A brain injury can happen to anyone at any time. The effects can be life changing. We are here to help you move forward with your life.
Headway Luton: How We Can Help You
About Us
Our staff and volunteers provide a range of activities, advice, guidance and support in our day centres in Luton and Houghton Regis. We also provide a Community Service involving home visits and support via email and phone.
About Acquired Brain Injury
An acquired brain injury is an injury that has occurred to the brain since birth. There are many causes including road traffic accidents, drug and alcohol abuse, stroke, bacterial infections, to name a few. The effects vary with each individual and depending where on the brain the injury has occurred.
How We Can Help You
About Us
Our staff and volunteers provide a range of activities, advice, guidance and support in our day centres in Luton and Houghton Regis. We also provide a Community Service involving home visits and support via email and phone.
About Acquired Brain Injury
An acquired brain injury is an injury that has occurred to the brain since birth. There are many causes including road traffic accidents, drug and alcohol abuse, stroke, bacterial infections, to name a few. The effects vary with each individual and depending where on the brain the injury has occurred.
History of Headway Luton
In the 1990s, a group of local people came together to find support for their loved one or friend who had an acquired brain injury. There were no specific local services for people with an ABI back then. Over the decades Headway Luton has grown thanks to the founders, volunteers, trustees, fundraisers, funders and clients.
We aim to:
- Enable clients to live as independently as possible.
- Maximise clients’ full potential, increase their personal skills and opportunities for social interaction.
- Provide a wide range of educational, cognitive and social activities to meet the needs of the client.
- Support family members and carers by offering advocacy, advice, information and emotional support.
- Advocate and lobby for the development of appropriate professional services by all statutory and voluntary organisations for our client group.
- Create a wider understanding of brain injury within the community through training, presentations and promotions.
- Recruit, train and manage a bank of skilled volunteers.
- Secure sustainable funding and other resources to further our aims and objectives.
Get Involved With Headway Luton
Get Involved With Headway Luton
Client Stories
Read the stories and experiences of some of our clients. They all acquired their brain injury in different ways and at different points in their lives. The one thing they have in common is the assertion that there is life after brain injury.
Client Stories
Read the stories and experiences of some of our clients. They all acquired their brain injury in different ways and at different points in their lives. The one thing they have in common is the assertion that there is life after brain injury.
Client Testimonials
Client Testimonials
Our Social Media
Referrals
We welcome both professional and self referrals. Do contact us to discuss your situation.
Referrals
We welcome both professional and self referrals. Please do get in contact to discuss your situation.
Our Social Media
Our Social Media
Latest News & Events
It is Volunteers’ Week, a time where as a nation we acknowledge, celebrate and thank all the work that volunteers do across the country in a range of organisations and roles. The graphic below is from Volunteers’ Week and shows the large numbers of people who volunteer and the benefits to the UK economy. Big thanks to all our current…
On Saturday 28th March, All Saints’ Church in Houghton Regis hosted a coffee and cake morning with proceeds going to Headway Luton. Coffee and cakes were only £1 each and participants raised £145. That is a lot of coffee and cake eaten! The organisers like to select a new local charity for each of their fundraisers, and we were really…
We are one of the recipients of the Luton Rising Community Investment Fund which is administered by the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation. The fund contributes to around 10% of our core income to enable us to offer 1:1 support, advocacy and signposting for our clients and their families who live in Luton. We have reached the end of our…
Latest News & Events
It is Volunteers’ Week, a time where as a nation we acknowledge, celebrate and thank all the work that volunteers do across the country in a range of organisations and roles. The graphic below is from Volunteers’ Week and shows the large numbers of people who volunteer and the benefits to the UK economy. Big thanks to all our current…
On Saturday 28th March, All Saints’ Church in Houghton Regis hosted a coffee and cake morning with proceeds going to Headway Luton. Coffee and cakes were only £1 each and participants raised £145. That is a lot of coffee and cake eaten! The organisers like to select a new local charity for each of their fundraisers, and we were really…
We are one of the recipients of the Luton Rising Community Investment Fund which is administered by the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation. The fund contributes to around 10% of our core income to enable us to offer 1:1 support, advocacy and signposting for our clients and their families who live in Luton. We have reached the end of our…
Grahame Atkins has led Headway Luton for 20+ years. As he begins to step down for retirement, we are now recruiting for a new CEO. There will be a hand over period so the wealth of knowledge from Grahame will be passed on. You can view the job description and apply via our advert on CharityJobs.co.uk