Watch Raj's honest and inspiring account of life after brain injury, his determination to achieve and abandoning his wheelchair to collect his degree. Read more
Jo Samples, 50, from Clifton is a carer for both her daughter and husband and has been supported by Headway Nottingham since discovering their rehabilitation centre five years ago. Despite being the only long-term brain injury day centre serving all of Nottingham’s city and county, Headway Nottingham’s hub is now at risk as it faces a ‘perfect storm’ of funding cuts and reduced fundraising income over the last year. Read more
I’m learning to say ‘yes I have a brain injury please be patient. I look normal, I can sound normal, but I might struggle with what you’re saying’. Read more
Whilst I was a full CPL in the RCT (Army) one of the duties I performed was to volunteer for the Gulf One Campaign. It was there that I had an acquired brain injury. I lost some very good friends, some of those I was responsible for as I was a section commander. On leaving the army I went through a bad patch; divorced, my children turned their backs on me, I hit the bottle. Read more
In January 2011 I suffered a TIA which affected the right hand side of my face. Although doctors didn’t think this would happen again, in June 2011 I suffered a stroke. Read more