Community Hub
Members
Social
- We provide a space for Headway Blackpool Wyre & Fylde members to meet weekly to socialise in a safe environment free from isolation or judgement, as per our member’s code of conduct.
- Events: we offer many social events throughout the year such as; our annual Summer day trip, Christmas meal, fish & chips meals out, Pancake Day etc.
Professional
- Therapeutic sessions at our community hub; relaxation, music therapy to a name just two!
- Teaching sessions; brain injury awareness, first aid
- Benefit and welfare advice; signposting for benefit applications, as well as signposting for appeals for refused benefits
- Headway Blackpool Wyre & Fylde telephone service; signposting for further advice/providing a listening service
- Legal advocacy; including signposting and referral letters
Community
- Volunteer’s programme for individuals wishing to support our charity’s aims and objectives
External Services
- Information/advice and support to charities/businesses in the Blackpool Wyre and Fylde area
- liaison service with GPs
- ABI team referral
Our Aims & Objectives
Aims
- To provide information, guidance, and support for people affected by acquired brain injury, including survivors, families, and carers.
- To foster a safe, supportive social community that reduces isolation and promotes wellbeing.
- To support rehabilitation and community reintegration following brain injury.
- To raise awareness of brain injury and support training opportunities linked to Headway UK.
Objectives
- Deliver a regular programme of social activities, including a weekly community hub.
- Provide therapeutic and wellbeing sessions such as relaxation, mindfulness, music therapy, and social and practical therapy.
- Offer welfare advice, professional guidance, and signposting for benefits, legal advocacy, financial advice, and rehabilitation pathways.
- Increase public awareness of acquired brain injury and promote relevant Headway UK training programmes.
- Expand services to support a growing number of brain injury survivors and families across the Fylde Coast.