A reminder that Headway Ayrshire hold monthly Carers Meetings on Tuesday evenings. These are held in Ayr and Hurlford, alternatively. The date of the next meeting is as follows:
Tuesday 30th July: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Hurlford Community Centre, Cessnock Road, Hurlford, KA1 5DD
If you are interested in attending Carers Meetings, please call our office on 01292 618090 for […]
If you are living with a neurological condition and receiving care at home, you may be interested in this new initiative aiming to gather information on how NHS Ayrshire & Arran can better support people with neurological conditions to live well.
Please see the flyer below for more information.
Just a wee reminder of holiday dates for our Community Rehabilitation Groups:
South Community Rehabilitation Group:
Tuesday 9th July: Last meeting before summer break.
Tuesday 16th July: Holiday
Tuesday 23rd July: Holiday
Tuesday 30th July: Group returns.
East Community Rehabilitation Group:
Thursday 11th July: Last meeting before summer break.
Thursday 18th July: Holiday
Thursday 25th July: Holiday
Thursday 1st August: Group returns.
Please note that there will be a raffle […]
On Tuesday 14th May 2024, Headway Ayrshire participated in a Head Injury Information Day held by Digby Brown. The event featured several notable speakers including Headway Ayrshire Client, Craig Scott, who gave a fantastic talk accompanied by a very impactful video. You can view Craig’s video by following the link below.
https://headwayayrshireorguk.sharepoint.com/:v:/s/Management/EUpThVbHCU5PlPiDkgv_xRkBNIYKb-UXhJrePwmIyXLzeQ?e=tZqp2g
The event was attended by Headway Ayrshire Manager, Jayne […]
This year’s Kiltwalk was held on Sunday 28th April and Headway Ayrshire were delighted and grateful to have 3 participants fundraising for us. We would very much like to thank Heather McGarva, Keith Waddell, and Jade Waddell, for their impressive achievement in completing the Kiltwalk and their generous support for Headway Ayrshire. We hope that your feet have forgiven […]
During Carers Week, 10th – 16th June 2024, Headway UK held a poetry competition asking brain injury survivors and their Carers to put pen to paper and submit a wee ditty in honour of Carers, or from a Carers perspective.
Headway Ayrshire are delighted to announce that Carer Diane Wilson was awarded second place with her fantastic poem, The Brain […]
The Art Group at our South Ayrshire Community Rehabilitation Group were recently given the opportunity to produce a centrepiece on the theme of head/brain injury to grace a table at Digby Brown’s Head Injury Information Day on Tuesday 14th May.
After discussion, the Group chose to produce an iceberg sculpture to represent life with a brain injury. The thought behind […]
This week is Volunteer Week 2024! A time to celebrate and thank our Volunteers.
We are fortunate to have our fantastic Volunteer Tutor, Margaret Clark, who provides invaluable support for our Clients in a number of ways, e.g. Cognitive Education Course, one-to-one Numeracy & Literacy tuition, coping strategies, and crafts, etc.
We’d also like to thank our fab team of Client […]
ABI Week 2024 was a great success! South and East Community Rehabilitation Groups wore a ‘Hat for Headway’, making a small donation to the cause. To “cap” it all, the wearer of the best hat at each group received a prize. We were “bowler-ed” over by all the fabulous headgear on display and a “beret” good time was had […]
We were absolutely delighted to receive this fantastic key holder, very kindly gifted to us by Headway Ayrshire Client Dominic Dougherty, who made it himself. It has pride of place in our Staff hub. We are very proud of Dominic’s progress and achievements! Well done and thank you, Dominic!