On 19th April 2021 a group of Occupational Therapy students from the University of Cumbria conducted a session on Mindfulness for the members of Headway North Cumbria. The six students involved had been able to join us on our weekly … Continued
2020 has been a difficult year and the prospect of a good Christmas has been on many people’s minds for some time. Sadly the spread of the coronavirus has continued despite recent lockdown measures. Increasingly demanding restrictions are now being … Continued
Headway has issued its winter edition of Headway News. This edition features: Memory Loss: A campaign to remember, ‘I can forget to turn the cooker off’, 10 things NOT to say to someone with a brain injury, a marathon effort, … Continued
2020 has been a particularly challenging year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In the early part of the year we were faced with a full national lockdown and since then have been required to live with a constantly changing … Continued
In a previous post it was reported that Helen Wilson’s poems had been taken up by Headway UK and posted to the Creative Expression part of its website. In addition to this Headway chose four of Helen’s poems for publication to its Instagram account (headway_uk) as … Continued
In a recent news article it was reported that Helen Wilson had taken to writing poetry to help her focus and aid with her recovery from a Traumatic Brain Injury. Helen has written a series of 12 poems which explore various aspects of living … Continued
Headway North Cumbria member, Helen Wilson, has taken to writing poetry to help her focus and aid with her recovery from a Traumatic Brain Injury. Helen writes: On the 1st June 2013 I suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. This changed my … Continued
At Headway North Cumbria Arts and Crafts has proven to be a popular activity during our Day Centre sessions with a number of people engaging in a wide range of projects. It is good to see that, despite the enforced closure … Continued
Headway has issued its autumn edition of Headway News. This edition features: ‘A day in the life of a helpline consultant’, ‘Fighting fatigue’, ‘Mental health and brain injury’, as well as all the latest brain injury-related stories and news from Headway. … Continued
In July six-year-old Robyn McLean from Wigton, Cumbria undertook a 100-mile bike ride along the Hadrian’s Cycleway to raise funds for three Cumbrian charities: – Save Our Stan – fundraising to send Stan, a two year old with leukaemia, to Singapore for medical … Continued