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Headway Leicester Gala Dinner 2025
A Night to Remember: Headway Leicester Gala Dinner Raises Over £6,500 In October 2025, 192 guests gathered for the Headway Leicester Annual Fundraising Gala Dinner, an evening filled with laughter, inspiration, and incredible generosity. The night featured a variety of fundraising activities, including a live auction, silent auction, raffle, and Neuro Grid, which together raised over £6,500! These funds will make a huge difference in

Sunshine, Smiles, and Pretty Ponies: Headway Leicester’s Summer Open Day 2025
July 5th, 2025 – What a fantastic day we had at Headway Leicester for our Summer Open Day this year! With glorious British sunshine beaming down, we welcomed family, friends, and the wider community to celebrate everything that makes Headway House such a special place. The day was a vibrant mix of celebration, connection, and community spirit, made even more special by the

Our New Patron, Jane Nickerson MBE
Please join us in welcoming our New Patron, Jane Nickerson MBE. Jane will work alongside our Patron of many years Malcolm Foulkes Arnold to support our groups and activities in the community and help to raise the profile of our charity, support our fundraising efforts and generally lend the credibility of her insight and experience to us! Jane has

Niche Business Awards Nomination
We are completely thrilled to be finalists 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

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

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