Kim Kelly works at Headway Luton, a charity that supports people with an Acquired Brain Injury. She organised a Halloween Trick or Treat fundraiser on her street in Luton which raised a total of £784.33. Special thanks to Lucia Hair and Beauty for the donation of £500 and all the volunteers who took part in this event. Resident Hayley wrote…
Online voting is now open! You can choose up to three local charities to support, including us (in collaboration with Keech Hospice). Our project will enable us to hire extra staff, use Keech’s amazing fitness facilities, improve how we measure our impact on brain injury survivors’ lives as well make better connections between us and Keech. Keech’s work is not…
Luton is celebrating 150 years since it officially became a borough in 1876. Across the town there have been a range of celebrations, exhibitions and events to commemorate the occasion. At Headway Luton, we decided to host our own week of celebrations at our day centre on Alma Street. The building was decked out in blue and orange to represent…
Luca Gordon works at Joe Graham & Son in their kitchen design department. His mother and sister both work at Headway Luton – a local charity that supports survivors of an acquired brain injury. When he heard from his mother that Headway wanted to raise their income, he lept into action thinking of ideas of what he could do and…
Look at any large charity and you will find a marketing manager, a fundraising manager and sometimes someone who is in charge of evaluating and reporting on the impact the charity is making. Often these ‘departments’ have more than one person with the teams working together to plan social media campaigns, apply for all the grants available and gather detailed…
Grahame has been the CEO of Headway Luton for over 25 years. He is now ready to retire and move onto new projects. Kamani Patel now joins us as our new CEO, with Grahame still here for a few weeks more for handover. In this post, we learn a bit about Kamini and her hopes for Headway Luton as she…
Stef and Daisy, from Manshead Sixth Form, joined us at our Luton day centre for work experience. They spent a week with us in July 2026 and on their last day reflected on what they have learned through their time with us and how it would impact their studies and careers. How did you hear about Headway Luton? Stef: My…
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) runs Whipsnade and London Zoo. We have joined their Community Access Scheme which means tickets for our clients are only £6 (plus free companion ticket). For a limited time, Headway Luton will be offering the tickets completely free thanks to a grant from the Co-op Community Fund to be spent on day trips. When…
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…