PEEPS HIE Charity

PEEPS HIE Charity The organisation is the only UK charity dedicated to supporting those affected by H.I.E. (Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy), a condition caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain at birth. It provides free emotional, practical, and financial support to families, regardless of cause or outcome. The charity also supplies free parent packs to […]

Hydrocephalus: cause or effect?

Katherine Pearce is an experienced medical negligence lawyer with leading South West firm, Enable Law. She is also the mother of a young son who has hydrocephalus and cerebral palsy following a brain haemorrhage at birth.  Dr Stephen Roundhill is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist who also hails from the South West. In conversation with them […]

Brain Injury Group supports Road Safety Week 2018 Campaign, Bike Smart

For the fifth successive year Brain Injury Group will be promoting Road Safety Week in schools across the country with the support of our member firms to raise public awareness of road safety. The theme for the 2018 campaign is Bike Smart, focusing on the safety of road users on two wheels, both cyclists and […]

Supporting carers to stay Healthy and Connected

Carers Week 2018 runs from 11-17 June. It is an annual awareness campaign which celebrates and recognises the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers. This year the campaign, driven by a team of eight charities, is looking at all the ways carers can be supported to stay ‘Healthy and Connected’ and calling […]

Shared expertise at child brain injury training day

All Brain Injury Group training events book up quickly, but one of the most popular year after year is Child Brain Injury. The speakers at the April 2018 event represented a breadth of interests as usual, and offered expertise and insight that appealed to an equally diverse audience that included claimant and defendant solicitors as […]

Independent Living Solutions’ Senior Ops Manager wins Local Hero Award

In 2017, Phil Perry, Senior Operations Manager for Brain Injury Group associate member, Independent Living Solutions, took part in 17 marathons and ultra-marathons to raise money for his local children’s hospice, Julia’s House. Impressed by his exhausting fundraising efforts for the charity, which provides frequent respite care for children and practical and emotional support for […]

Brain Injury is BIG charity to hold major fund-raising May Ball

Our favourite charity, Brain Injury is BIG, a national charity supporting victims of serious brain injuries and their loved ones, has announced the date for its glamourous black-tie May Ball.  So if you haven’t received an invite to the Royal Wedding, don’t worry; you can celebrate the wedding in style at the Ball which takes […]

Brain Injury Group announces agenda for cerebral palsy training day

We’re pleased to announce the agenda for our popular cerebral palsy training day taking place on Wednesday 12 September 2018 in London.  We have once again worked closely with medical negligence solicitor, Tim Jones, Legal Director at Enable Law, to put together a programme designed for medical negligence solicitors but which will also be relevant […]

Brain Injury News – the communication issue – available now!

Issue 10 of Brain Injury News has now been published on our website.  The focus of this issue is communication, that fundamental behaviour – whether verbal or non-verbal – that sits behind how we express our thoughts and personalities, how we make decisions and how we build relationships. Brain injury nearly always results in cognitive […]

Research suggests aerobic exercise can help recovery from brain injury

Regular physical activity builds muscle and bone strength, improves your mood, increases energy levels and helps maintain a healthy weight.  And according to a review from the University of Queensland’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, exercise benefits a specific protein involved in brain re-organisation and re-learning following a neurological disorder. The review discovered that […]