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We celebrated Hats for Headway Day on 20th May 2022. We had a lovely morning eating cake and drinking tea with our Headway members, friends and family as well as our extended Headway family at KGV Guernsey. Thank you to Cimandis for supplying some of the delicious cakes and to everybody for their hat wearing … Continue reading
ACTION FOR BRAIN INJURY WEEK HAS ARRIVED!
Help us celebrate our Hats for Headway Day this Friday (20th May) by donning a hat at work or home. The theme this year is Brain Injury – See the Hidden Me. Brain Injury survivors can feel isolated and misunderstood when their injury is not so obvious. Please wear a hat, make a donation and … Continue reading
KGV Donation
A big thank you to the KGV staff who organised a fabulous raffle at Christmas of which we were the recipients of the funds raised. Sarah and Debbie popped into our Friday session to present the cheque to our ‘Naughty corner’ group. We have a lovely extended Headway family at KGV and we are grateful … Continue reading
Headway Garden
We welcomed Utmost to visit Headway in July 2021 after they kindly donated funds to the development of our garden. It was lovely to show them our little oasis that has really added a wonderful addition to our Headway home. This has been our first year as ‘growers’ and it has been such fun creating … Continue reading
Headway re opens post Lockdown!
We are delighted that we have opened our doors to some of our members as Guernsey enters Phase 5. We are taking it slow as we find our feet, making sure our members feel safe and confident as many head out into the community for the first time. We are feeling super grateful to live … Continue reading
How to help manage your stress during an uncertain time….
Doing What Matters in Times of Stress is a WHO stress management guide for coping with adversity. This illustrated guide supports implementation of WHO’s recommendation for stress management. Many of our members and their family members will be experiencing stress, worry and anxiety during these unprecedented times. Please have a read of the link below … Continue reading
Headway Update
“Following public health instructions, Headway House remains closed. We are however operating a contact by phone policy with all staff members available. We will be making some regular calls to our most vulnerable members, but any one who needs us can contact us on the following numbers – 07781434629 or 07781411177. Please do not call … Continue reading
Headway Update re COVID-19 Virus
HEADWAY UPDATE. Morning all. The Headway Team have made a decision to close Headway House for 2 weeks. This decision has not been made lightly, however our members and volunteers welfare is paramount to this decision in light of the COVID-19 virus. Headway Guernsey are taking the advice of Guernsey’s public health department to avoid … Continue reading
Understanding Brain Injury
For our members, the period after returning from hospital is utterly bewildering. Many things change; their bodies do not function as they used to, they have large gaps in their memories, they may not be able to do something as ordinary as make a cup of tea for themselves. As time progresses, they discover more … Continue reading
Headway Guernsey wins Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
2019 celebrations at Headway Guernsey! Two charities in Guernsey were recognised by The Queen for “outstanding work in their communities”. Headway Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey Scout Association were selected to receive The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The award is the equivalent of an MBE and is the highest award available to local … Continue reading