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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Funder Spotlight: Gillian Stevenson Trust – ‘Caring Matters’ The Gillian Stevenson Charitable Trust CIO was set up in 2021 in honour of their ‘lovely mum’ Gillian.   “Mum spent many years as a primary school teacher and, because of her kind and caring nature, always had a real affinity with children, whether that be those in her class, our childhood […]

Headway Leicester are Community Ambassadors for the NHS Research Enablement Project. “Be Part of Research enables you to find and take part in a range of health and care research. Health research helps to discover new and better ways to treat diseases, improve the NHS and the quality of care across the country. Anyone can take part in research whether […]