Headway: Improving the Lives of People With Brain Injury

Founded in 1979, Headway is a UK charity set up to support individuals affected by brain injury. Headway raises awareness about brain injury and its consequences; organizes activities and campaigns that will reduce the occurrence of brain injury; and assists people with brain injuries, their families and carers, and concerned professionals. Further, the charity promotes better approaches to diagnosis and treatment and helps people with brain injuries resume normal lives.

Operating locally and nationally, Headway has a network of local groups and branches across the UK and Channel Islands that offer rehabilitation programs, social reintegration, carer support, community outreach, respite care, and other services. In addition, Headway runs a nurse-led helpline that provides information and a listening ear to people who are struggling after brain injury, as well as publishes booklets that are designed to help not only those directly affected by brain injury but also employers, professionals, and the public.