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"Eight years last October I was hit by a car in Peterborough whilst walking to work. I sustained multiple injuries, the most detrimental injury of all was to my brain, which has left me with a life-changing condition resulting in severe memory loss."
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Updated ABI hospital admission statistics

Data from 2019-20 highlights that there is still one admission to hospital for brain injury every 90 seconds, one head injury every three minutes and one stroke every four minutes in the UK.

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Providing support to local brain injury survivors since 1990.

2024 Headway Ball!

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2024 Headway Ball! We had an absolute blast! Amount raised coming soon!

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Niche Business Awards Nomination

We are completely thrilled to be nominated in the Niche 2025 Business Awards, sponsored by trident as Charity of the Year!   There have been some truly significant moments over the last 12 months, but our highlights include taking a group to the Norfolk Broads, winning a National Lottery grant which gives us the opportunity to grow our community outreach

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Four memebers of the Headway team all stood in a row, holding the Parliamentary Awards Certificate.
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National Award for Headway Leicester

National Award for Headway Leicester!   In February of this year, we were awarded £16,700 from the National Lottery as part of their Awards for All grant scheme. We were so excited about this and the period of growth we were experiencing that we wrote to our then MP, Claudia Webbe, inviting her and some local councillors to visit us

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Nancy Oldfield Residential is back for 2024!

The Nancy Oldfield Residential for Headway members in Leicester is back for 2024, and has been largely funded by Heather’s Skydive.     From the 19th-23rd August,  Headway members will be whisked off by Headway’s Services Director Mary, to The Nancy Oldfield Trust for a residential stay. We are absolutely thrilled to be heading back to such an idyllic place for

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Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Headway celebrate game changing National Lottery win

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Headway celebrate game changing National Lottery win supporting outreach program for brain injury survivors.   Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Headway is celebrating a landmark moment receiving National Lottery funds to support its work, operating across the East Midlands to provide specialist support to individuals after a brain injury.   The money put forward will fully fund

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Headway logo with NELSONS LEGAL DIRECTOR APPOINTED AS TRUSTEE FOR BRAIN INJURY CHARITY
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NELSONS LEGAL DIRECTOR APPOINTED AS TRUSTEE

NELSONS LEGAL DIRECTOR APPOINTED AS TRUSTEE FOR BRAIN INJURY CHARITY   A SPECIALIST clinical negligence solicitor at leading East Midlands firm Nelsons has been made a trustee of Headway Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland – a longstanding brain injury charity.   Following her support of the Leicester-based charity since 2021, Danielle Young will now sit on the board of trustees, helping

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Headway travelling Gallery
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Headway Leicester launches Travelling Gallery of images created for their 2024 Artwork Calendar.

Headway Leicester launches Travelling Gallery of images created for their 2024 Artwork Calendar. Every year our Wednesday group create artwork with guidance from Art therapists and long- term Artist volunteer Helen Newton for our annual calendar. This year we are showcasing this work in honour of his Majesty King Charles III to celebrate the coronation and the commencement of his

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