We would like to thank the Bishop Stamer Fund, the Clothworkers Foundation (who give one-off grants for capital projects) and the Douglas Arter Foundation who have donated so that Headway North Staffs can update its fire alarm system – keeping our clients and our building safe.

Many of our clients have problems with their speech. This has a huge impact on people as it cuts them off from the world and they have to work hard to relearn skills taken from them by an ABI.

Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund’ss grant we  are able to provide speech therapy at our centre in Cobridge.

Counselling is a much valued service by our clients. Giving them a safe space to explore their emotions when faced by a life changing event. A grant from the Edward Gostling Foundation means that we can continue to provide counselling.

For many of our clients relearning how to cook is vital. They can have mobility, dexterity or cognative difficulties that making this everyday task seemingly impossible. Thanks to the Sainsbury’s Helping Everyone Eat Better Community Grant Fund 2023-24 we are going to be able to give clients lessons on how to use a slow cooker to prepare healthy and tasty meals. Giving them back their independence.

Sport England has funded physical activities that can our clients can engage in. Walking, swiming and bicycling sesions using local facilities and suported by our staf and special equipment will mean our clients can get out and about and get healthy.

You can see from the pictures on the right how successful this project has been in allowing our clients to engage in healthy and fun sporting activities.

Thank you Sport England.

So that our clients can use the internet to get connected, shop online, view entertainment or learn something new Staffordshire Comunity Council‘s Discover Digital Fund has provided equipment and a tutor to help our clients to learn new skills or brush up on new ones.

With the cost of living rising and many of our clients unable to work because of their ABI we are grateful to Stoke on Trent City Council and the Department for Word and Pensions for their grant from the Winter Food and Essential Supplies Fund.This means that we can provide food parcels or vouchers to those in need.