ABOUT US
Headway Rochdale & Bury Branch
Headway Rochdale and Bury was set up in 2014 because we realised there was a need for services to support brain injured people and their families in the North Manchester area.
Our Aims and objectives
Our Mission is:
To promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury and to provide information, support and services to people with a brain injury, their families and carers. In addition, as a Branch we will campaign to reduce incidence of brain injury.
Our Objectives are:
- To increase awareness of brain injury and its consequences
- To initiate activities and campaigns which will reduce the incidence of brain injury
- To provide information and support for people with brain injuries, their relatives and carers and concerned professional people
- To promote improved approaches to brain injury screening, acute care, assessment, rehabilitation and community re-entry
- To assist people with brain injuries to return to community living, including access to appropriate accommodation, social outlets, and productive activity
- To support and help to establish Headway groups throughout the UK in furtherance of the charity's mission statement and encourage them to address the needs of all sections of the community
OUR COMMITTEE
Here is some information about our Committee Members who are responsible for this branch.
Louise Wilcox - Chair
Louise is Consultant Solicitor specialising in serious injury litigation at Price Slater Gawne . She has worked with clients with brain injuries and their families for a number of years.
James Guy - Treasurer
James is a Director of Respite North West and Ashbrook Rehabilitation Centre. He has a background as a Social Worker and is committed to promoting the access to services for brain injured people.
Heather Preston
Heather is Clinical Coordinator & Occupational Therapist at Susan Pattison Therapy Services based in Bury. Heather has had a long career as an Occupational Therapist and has worked with clients with a wide variety of neurological conditions including brain injury.
Paula Foster
Paula is a Case Manager at JS parker Manchester and comes from a background in Social Work. She has a caseload of clients who have suffered brain injury and other life changing injuries.
Maria Walker
Maria has worked for Irwin Mitchell as a Client Liaison Manager for the past 7 years. She is a specialist General nurse and worked in the NHS for 24 years.Maria has been involved with various Headway groups since January 2010, initially helping out at Blackburn and Darwin for a few years and before becoming a trustee with the Preston and Chorley group in March 2015 up until joining Rochdale and Bury in September 2016.
Rachel Booth
Rachel is a user of the Rochdale and Bury Headway Group who is committed to raising awareness about brain injury.