Headway

Headway North Staffordshire is a leading charity dedicated to the care and support of people who have sustained a brain injury. We provide rehabilitation activities so that they can live their best life.

We also promote a wider understanding of all aspects of brain injury and to provide information, support and services to people with a brain injury and their relatives and carers.

How We Started…

In 1985, three Occupational Therapists from North Staffs Hospital were drawn together by the lack of services for survivors of brain injury. They arranged meetings for survivors and their families on a monthly basis and this was the start of Headway North Staffs.

As the need for more support became apparent, the monthly meetings became weekly day sessions. The demand for this service was such that the following years brought about several rented venue changes, and a gradual increase to five full days per week.

In 1999, the National Lottery funding enabled us to purchase premises, Headway House, in Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent. This considerable increase in space meant better facilities, and has broadened the scope of opportunity available to all our attending service users.

Although affiliated with Headway UK all branches and groups are responsible for securing their own funding.

With an increased need for support for stroke related brain injuries we expanded our referal policies to allow us to support even more people.

For information on brain injury see here.

To see Headway North Staffs in pictures see here.

To see our  services look to the menu on the left for more details.