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Kim, a white woman in her 40s with blond hair, presents Andrew,a black man in his 80s with a goodie bag of sweets and chocolate. They are both laughing.
Volunteers’ week 2026

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…

A poster from All Saints Chruch in Houghton Regis promoting a now past event for coffee and cake for £1, raising funds for Headway. The logo is of Headway UK rather than Headway Luton but we let them know that we are seperate charities.
All Saints Church fundraiser

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…

Luton Rising – thanking one of our core funders

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…

Career opportunity – CEO

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

An Easter bonnet with a messy green birds nest propped on top.
Hats at Houghton Regis

Clients at our day centre in Houghton Regis decorated Easter bonnets and handmade some bunny ears. The bonnets reflected each client’s personality. From the elegant and sophisticated of these two designs….. ….. to the flamboyant and playful of these next two creations… Ms J added an extra couple of ears “just in case they fall off”. We think this is…

Stroke Association information programme Spring 2026 (logo)
Stroke Association – information programme

The Stroke Association, East of England branch, have developed a seven week information programme (online on Zoom) covering the following topics: Sign up to the information programme to register your space and get the Zoom link. All sessions take place on Wednesdays 11am to 12noon. We will be broadcasting the sessions on floor 2 of our Luton day centre starting…