Headway Hull and East Riding - Homepage
Your local branch of the national charity “Headway” providing information and support for brain injured people, their families and carers.
Please contact Lesley
We are here to try and help.
Our September 2010 meeting will be at Centre 88, Saner Street, off Anlaby Road, Hull HU3 2TR between 7.00 and 9.00pm on Tuesday 14th September.
Just an update on the September meeting. Our neuropsychologist (Selen Selvachandran) has a trainee, Sandra Borg, who will give a presentation about capacity assessment.
Our August Newsletter has information about Headway UK's current research into Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). So this presentation is excellent timing. Many of our members feel that ESA assessors generally don't have sufficient knowledge about brain injury and with the current financial pressures it is essential that we have the knowledge to ensure we are dealt with fairly.
A better understanding of capacity assessment must be a help to us all.
Headway is a UK-wide charity that offers support and services to brain injured survivors and their families and carers.
There are 108 Headway Groups and Branches, giving support at local level. Headway UK, the umbrella organisation, provides information through its publications, website and Helpline. More than half of all calls to the Helpline are from people directly affected by brain injury, often because they have nowhere else to turn. Headway also campaigns for the introduction of measures that will reduce the incidence of brain injury and for improvements in care and rehabilitation
Headway started in 1979 because of a growing number of people surviving brain injury. This is a healthcare challenge that is not going to go away. The difficulties a brain injury can cause may not be obvious to other people. Because of this it is often referred to as a “hidden disability”. It can change the life of the person with the brain injury and those around them.
The HEADWAY UK Helpline exists to provide information, advise on sources of support, find local rehabilitation services or offer a listening ear to those experiencing problems. Headway Helpline staff are available from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and can be contacted on: 0808 800 2244. Information about brain injury, including useful publications is also available on Headway’s website