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At the end of March the committee attended the Cambridge Arts Network conference “Our Creative Assets” at Anglia Ruskin University. It was great to hear about the broad range of creative arts happening in and around our region. Exciting times are ahead!
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We’re very pleased to announce that donations made at the 2018 exhibition and donations for entry to our “Win a Picture” prize draw will go directly to Headway Cambridgeshire.
Each year Headway Cambridgeshire support approximately 700 individuals to help them adapt to, and live with, the physical, cognitive and emotional effects of a brain injury.
Headway Cambridgeshire was formed in 1989 by Sarah Durrant and her husband Peter, after Peter sustained a brain injury as the result of a car accident. When Sarah found that there were no local services to meet Peter’s needs, she founded the charity, thus providing local support for all people in the county with a brain injury.
Each day approximately 11 people in Cambridgeshire are admitted to hospital with a brain injury. For many of these people this is a life-changing event that requires dramatic readjustments. Anyone could suffer a brain injury at any time and the effects of that brain injury can be wide ranging, which means that each individual with a brain injury will have very different and complex needs. The problems that people with a brain injury, and their families, face every day affect every aspect of their lives, including their finances, employability, housing and relationships. Without support many would become isolated, distant from the communities they live in and face declining physical and mental well-being.
Working across Cambridgeshire providing a wide range of services aimed at supporting people who have experienced a brain injury in hospital, provide post-discharge help, and then, in the longer-term, provide ongoing support in their hubs and in the community. Their services are designed to aid recovery and rehabilitation so that individuals with a brain injury can maintain their independence and achieve their full potential. They are also there to provide information, guidance and emotional support to family members who feel the physical and mental strain of acting as a carer for a loved one.
https://www.headway-cambs.org.uk
