Social distancing, stay at home and COVID-19; the hashtags that have dominated our screens for what seems an eternity. But lockdown is just a couple of weeks old, and this is only the beginning. Our first thoughts in community cognitive rehabilitation were; how do we see our clients? How do we practice function? What about goal attainment, orientation training, functional transfer and providing evidence? How do we support staff out there in the field? But lockdown is just a couple of weeks old, and this is only the beginning. Our first thoughts in community cognitive rehabilitation were; how do we see our clients? How do we practice function? What about goal attainment, orientation training, functional transfer and providing evidence? How do we support staff out there in the field? There was an urgent requirement to shift focus, almost overnight, in order to support one of the most vulnerable groups in society. This is a group which relies on specialist support to learn new skills and practice and habituate new tasks, suddenly being asked to move to a completely new way of being supported and living.

Over the last 13 years I am proud that the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) has become an important part of the brain injury landscape in London and the quarterly conferences a firm fixture in diaries for health and social care professionals, brain injury survivors, families and friends. The aims of ABIL are: to raise awareness of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) across London; to encourage the development and dissemination of good practice; and to campaign for better services for ABI survivors and their families and carers across London. The aims of ABIL are: to raise awareness of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) across London; to encourage the development and dissemination of good practice; and to campaign for better services for ABI survivors and their families and carers across London.