News Category: Fundraising

We’re fortunate to have some wonderful fundraisers at the moment and the team at George Ide LLP Solicitors in Chichester are gearing up for a 17 mile sponsored walk for us next month. They’ve set themselves an ambitious fundraising target of £2000 between the team of 25 members of staff, partners and friends. They’ll be […]

  Sport was always a big part of Anthony’s life growing up. Coming from a tight-knit family, Anthony’s childhood revolved around his family and church. There was a strong emphasis on taking care of himself physically, following a healthy lifestyle and enjoying sports. The church and his parents taught him good principles for life and […]

The Brighton Half Marathon Kicking off the year, Claire Glasgow ran the Brighton Half Marathon for us on Sunday 27 February. It was a bright, sunny day,  if a little windy along the seafront with plenty of supporters along the route. The atmosphere certainly helped carry Claire along especially during the last couple of miles […]

Happy New Year from us all at Headway Sussex! Cherie contracted meningitis in 2018 and then suffered a stroke resulting in a brain injury. She came to Headway Sussex for help and took part in some counselling sessions as well as joining our Brighton Support Group for a while. Our Outreach Service also supported her […]

We’re always keen to get involved with local communities and recently we were invited to Newick Primary School to talk to the children about brain injury. We spent the morning talking about what the brain does, how it can get injured and how this affects a person if it happens. The children then made paper […]

Some good news at the start of Spring for us at Headway in the form of one woman’s cycling fundraiser. Following a year that has been extremely difficult for everyone, fundraising has never been more important for us. So when Occupational Therapist Joanna Thornhill said she was cycling from London to Paris to support the […]