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The BIS Services @thebisservices.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Research Lead Caroline Seton will be presenting the poster for our ongoing research project, investigating The Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation Support for Community Based goal Attainment in #TBI, at @headwaylondon.bsky.social Conference today. Looking forward to sharing this exciting work.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Therapy Service Manager. This job share role will: 🧠 co-lead our team and empower brain injury survivors 🌟 ensure high standards and a sense of purpose 📈 support growth and development Apply by 29th August: headwayeastlondon.org/vacancies/

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

📣 We're delighted to receive a grant from The Hospital Saturday Fund! This will contribute to our essential Day Service costs - changing lives daily for survivors of #braininjury. "Being at Headway East London made me look forward to the future" - Headway member #thankyou #braininjurysupport

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Join us for our annual conference, exploring the lifelong nature of brain injury, on Thursday 16th October. Grab a ticket and secure your spot now! headwayeastlondon.org/events/brain...

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Chair of Trustees! We're looking for someone to provide inclusive leadership, clear direction and strategic thinking. 🗓 The deadline to apply is: 9am, Tuesday 26th August 📢 Join us and make a difference – apply now: headwayeastlondon.org/vacancies/

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Adult social care supports millions of us to live the lives we want to lead. But right now, it's at crisis point. We’re supporting the @adass.bsky.social #CareCantWait campaign, shining a light on the impact good care and support can have and striving to build a care service we can depend on.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🥁 Exciting news... We are looking for a #Communications Officer to join our growing team! You’ll play a central role in promoting our services and amplifying the voices of our members. 🗓 Deadline: 9am, Mon 4 August 📢 Join us and make a difference - apply now: headwayeastlondon.org/vacancies/

A yellow banner at the top of the page says: "Join our team!"

Beneath is a photo of a young white woman with dark brown curly hair, in a red patterned shirt and dungarees, sat down. She is holding a microphone to an older woman of South Asian descent in a wheelchair, with white-grey hair wearing a multicoloured purple, pink, white and blue long-sleeved top, and gold earrings. Behind them are colourful artworks displayed on a white gallery wall.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📢 Our Summer Open Studio is next week! Join us on Thursday 17 July for an evening of art, celebration and delicious refreshments from the Headway kitchen. Explore our fantastic product range featuring brand-new pieces and bestsellers, all showcasing designs by our talented artists. 👇

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

🔊 Statement 🔊 On Tuesday the #WelfareReformBill – proposing changes to the benefits system – was passed into law. As a result of campaigning, some of the previously proposed changes to #PersonalIndependencePayments (PIP) were removed from the bill. 💪

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Turn life’s moments into meaningful support for survivors of #BrainInjury by signing up to a sponsored challenge! 🏃‍♀️ Registrations for the Hackney Half Marathon are now open. Get ready to become a #HeadwayHeroe on 17.05.2026! 👉 To book a spot visit headwayeastlondon.org/get-involved/fundraise/

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Our Summer Open Studio is back!☀️ Original artworks from over 40 Submit to Love artists will be on display alongside fresh new prints & products. Come and meet the artists, immerse yourself in the magical atmosphere of Submit to Love and help support our work for people living with #BrainInjury.👇

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Neuro Therapist @neurotherapist.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

📣 Are you a UK SLT who works with CCD after TBI? Take part in our short survey! redcap.link/bkd8w50z Share your experiences and what you see as the main barriers and facilitators to delivering best practice. Your participation will help to inform future practice. #TBI #CCD #SLT

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Loved today's roundtable on reimagining the relationship between Charities and Journalism - thank you @mediatrust.bsky.social for opening the conversation! Great to see friendly faces from the #StrongerVoices programme too - you know who you are! @lucybrisbane.bsky.social + #MigrantDemocracyProject

A group of men and women sit round a table. There is a microphone at the centre, and name tags and a bright yellow notebook around the outside. One name tag reads Claire Stone - Headway East London. There is a vaulted ceiling and arches above, an old chapel.

The beautiful courtyard of St. Ethelberg's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace - with a hanging lantern, mosaic paving and stain glass windows, white walls and potted plants around the edges. It looks peaceful and serene.

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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We were delighted to partner with @headwaylondon.bsky.social on this film screening and panel discussion event! Such a dynamic conversation about identity, freedom, and the future of brain injury rehabilitation.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

🔉 It’s Action for Brain Injury Week! 🎉 We’re proud to mark ABI Week by highlighting four collaborations helping us to drive change in understanding, care and policy for people living with #BrainInjury. 👇

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Lucy Brisbane Mckay @lucybrisbane.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

A brilliant piece by Kieran Yates on rebuilding life after brain injury. I have witnessed a similar journey by a friend, and it was powerful to read this first hand perspective. I also continue to be in awe of the exceptional charity @headwaylondon.bsky.social ❤️ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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‘Mum, my brain’: how I learned to walk, talk and even dance again after a devastating stroke at 36

I was riding high as a music journalist with a new book in the shops when I had what I thought was a migraine. In fact, it was a burst aneurysm and I needed emergency surgery. Two years into my recove...

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Last weekend to apply for two exciting positions at Headway East London! 👇

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Are you looking for the next step in your HR or admin career? Would you like to join an expending organisation leading in support services for people living with #braininjury? We are looking for two dedicated & enthusiastic individuals to join our team as: - administrator - HR administrator 👇

A white writing on blue background at the top of the image reads: “Join our team!” and at the bottom of the image reads: “Administrator. HR Administrator.” In the middle there is an image of two girls sitting at a white table and colouring with coloured pens.

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Claire Farrington-Douglas @clairefdslt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Today I spent the day with the casework team at @headwaylondon.bsky.social. Wonderful people doing wonderful things to support people with ABI.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Dear Annie, I hate you starts next week! Through this powerful, honest, and darkly comic play, you’ll discover the story of a young girl whose life changes after a #braininjury. 👉Get tickets here: riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/dear-annie-i-hate-you-156247/

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Dear Annie, I Hate You - Riverside Studios

Wild Geese Productions in association with HFH Productions presents... Dear Annie, I Hate You, the wickedly funny, multimedia exploration of what happens when life takes an unexpected turn, and all y...

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Don't miss this special screening of The Magic of Chaos at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre! The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Headway staff & members and neuroscience researchers. 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-and-panel-discussion-the-magic-of-chaos-tickets-1224992869649

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Film Screening and Panel Discussion: The Magic of Chaos

SWC is delighted to be partnering with Headway East London to present The Magic of Chaos

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Looking for something darkly comic, deeply personal, and totally unforgettable? Don't miss Dear Annie, I hate you, a powerful play based on the true story of writer and performer Sam. At 20 years old, Sam discovered she had a brain aneurysm which she began to call Annie. 👇

A promotional image for a production titled "Dear Annie, I Hate You". A woman in a white tank top and dark pants poses expressively in front of a grid of vintage television screens showing fragmented and emotional close-ups of her face. The background is pink. Text above reads: “WHAT IF YOU WERE GIVEN A LIFELONG COMPANION WHO WASN’T YOUR FRIEND?”

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🚨 Event alert! 🎥 Join us for a special screening of our award-winning short film The Magic of Chaos at @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social on Tues 13 May, 6-8pm 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../film-scr.... #magicofchaos #filmscreening #neuroscience #braininjuries #traumaticbraininjury #acquiredbraininjury

The poster of the film The Magic of Chaos, showing a close up of four faces, who are Headway East London members; a white writing in the middle reads: "Film by Kit Vincent for Headway East London"; a colourful writing reads: "The Magic of Chaos". The four members are, from top left: a white man in his fifties, a Black woman in her fifties, a Black woman in her thirties and a Fijian woman in her sixties.

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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Join us for a screening of @headwaylondon.bsky.social’s The Magic Of Chaos and panel discussion. 📅 13 May, 6pm 📍 SWC, London 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree...

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Film Screening and Panel Discussion: The Magic of Chaos

SWC is delighted to be partnering with Headway East London to present The Magic of Chaos

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

📢 Save the date! We are excited to announce our next brain injury conference - The Lifelong Nature of Brain Injury. 📅 Thurs 16 Oct 2025 📍 Headway East London Expect insightful discussions, expert speakers, and real-life perspectives from those with lived experience. Stay tuned for more details!

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

People with disabilities are not the problem. The proposed #DisabilityBenefits cuts risk undermining support that enables people with #disabilities to play an active part in society. It will push many into hardship and exclusion. Read our full statement here: headwayeastlondon.org/blog/a-state...

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A statement on the proposed disability benefit cuts | Headway East London

The real issue is in the systemic barriers that exist. In the UK, there are 5.5 million private businesses, yet only 20,000 organisations have engaged with the Disability Confident Employer Scheme — j...

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The Magic of Chaos won the Bronze Award! Last night at the Smiley Charity Film Awards at the O2, our members and staff were thrilled to discover that The Magic of Chaos won the Bronze Award – Judges' Choice in the Long Form category. 👏 Huge congratulations to everyone involved!

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National Acquired Brain Injury In Learning & Education Syndicate @n-ables.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

‼️ Do you know a parent who feels isolated after their child experienced an #AcquiredBrainInjury? Encourage them to connect with the following organisations, which do fantastic work and build a sense of community for those living with an #ABI! (1/2)

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Join our upcoming creative workshops! They are part of Lines That Refuse to Behave, a new exhibition by Submit to Love art studio, starting next week at Bomb Factory. All workshops are drop-in, no previous experience needed. 👉 See you at Bomb Factory pop-up space, 4 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch.

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clare1961.bsky.social @clare1961.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

It will be fantastic 👍👍👍

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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🎭 @headwaylondon.bsky.social is delighted to present This is not a performance…This is us!, a show created and performed by their drama group members. When - 06 Mar Where - London Cost - Free disabilityarts.online/events/this-...

A guy is wearing a mask and improvising a scene during our drama group at Headway East London. The mask is covering his face and shows an expression of shock. He is wearing a blue jacket and jeans.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We're at #Redbridge Town Hall today speaking at the Creative Health North East London Symposium, hosted by #NHS with @ncch.bsky.social & @artscouncilengland.bsky.social We'll be speaking about how to embed #creativity at the heart of #socialcare - something we are passionate about! Come say hi!

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

📢 Exciting news! 📢 We are delighted to announce Lines That Refuse To Behave, a new Submit To Love studio exhibition at the Bomb Factory in Shoreditch, 11 - 16 March. The exhibition is an exploration of artistic freedom, marks that wander, ideas that shift, and creations that refuse to conform.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Join us for "This Is Not A Performance…This Is Us!", a show created and performed by our drama group members. 🎭 Led by theatre-maker Tiiu Mortley, the show will be a celebration of stories that are as yet untold, from the experts – #braininjury survivors themselves.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Last weekend to apply for the role of Marketing and Engagement Officer. Join us and make a difference for people living with #braininjury. 👇 lnkd.in/gyidugKy

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

In December we started a new theatre project funded by Cultural Hackney – a Hackney Council initiative reflecting and celebrating the borough’s rich diversity and heritage through its communities. 👇

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Do you have experience in working with people with disability? Would you like to join a team of skilled and creative professionals supporting people living with #braininjury? We are looking for a Day Service Co-ordinator to join our team & support our members in our centre in Haggerston. 👇

A white writing on green background at the top of the image reads: “Join our team!” and at the bottom it reads: “Day Service Co-ordinator". In the middle there is an image of our member Donovan at Hoxton market. Donovan is a Black man, and he has got a short beard. He is wearing a white cap, a white T-shirt and an apron. He is holding a try with salt fish plantains covered with a vegetarian sauce. Behind him we can see other Headway staff and members behind a wooden table in the Headway stall.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Don't miss the opportunity to apply for this exciting new post! 👇 headwayeastlondon.org/vacancies/

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

You will collaborate with our members, staff and partners to increase awareness and understanding of brain injury. You will develop and deliver marketing material, whilst identifying new opportunities to support the promotion of our services. 🗓 Apply by Mon 24 Feb 👉 headwayeastlondon.org/vacancies/

A white writing on blue background on the right side reads: “Marketing & Engagement Officer. Develop and deliver marketing for our services and member-led training programme. Collaborate with our members, educate professionals, generate income. 28 h/w, fixed term contract until March 2026. Apply Now!” On the left there is an image of our member Billy in our Submit to Love art studio. Billy is a white man in his sixties, he has short, grey hair and he is wearing glasses and a grey jacket.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The Magic of Chaos is a Finalist! We are over the moon to share that our film has been shortlisted in the 2025 Smiley Charity Film Awards in the Longform category. We can’t wait to celebrate at The O2 alongside many inspiring charities shortlisted. 🎬🏆 #smileyCFA25 #charityfilmawards #TheSmileys

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Throwback to the incredible achievements of 2023-2024 with our Annual Review! As we celebrated 25 years of supporting people living with #braininjury, we raised awareness & connected with more people than ever with the #differentlyvarious exhibition and a co-produced brain injury conference. 👇

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

📣 Do you have experience in delivering marketing projects & driving income? Would you like to join a fast-growing organisation supporting people living with #braininjury? We are looking for a Marketing & Engagement Officer to deliver the marketing of our services and member-led training programme.👇

A white writing on blue background reads: “Join our team! Marketing & Engagement Officer (Services)”. In the middle there is an image of our Peer Support Worker Yoki and member Alison at our annual brain injury conference. They are smiling and looking at their notes on the table. Yoki is a Black woman in her thirties. In this picture she has dreads, and she is wearing a grey jumper. Alison is a white woman in her fifties, she has got short, grey hair and she is wearing a cream jumper.

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A massive thank you Arnold Clark, who awarded us a grant through their #ArnoldClarkCommunityFund, helping us deliver life-changing projects for people living with #braininjury. 🧠

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Thanks for including us @astonmansfield.bsky.social! We are proud to support people living with #braininjury in 13 London Boroughs, including #Newham #Barking #Dagenham #Hackney #Havering #Redbridge #TowerHamlets #WalthamForest. You can refer at www.headwayeastlondon.org/members/becoming-a-member/

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Becoming a member – Headway East London

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Headway East London @headwaylondon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

📣 Do you have experience of leading services in the public or voluntary sector? Would you like to join a fast-growing organisation supporting people living with #braininjury? We are hiring a Director of Services!

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