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