As part of Headway’s Budget for brain injury campaign – now in its fourth iteration –we strive to highlight the lack of funding available for essential community-based rehabilitation and reablement services for brain injury survivors across the UK.
Around 70 Headway groups across the country provide these vital services, and many are facing significant financial challenges.
In his letter to the Chancellor, Luke Griggs, Headway’s Chief Executive, said:
“I wrote to the previous Chancellor in spring 2024, explaining that local Headway charities, which provide specialist rehabilitation and reablement services for people living with the effects of brain injury, were facing financial crises.
“I warned that without intervention, some local Headway charities would not survive. Since then, the situation has deteriorated; six local Headway charities, all in different areas of the UK, have had to close their doors, and three more will do so in the next few months. Even more are at breaking point.
These charities support thousands of families affected by brain injury, and the effects of these closures are devastating, both for brain injury survivors and their loved ones.”
The Government must address the urgent challenges facing community-based rehabilitation organisations providing essential services to individuals living with acquired brain injury. They are essential partners for the government in delivering vital services for survivors and their families, but support must be forthcoming without further delay.
You can support the Budget for Brain Injury campaign by writing to your MP using Headway’s letter template.
Please see our Budget for brain injury campaign page for more information.
