Training & Public Engagement

Services

Headway East London offers services to brain injury survivors, their families and carers. These include our Day Service, neurological therapies, community support work, advice, advocacy and family support. As the effects of brain injury are long-term, so is our support.

Training & Public Engagement

Part of our work at Headway East London is to support our members to explore new things; to develop new skills and talents. Our creative projects & partnerships not only help to facilitate and drive this forward, they also provide a platform for our membership to raise awareness of brain injury with the wider public.

Public Engagement

“It gives me a sense of pride in my achievements, a boost to my wellbeing. It's always amazing to feel that you have helped the wider brain injury cause; breaking down barriers and stigma”

- Dave, Headway member

We have a specialist Public Engagement Officer working directly with our members and over the past couple of years we have partnered with a number of institutions including:

Wellcome Collection: "Minds Interrupted" workshops & talks (2016), Human Library event (2017)
Science Museum: Medicine Lates workshops & talks, Who Am I? (2018)
Barbican Centre: Community View workshops (2019), Young Poets collaboration (2019), Blue Planet Black Hole film & workshop event (2019)

“The collaboration between us has been a really valuable experience from our perspective and I know that many people who came along to the events felt that it was a privilege to gain personal insights into what it can be like to live with brain injury" - Events Officer, Wellcome Collection

Training we offer

"Your members were amazing and so insightful and articulate about their journeys and experiences.... this type of teaching is invaluable so thank you so much for your time."

- University lecturer

Headway East London runs Member-Led training to help people understand more about acquired brain injury and the impact it can have. Members share their expertise about living with brain injury, through presentations, active learning tasks and personal stories, in ways which are highly engaging. Training is bespoke: adapted to the needs of the audience. It can range from an hour's talk to a one-day workshop. Over the last few years our members have provided brain injury training for:

University students (physio, OT, speech and language therapy, podiatry, neuroscience and social work)
Health and social care professionals
Solicitors and lawyers
Transport for London
Financial Ombudsmen

For further information about training or to book our team please contact: info@headwayeastlondon.org