Supporting you when brain injury strikes
As the UK’s leading source of brain injury information, we offer compassionate, specialist help from the moment brain injury occurs. So whether you need support navigating the complexities of brain injury, financial help to be alongside your loved one, or simply a listening ear on the phone, Headway is here.
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Headway UK Helpline
Headway UK Emergency Fund
Specialist brain injury information
Headway support in your local area
Headway UK Helpline
We’re here to listen. Headway UK’s free, nurse-led helpline is available to anyone needing a listening ear and specialist, confidential support in coping with and understanding all stages of brain injury. Call us on 0808 800 2244.
Headway UK Emergency Fund
Headway UK’s Emergency Fund provides financial support to ensure families can be with their loved one in the immediate aftermath of brain injury. Learn more and make your application here.
Specialist brain injury information
Available on online and over the phone, we offer a wide range of accessible research-led publications covering different types and aspects of brain injury.
In the most acute stages of injury, you may find the following publications and web pages especially helpful.
- Hospital treatment and early recovery
- Coma after brain injury
- Post-traumatic amnesia
- Prolonged disorders of consciousness
- Supporting children
- Scans and tests
- Effects of brain injury
- Statutory sick pay
Headway support in your local area
The Headway network of local independent charities and volunteer-led branches provide a wide range of vital services for brain injury survivors and their loved ones.
Find Headway support in your area.
