Welcome to My World – Victoria
“The last thing I can remember in my old life is when I fell asleep….I could see them with the needle, I kept looking at the light, and then my eyes shut, and that was it… gone.” Victoria was just 17 years old and training to be a hairdresser in Bond Street when she began […]
John & Tiiu – A Creative Collaboration
Tell us more about how you began to have regular contact during lockdown J: We became friends as it were at Headway, and she knows about music. I call her Thai because it’s easier for me to remember and say it. We had friendly phone calls, “how is all going?” and that…and then we started […]
Anti-racism at Headway East London
HEADWAY EAST LONDON REJECTS RACISM AND INEQUALITY AND STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER In recent weeks, we have witnessed how protests across the world have risen in response to the continued brutal and unjust treatment of people based on the colour of their skin. These protests have started a conversation around the world […]
GUEST BLOG – understanding your housing rights
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 […]
Laura & Sam – an octopus adventure!
Normally you’ll find Headway Support Workers out in the community, or visiting people at home. Their role helps members to gain more independence; be that through practical support or just venturing out and trying new activities. For Sam and member Laura, they typically enjoyed going to the cinema or coffee, shopping in town, lots of […]
Singing with Cici and Firoza
Firoza While the centre was open, on Friday, the day I attend, Cici and I would regularly have a singing session which I thoroughly loved doing! I was excited to know that we could continue having our session while we’re all staying at home, on Zoom, that was great news! And I appreciate Cici giving […]
Home Not Alone – An Update
As you can read elsewhere on our blog, we have transformed our services so that those who are shielding can continue to receive our holistic model of practical and emotional support, where friendship and creativity are an important complement to therapies, (re)discovering skills, advocacy and advice. We also had to rethink our fundraising, to mitigate […]
Carers Week at Headway East London
Today we’re catching up with Casework Manager Natalie, who regularly connects with, and supports carers. Her team run monthly support groups, provide Early Intervention at hospitals, and provide a range of practical and emotional support to families and carers at all stages of their brain injury journey. We’re also hearing from “N”, who unexpectedly became […]
Brian’s story – surviving Covid-19
Today we’re doing something a little different. We’re speaking with one of our longtime volunteers Brian. Ordinarily he’s helping with members in our art studio, setting up exhibitions, building frames, and working on his own pieces; however just as we closed our doors back in March, he began to feel unwell (with what he later […]
HEL’s Angels – Volunteers Keeping In Touch
Judy and the HEL’s Angels: “The volunteers with brain injuries, set up a WhatsApp group about a year ago. We call ourselves ‘HEL’s angels’ (Headway East London) and there’s about 9 of us on there. It’s a really, really lovely group. We chat to each other a lot, but since lockdown we’ve been in touch […]
