theheadinjurysite talks to Anne Morley from Headway, the brain injury charity

06/05/2009

How did you first get involved with your local support group?

How did you first get involved with your local support group?

I was a volunteer for Headway House Manchester for many years and was asked many times to join their committee, but I had a small family at the time and felt I couldn’t give them the commitment they required. It was there I met my friend and colleague Noreen Kelly (Chair of Salford & Trafford); she invited me on to the Salford & Trafford Committee and for me the time was right so I gladly accepted.

What can Headway Salford offer for your members and supporters?

Headway House Salford & Trafford offers a relaxed and safe environment for people with A.B.I. to attend regularly; a place where they will be accepted, valued and appreciated for who and what they are, be enabled to contribute in some measure as well as receive; be encouraged to engage in a  very wide range of activities, through which they can work to improve their skills, and at the same time move again into a wider and richer social life than they may have experienced since their brain injury. The Headway House concept may be defined as a long term, activity/therapy centre for people with brain injury. It is designed to continue to encourage and assist improvement and performance within the areas of cognitive behavioural and emotional impairment arising from brain injury.

What is your role with the group?

I am Co-Manager.

We believe you are holding your official opening of Headway Salford during Action for Brain Injury Week 2009?  How do you feel about finally launching to the public and opening your doors to a wider audience?

Glad that we are there for the people who need us, and very proud to be part of this historic day for Headway House Salford & Trafford.

If there was one thing that you could change about your local services for brain injury, what would it be?

That health professionals were more informed in the area of brain injury and its consequences for both victim and their families, particularly the families.

What really stands out for you as a highlight of your work with Headway over the last year?

Oh that’s a difficult question, there has been so many, the highlight of my work is when we see, how not only how well our clients progress but, to see them happy and enjoying life once again.

What are you planning to do over the next year with your group?

To continue to improve and to make Headway House Salford & Trafford a place of excellence for people with A.B.I. and their families.

Can you recommend a good source of help and information for family members of somebody who has recently suffered a serious head injury?

It has to be Headway every time, if they can’t help they will point you in the right direction.

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