Headway Cambridge & Peterborough Spring Newsletter 2024
A message from Headway Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CEO, Sarah Green:
Headway Cambridgeshire encourages others to apply for Tesco Bags of Help funding
Community projects in Cambridge could receive a cash injection thanks to Tesco’s Bags of Help initiative.
Local charity attempts virtual walk from Land’s End to John O’ Groats
Headway Cambridgeshire supports people who have suffered brain injuries to cope with their changed circumstances and fulfil their potential. Part of this rehabilitation is physical therapy which takes place in its hub gyms under the supervision of trained instructors.
Brain ID card launched by Prince Harry praised by Headway Cambridgeshire man
The launch of a new identity card has been praised by a Cambridgeshire brain injury survivor who believes it will help people with brain injuries to get the support they need.
‘Rethink Your Drink’ this Christmas and support people with a brain injury
Headway Cambridgeshire would like to thank you for your support in 2016 and wish you a very happy and peaceful Christmas.
Help Headway Cambridgeshire provide support for families
Headway Cambridgeshire seeks your support for an exciting funding application it has made to the AVIVA Community Fund, for funding towards its Hospital Brain Injury Co-ordinator work at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Be concussion aware during Action for Brain Injury Week
Headway Cambridgeshire asks local sports clubs to ‘be concussion aware’ as part of the annual national campaign, Action for Brain Injury Week 2016.
Headway Cambridgeshire receives generous donation from Ely-Hereward Rotary Club
The Ely-Hereward Rotary Club made a generous donation of £500 to Headway Cambridgeshire at their evening meeting last week. This amount represents part of the proceeds, shared with another local charity, of one of their recent events.
Headway Cambridgeshire needs your vote!
Headway Cambridgeshire is in the final stage of this year’s People’s Projects, a competition run in partnership with The Big Lottery Fund and ITV.
Olympic medal winner Gail Emms opens gym for brain injured people
On Monday (18 January), badminton ace Gail Emms - who took home a silver Olympic medal in Athens in 2004 - will officially launch a brand new gym at Thorpe Hall in Peterborough, a centre for both Sue Ryder’s Hospice and Headway Cambridgeshire’s provision of services for brain injured people.
Headway Cambridgeshire launches National Lottery funded project
Headway Cambridgeshire, the brain injury charity, has received a grant of £59,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to look back at the way people with brain injuries have been treated since the mid-19th Century. The project, ‘Making Headway’, will also research the history of the site where the charity is based.
Headway's Peterborough kitchen garden opening
The transformation of an abandoned acre of the grounds at Thorpe Hall has been marked with the official opening of the Hospice’s new kitchen garden on 16 September 2015.
Irwin Mitchell supports Headway Cambridgeshire gym
People with a brain injury or illness in Cambridge now have access to an upgraded specialist gym after charity Headway Cambridgeshire officially opened a new facility at its base in the city at a special event this week.
Please help Headway Cambridgeshire secure AVIVA Community funding
Headway Cambridgeshire is delighted to announce that its Mind Your Head project has been shortlisted for public voting by the AVIVA Community Fund Team.
MG Owners’ Club completes its tenth annual Snowdrop Run
The Cambridge and District MG Owners’ Club held their 10th annual Snowdrop Run, a classic and vintage vehicle event, on Saturday 21 February 2015. The start was at Over Community Centre, Cambridgeshire and was in support of Headway Cambridgeshire.
Headway Cambridgeshire seeks help with a new concept
As part of the 'Mind Your Head' project, an initiative of Headway Cambridgeshire, a board game is being devised as an aid to help recover lost memories.
Great ideas meet the Mind Your Head challenge
Fluorescent helmets, board games and apps to aid communication are just some of the ideas that have emerged from an innovative project launched by Headway Cambridgeshire.
Urgent funding appeal from Headway Cambridgeshire: can you spare £4 this Christmas?
Just £4 from your Christmas shopping this week will change the future for brain injured adults
Headway Cambridgeshire client nominated for national award
One of Headway Cambridgeshire’s clients, Joanne Davies, is a finalist for a national award – Achiever of the Year in the Headway Annual Awards.
Drones, robotics, 3D printed designs, smart materials…
…these are just some of the ideas that the Mind Your Head Teams will be presenting at the final of 'Mind Your Head' on the evening of Friday 28 November at the University Technical College Cambridge.
Headway Cambridgeshire occupational therapist visits the NEAThome
Occupational Therapy Week 2014 may be over, but we can still focus on the benefits of occupational therapy, says Headway Cambridgeshire.
Headway Cambridgeshire asked and you voted… the results are in!
Headway Cambridgeshire came in first place in the Lloyds Community Fund campaign, with 42% of the votes.
Help Headway Cambridgeshire get its gym fit for fitness!
“Today I took my first two steps without my stick! Tremendous!”
Crowd-sourced ideas can change the lives of people with brain injury
Headway Cambridgeshire charity’s ‘crowd-sourced’ ideas could help change the lives of people with a brain injury.
Headway Cambridgeshire seeks big butts!
Rainwater butts needed for a water harvesting project that could save over 1400 litres.