GUEST BLOG – Understanding Your Housing Rights (part 2)
Providing support never stops. In fact, throughout the current pandemic our teams have been working harder than ever to ensure our members and families get the help they need most. Our Casework team in particular have been incredibly busy, supporting people through benefits reassessments, and wider legal and finance issues. This also includes questions around […]
Volunteer Writing Group – Claudine
Embroidery by Claudine In this piece I will say a bit about my a mother who had brain tumours. I understand now why it took so long to write it! Never easy to write about one’s mother. My volunteering at Headway was originally with an art project in mind about the consequences of my mother’s […]
Welcome To My World – Mike
Photography I now live in Kings Cross. I came to London in 1984 to train as a photo-artist after my ABI, as I wanted to work as a professional photographer. I did indeed become a photographer in London, doing fashion, weddings, still life, news and magazine pictures in the UK for Spanish companies. I specialised […]
Welcome to My World – Makda
I had an accident – I don’t remember how it happened. It’s blurry. I can see the lights. Someone was saying to me “stay down”. Then I don’t remember. I woke up in the hospital. It was very, very scary. I had never been in that kind of situation in my life. Everything changed after […]
Welcome to My World – Clare
I was born in Colchester maternity hospital 6 1/2 weeks premature and whisked straight into ICU, a place which unbeknownst to me would serve as a 2nd home for me several times in my life! Growing up was fun thanks to the ongoing love and support of my lifetime best friend Carley. At school, I […]
Welcome to My World – Lewis
27-year-old Lewis was just a teenager when he underwent surgery to treat a rare brain condition called Rasmussen’s Encephalitis (which caused him almost constant seizures). This involved disconnecting one half of his brain from the other, however the procedure left him with a lasting brain injury. “I was 14 at the time. I didn’t have […]
Celebrating Action for Brain Injury Week 2020
We’re excited to mark Action for Brain Injury Week (28th Sept – 4th Oct) with a new awareness raising campaign from Headway East London called “Welcome to My World”. Each day we’ll be introducing a new person’s story; giving an insight into their world and experience of brain injury. The name of the campaign comes […]
Welcome to My World – Rosy
Back in 2013 life moved very quickly for Rosy: as a police officer doing shift work and a keen runner she was on her feet for most of the day and enjoyed the fast pace. However, in December of that year, Rosy was admitted to hospital following days of sickness and what followed was a […]
Welcome to My World – Dave
54-year-old Dave was a chauffeur for the best part of 20 years, driving the likes of Ringo Star and The Backstreet Boys across London. After deciding on a career change, he retrained as a lifeguard, teaching young children to swim. Just 3 months into this new job, Dave went to the doctors with what he […]
Welcome to My World – Natasha
I was working full-time as a Marketing Manager in central London. Life was really fast paced and sociable; I was out and about a lot. That was six years ago now. I was driving home on the motorway when my car was hit by a drunk driver. I don’t remember much from that time, but […]
