personal issues in the early stages of care and rehabilitation following brain injury. Key […]
Community Support Stories – Emily
Over the past year and a half I’ve been working with brain injury survivors to help them come to terms with their brain injury and help them gain sustaining tool sets for an independent life. Recovery is long and sadly in most cases it’s unlikely that they’ll ever fully recover or work again. Forming relationships […]
An update on our work with the Barbican
October 2021 For the few months we’ve been closely following the situation at the Barbican Centre, and the steps the institution has taken in response to the numerous accounts of racism from former and current employees. As an organisation working closely with them (we’re now over halfway through our 3-year Community Collaborator partnership), reading the […]
Dramatherapy with Egle
Dramatherapy is a form of psychological therapy which enables clients to explore their life experiences, emotions and thoughts through various creative approaches. In dramatherapy people work with images, objects, stories, roles, movement, music, etc. It is all about an individual and their personal preference/need. Clients who are referred to a dramatherapist do not need to have previous […]
ABI Week 2021 – Members’ Manifesto for the Future
When planning our content for Action for Brain Injury Week (17 – 23 May 2021), it was impossible to ignore the impact of the last year on all of our lives. For many it’s been incredibly difficult; bringing unwelcome change along with feelings of isolation and sadness. However there have also been glimmers of hope: […]
Our Spring fundraiser…. let’s Make It Happen!
“Make It Happen” is all about looking to the future: we’ve achieved some amazing things over the last difficult year, and as the country opens up again we want to focus on what’s next for Headway East London. With a new Chief Executive and renewed energy, we’re positive about what’s to come, but we need […]
The Mask Task
“The Mask Task is an exploratory project that re-thinks the mask as a canvas for social expression. The face is an important part of communication and identity. Where it may be necessary to conceal parts of our face for safety, it can be a barrier to engaging with others. Right now, community resilience and camaraderie […]
GUEST BLOG – Understanding Your Housing Rights (part 3)
So here we are at the one year anniversary of the beginning of lockdown. Whilst the vaccine rollout has been to my mind very impressive in terms of numbers achieved, it is beginning to look as if rather than leaving Covid behind us we will need to learn to live with it. With lockdown measures […]
Anti-racism at Headway East London – an update on actions
In July 2020, Headway East London put out a statement setting out our commitment in relation to the societal outrage raised up by the appalling effects of violence against black people. At that time, the organisation committed to doing a number of things, including establishing a working group involving stakeholders from across the organisation with […]
