HEADWAY - UK

United Kingdom

Contact info

address
Peter McCabe, Chief Executive
Headway – the Brain Injury Association
190 Bagnall Road
Old Basford
Nottingham
NG6 8SF
United Kingdom
e-mail
chiefexec(at)headway.org.uk
phone
+44 020 854 596 40
website
www.headway.org.uk

Chairman

Andrew Green
c/o : CEO Peter McCabe
(details as above)

BIF-Representative

Evelyn Vincent
e-mail
e.velyn129(at)yahoo.co.uk
c/o: CEO Peter McCabe
(details as above)

About HEADWAY - UK

Set up in 1979 by families of brain injured relatives seeking support and help for them. When found little available they set up their own group. Headway (National Head Injuries Association) was registered as a charity in March 1980 and a Management Committee was formed the following year. At the first AGM in December 1981, there were 22 local groups present. Now grown to a family of 114 groups and branches.

Services provided

Help-line (consulting)
Psychological support
Social services - Day Support
Supported accomodation
Rehabilitation centres
Vocational rehabilitation
Community rehab and support, buddying
Outreach team
Other services - Booklets, factsheets, carer support, awareness raising, media influence, residential weekend for groups, conference for professionals, accreditation service for nursing/ residential/ respite and Transitional Living Units, training including University accredited course.

Fields of possible cooperation

Awareness campaigns
Sharing of experience/practice within rehabilitation
Sharing of experience /practice in provision of social services
Sharing of experience/practice in vocational rehabilitation
Cultural events (e.g. European Trauma Cultural Days)
How system of care/rehabilitation should be organised
Research