Client Scott wanted to do a bit of fundraising for Headway East Northants, and decided to combine that with his enjoyment of fitness and walking. Scott successfully completed a mammoth 15k walk during the International Waendel Walk weekend – a terrific achievement!
Scott has successfully raised £153.50, which he has very kindly decided to donate to us here at Headway East Northants. Well done Scott, you did a great job!
A great example of teamwork from client Phil and guitar volunteer, Dave lately. Phil attends Dave’s Tuesday morning guitar sessions, but due to shoulder-mobility and eyesight issues, was finding it physically challenging to hold and play the guitar.
After some thought, Dave suggested re-stringing Phil’s guitar to make it a left-handed instrument. Phil being Phil said, “Why not? Let’s give it a go!”
Dave then took the guitar home and fully-restrung the instrument to make it a left-handed player. The result? Great success – Phil can now hold and play with much more ease and comfort and has taken to left handed playing brilliantly, considering he’s naturally right-handed!
A great example of how we work together to make things happen.
Sue has been really busy lately in the woodwork room, creating some beautiful handmade and hand-painted bird boxes for our garden.
Facilitator Stuart also spotted that a family of blue tits have made their home in one for the season!
Great to see our clients putting practical and purposeful skills into place for everyone to enjoy at our centre.
Client Keith (pictured above) wanted to create something with a difference for deputy manager, Jonny’s, 40th birthday. So with support from our woodwork volunteer, Dave, Keith created a stylish wooden ’40th’ plinth decorated with coins.
Not just any old coins, either. Keith made sure each one was a 1979 minted coin, and he cleaned and polished each individual coin by hand. We think this says a huge amount about Keith’s creativity and patience. Great stuff, Keith.
At the start of this year, client Scott had the ambition to join a gym to keep fit and active. He didn’t want his brain injury to hold him back – and neither did we!
So, we got in touch with Graham at Northamptonshire Sport’s Activity on Referral programme, and with his help, and with support from facilitator, Sue (pictured above with Scott), Scott has now fulfilled that ambition and attends a gym every other week for a keep fit session.
Huge thaks to Graham at Northamptonshire Sport for his time and advice, and of course, congratulations Scott and Sue. Never let anything hold you back!
Our client, Michael, has successfully completed an online course in Food Safety and now has a qualification in Level 2 Food Safety in Catering.
Michael successfully combined both his culinary and I.T skills which has proved a win-win – he’s pictured above with his certificate.
A huge ‘well done’ to Michael, we’re really proud of you!
Clients Matthew and Tim, have done an amazing job on their recent upholstery renovation project.
We were gifted two Edwardian-style nursing chairs at our centre, so, with support from volunteer Dave, the guys worked together to plan, design and completely renovate the chairs. This involved stripping the chairs back to the bare bones, removing the tatty fabric and padding, replacing the legs, and coming up with a terrific end result.
The chair is now part of our relaxation room, and looks fantastic.
Once again, a great example of what brain injury survivors can achieve.
Actions involving hand-eye coordination are particularly beneficial to brain performance, so puzzles, model-making, etc, are ideal activities to those living with ABI. Well done Anthony, an awesome achievement!
Clients Sheena and Steve enjoy our weekly woodwork sessions (which are supported by volunteer and trustee, Les Hurwood) and together, they’ve created some wonderful pieces.
Their most recent items include a handmade wine bottle holder (as pictured here with Sheena). Brilliant work!
Talking of woodwork, client Sue and volunteer Dave worked together to create this incredible handmade bird table/feeding station, in our woodwork room! A lovely addition for anyone’s garden.
A terrific example of what a brain injury survivor can design and create!
Clients Steve, Martyn, Tim, Sheena and Jodie performed live at a concert in October alongside the Raunds & Kettering Ukulele Orchestras, as well as two choirs and other musicians, raising funds for both Headway East Northants and the Cransley Hospice.
With support from facilitators Freyja and Kate, the guys not only played drums, ukuleles and glockenspiels, but also sang live to a packed-out hall – a nerve-wracking prospect for anyone, let alone someone managing a brain injury.
We were bursting with pride, watching in the audience, and full of admiration too – clients conquered their nerves and simply took it all in their stride. Amazing stuff!
Clients Tim and Matthew, with support from volunteer Dave, developed their design skills brilliantly with these fully upholstered footstools, designed and made from scratch.
Matthew chose and cut the fabric, while Tim chose appropriate legs and attached them. Tim then went on to choose and cut some fabric for another creation, currently under construction. Brilliant work, guys!
If the idea of the London Marathon is a bit too daunting a prospect, but you’d like to combine fundraising and running, why not
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