Experimental Film Week
We’re very excited to host our very first Experimental Film Week on Instagram this week! Each week day we’ll feature one-minute films by Submit to Love artists in collaboration with filmmaker Posy Dixon who spent 8 weeks at the studio before Christmas as an Artist-In-Residence. Utilising stop-frame animation, illustration, and hand-drawn text graphics, the films […]
Liverpool Marathon – Courtney’s story
Courtney, with her mum and sisters How did you hear about Headway East London? My mum is a volunteer at HEL. She had a brain injury five years ago and Headway have been a huge support to her ever since. Why did you pick the Liverpool marathon? It was suggested by my cousin, who runs […]
A Decade in Review at Headway!
Flashback to 2009. We had just moved from our previous Shoreditch address to Kingsland Road in Haggerston, which we still call home today. In some ways a lot has changed: the number of people we support has increased by a staggering 395% to 940 people last year. We’ve also established a range of new services, […]
Community Support Stories – Rosy & Ruby
Back in 2013 life moved very quickly for Rosy: as a police officer doing shift work and a fitness enthusiast she was on her feet for most of the day and enjoyed working in the community. However, on 22nd December of that year, Rosy was admitted to hospital following days of sickness and what followed […]
The poetry of collaboration
Working together is nothing new to us. In fact, it’s something we practice every day both in our Day Service and out in the community. Yet, there’s always something very special about bringing a new collaborator into the mix. The possibilities it throws up. The new discoveries it can lead to. Earlier this Summer, we […]
Make the Headway Pledge!
Let’s be honest: fundraising is tough. We should know; we’re an independent charity, and we’ve been doing it for over 20 years. We receive about 75% of our income from fees paid by local authorities for our specialist services – but in many cases, these fees have had no uplift in several years. Consequently, to […]
Headway hits the jackpot with National Lottery funding!
We are thrilled to announce that we have received four years of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund! This money will enable the charity to continue running our vital Casework Service, which provides essential advice, advocacy and support for brain injury survivors and their families living across 13 London boroughs. The specialist department was […]
Headway Member of the Month – Memories from Milan
John sustained his brain injury whilst working as a project manager for a retail site. After falling from a roof, he ended up in a coma for six weeks before waking up. When John first joined Headway East London, he spoke fondly about his time spent in Italy as a cook and restaurant worker in […]
Introducing Print Fest 2019!
A free evening celebrating the glorious diversity of printmaking, Print Fest will see solo artists and groups from Submit to Love Studios (a collective of self-taught artists based at brain injury charity Headway East London) exhibit and sell original pieces, whilst sharing more about the unique creative practice of the studio. Visitors on the night […]
Volunteers’ Week 2019 – Ziggy’s Story
Volunteer, Ziggy has been with us for nearly a year after being impacted by brain injury in March 2018, when her brother, who had been a fire fighter for many years was a victim of a stroke. After her brother had spent nine months recovering in hospital, Ziggy was still struggling to adjust to the […]
