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We couldn’t do the wonderful work that we do, without our amazing volunteers. So we wanted to take a moment to highlight just why we love them so much, starting with Colchester’s resident chef, Lizzie Hendy…
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This year the theme of Action for Brain Injury (ABI) week is ‘A Life Rewritten’ raising awareness of how life changes after an acquired brain injury. In this blog, we catch up with Debi and tell her story of a life rewritten after a brain injury.
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Be Someone’s Rainbow This Summer We are now in our final month of this year’s Virtual Colour5K and there’s still time to take part and make one final push to […]
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My name is Pat, I live with my husband, and grown-up son and I have been his carer for 43 years. My son was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour […]
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A Life of Lockdown – ABI Week 2021 Over the last year, many of us have experienced the impact of lockdown. Being isolated from our family and friends has a […]
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This year the theme of Action for Brain Injury (ABI) week is ‘A Life Rewritten’ raising awareness of how life changes after an acquired brain injury. In this blog we catch up with Ben and tell his story of a life rewritten after a brain injury.
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One of our supporters, Wayne Chivers, who received help from Headway Essex, decided to take on our Virtual Colour5K. Wayne, who suffered a stroke in 2008, which left him paralysed […]
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With Hard Work and Love, Trevor and Dorothy Prove There Can be a Happy Ever After Trevor had his accident in 1992. On Christmas Eve, he was cleaning windows […]
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Maria & Steve’s Remarkable Story Sunday 24th September 2017 was just a normal day for Maria, before she came home after a busy day at work as an events manager. […]