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New guidance for teachers on ABI children returning to school

Teachers and support staff already play an essential role in a child’s development, but their importance is increased tenfold when dealing with a child who has endured a brain injury.

Their return to school is one of the biggest steps of the rehabilitation process, so it is crucial this is done properly. To make sure all education staff are properly trained in how to do this, the National Acquired Brain Injury in Learning and Education Syndicate (N-ABLES) have launched a new set of resources. Created in partnership with The United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF), the information will be used to help children from ages four to 18. From inclusion to understanding, the resources highlights a number of steps teachers can take to make sure these children are not left behind.
By |2024-07-04T17:43:07+01:0021 June 2021|Brain injury, News|
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50,000 call on government to fix broken dementia research promises

More than 50,000 people have signed a petition to ask the UK government to double its funding for dementia research and keep the promises it made two years ago. Boris Johnson initially said there would be £160 million invested into the sector in the 2019 Conservative manifesto, but there has been a lack of movement in this area since. This has spurred the Alzheimer’s Research UK charity to launch the petition, calling on Number Ten to help fund possible treatments for dementia. The pandemic has been particularly hard for those with the disease, with a quarter of COVID-related deaths coming from this group.

By |2024-07-04T17:43:07+01:0021 June 2021|News, Dementia|
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Headway and Centurion come together for Hard Hat Awareness Week

Brain injury charity Headway has partnered with safety manufacturer Centurion in an effort to educate those in the construction industry around concussion and brain injuries.

Hard Hat Awareness Week runs from June 14th - 20th and is designed to make sure those in the building sector are following the best practices to avoid any potential head injuries. As well as this both groups are using the event to help people spot the signs of concussion for both themselves and their coworkers through a series of educational media pieces. Like Griggs, deputy chief executive at Headway, said campaigns like this are vital to showing people the serious nature of a head injury. “We have been running our concussion awareness campaign for a while now,” he said. “But that has been primarily focused on the world of sport.
By |2024-07-04T17:43:08+01:0018 June 2021|Brain injury, News|
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Radio presenter raises thousands for MND as a tribute to her dad

A radio presenter has raised over £5,000 for the MND Association and paid tribute to her late father by cycling over 100 miles to visit all of his former football clubs.

Fern Balch, who works for both the BBC and talkSPORT, took on the mammoth cycle last month to mark ten years since her dad, Tim, lost his battle with motor neurone disease (MND). The ‘Tour de Tim’ featured twelve different teams across Dorset and Hampshire which he either managed or played for, all of which he had an impact on. Despite being fit and busy all his life Tim was diagnosed with MND in March 2010, with its fast progression taking its toll on both him and his family.
By |2024-07-04T17:43:08+01:0017 June 2021|MND / ALS, News|
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Hearts FC pay tribute to former captain through MND sponsorship

Heart of Midlothian Football Club have committed their support to helping fund a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) by naming one of Scotland’s leading neuro charities as the men’s shirt sponsor for the upcoming season.

MND Scotland will have their logo placed on the front of each jersey for the 2021/21 campaign in a bid to raise both awareness about the condition and money for the charity. The Edinburgh-based team are also using the deal to pay tribute to club legend and former captain Marius Žaliūkas, who tragically lost his battle with MND last year. The average life expectancy for MND patients is just 18 months after diagnosis according to the charity, but the Lithunaian defender lived for the condition for nearly seven years. Žaliūkas passed away aged 36 and was adored by fans, being part of the team that won the 2012 Scottish Cup.
By |2024-07-04T17:43:09+01:0015 June 2021|News, MND / ALS|
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“I found out I was pregnant shortly after my MS diagnosis”

A Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnosis is often a life changing event, with huge worries and concerns being overriding emotions for those who are told they have the condition.

This was exactly the case for 30-year-old Annie, who found out she had MS just weeks before she discovered she was pregnant with her first child. For years she had been suffering with fatigue and tiredness, but despite spending hours doing her own research she could not work out what was causing it. After numerous hospital visits, she was given a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, although Annie said she ‘never really felt like that was the correct diagnosis’ for her. It would take a strange coincidence for her to eventually discover the problem, after she got a fly stuck in her eye in June 2020.
By |2024-07-04T17:43:09+01:0014 June 2021|News, Multiple sclerosis, Patient stories|
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Football shows its power for Parkinson’s patients

Typically when someone mentions Parkinson’s Disease the first thing people think of is muscle stiffness, tremors and slowness.

This leads a lot of people to believe that those with the condition cannot partake in any sort of sport, particularly those that are of a high intensity like football. However this has not stopped the creation of one football club in Hertfordshire that is getting those who live with Parkinson’s out on the pitch. Fighting Fit Football has been showing how exercise can alleviate symptoms by bringing people together for fun and engaging sessions each week.
By |2024-07-04T17:43:10+01:0010 June 2021|News, Parkinson's|
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British Home launches first National Neuro-Disabilities Day

This Sunday, national care and rehabilitation charity British Home is launching its first National Neuro-Disabilities Day to raise awareness of living with such conditions.

For over 150 years the charity has been helping residents at its London-based home and it is now looking to use that experience to get more people talking about this. Keith Crowhurst is the organisation's director of care and he spoke about how the idea for the day came about. “It's something we've been talking about for a while now,” he said. “While reading a lot about neuro disability when we were looking to develop our own services we were quite surprised by the lack of information that was out there.
By |2024-07-04T17:43:11+01:004 June 2021|News|
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RAF veteran goes to great heights to fund MND research

A former RAF serviceman with motor neurone disease (MND) is ticking one thing off his bucket list to raise money for charity as he completes a skydive.

51-year-old Lez Wainwright was diagnosed with the condition in February and began thinking about all the things he wanted to do in life. One of these is a skydive and even though he had served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) for nine years, it is something he has never done before. “After my diagnosis I decided to do a bucket list,” he said. “A skydive was one of the things I’ve always wanted to do. “Originally I was too scared but I thought now is my chance to get it out the way with and get it done.”
By |2024-07-04T17:43:13+01:001 June 2021|Patient stories, MND / ALS, News|
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Raising stroke awareness one cup at a time

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is a charity designed to help victims of these conditions.

It is currently running a campaign called #NoLifeHalfLived, which is particularly applicable to Symposium Coffee founder Paul Haggath. He has been using his love for a brew to help run his Peterhead-based company since 2005. In December 2018 he was hosting some family members for the weekend where they would be visiting one of his stores for breakfast. He had been feeling particularly under the weather in the weeks previous to this, resulting in numerous trips to see his GP.
By |2024-07-04T17:43:13+01:0028 May 2021|News, Stroke|
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