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 […]
Embroidery with Claudine
We’ve been lucky to have Claudine on our dedicated team of volunteers for the last 3 years. As an artist she was first drawn to the Submit To Love studios, hoping to pass on her skills in embroidery and textiles. What started as an idea, grew and grew and in the months before lockdown our […]
Nancy & Affiong – a creative collaboration
Today we’re meeting Nancy – a Headway Support Worker who also ordinarily volunteers at our day centre on Mondays. An artist herself, we asked her to get involved with our “Home Not Alone t-shirt range” – which sees 4 external artists pair with 4 of our Headway artists (shop here). Nancy teamed up with Affiong, […]
The Object of My Affection
Tiiu: Here is the piece that started it all – a look into the monotony of everyday, and the things that start to hold greater significance whilst we’re at home. Please look at the following image and listen to the recording as you do: “Everyday is the same” on Soundcloud. Claudine: At first, I was […]
Wellbeing for the weekend…
Clocks by Mark ROUTINE Lots of us are missing our normal routine during the Coronavirus lockdown. A routine is a balanced mix of activities. For most people this means things like housework, hobbies, exercise, volunteering, studying, working or social activities. For members, coming to Headway can include so many of those activities! When structure or […]
Launching #HomeNotAlone!
(Tuesday 5th May, 2020) This period of lockdown is hard on us all – but survivors living with longterm disabilities are particularly vulnerable to the virus AND to the adverse effects of social isolation. Without us, existing mental and physical health issues will deteriorate, while the strain will be felt acutely by family members, who […]