Friday Friends Drop In

Friday Friends Drop In

A friendly informal session, offering a safe space to meet others who have had a brain injury and are in a similar situation, with similar life experiences and have a coffee.  You can look around our centre and award winning garden, read more about our services and pick up a leaflet.  Staff are available to discuss the range of sessions on offer to help you find the best one for yourself or the person you look after. 

Everyone is welcome, family, friends and carers.

Health care, social care professionals, counsellors, lawyers, potential volunteers, fundraisers, corporate sponsors.  It is a great opportunity for you to join us and find out more.  

Brain injury can be caused at any time in your life. The result is that you may not be able to do the things you used to do, at the same level that you used to perform them.  Your personality may have changed, you may be plagued by fatigue, low mood, general frustration.  On the flip side, you may have found the "new you" and want to share this with others. 

If you have experienced a brain injury as a result of a: stroke, heart attack, brain tumour, encephalitis, meningitis, aneurysm, hypoxia etc, or a traumatic injury such as a road traffic collision, sporting injury, work incident, trip or fall, assault, combat, domestic violence, come and join us.

We use our large main training room, there is ample space to enjoy a cup of tea/coffee, sit and meet others, talk to a member of staff, play a game of pool, play a board game or cards, sit in our award winning garden and relax.  We have limited parking, if you have a blue badge, please let us know in advance.  We have 5 parking spaces Bays A-E outside the centre for you.  There are additional on street free parking spaces nearby for everyone else in North Road, Stoughton Road and Stoughton Barracks. 

Cost:

• FREE, however as a registered charity, we do encourage donations to cover all of our services, including the cost of drinks, lights, heat, use of the room, toilets and staff time.  Donate online via our donations link or on the day via cash or card.
• Please consider running your own fundraising event, or making us your charity of the year. 

Time: 

• 10:30am and 12noon

Place:

• Headway Surrey, Headway House, 21 North Road, Stoughton, Guildford, GU2 9PU.

When:

• Third Friday of every month

2023 Dates:

• 15th December 

2024 Dates:

• 19th January
• 16th February
• 15th March
• 19th April
• 17th May
• 21st June
• 19th July
• 16th August
• 20th September
• 18th October
• 15th November
• 20th December

Contact enquiries@headwaysurrey.org or call 01483 454433.

It's helpful but not essential if you can let us know you are coming in advance enquiries@headwaysurrey.org 01483 454433.

• FREE, however as a registered charity, we do encourage donations to cover all of our services, including the cost of drinks, lights, heat, use of the room, toilets and staff time.  Donate online via our donations link or on the day via cash or card.
• Please consider running your own fundraising event, or making us your charity of the year. 

VOLUNTEERS Needed 

• We need volunteers to make tea and coffee for our visitors. 
• We need other volunteers who like to chat to our visitors. 
• We need volunteer cake and cookie bakers, to provide some tasty treats to enjoy. 
• Positive Role models - Recovered from your brain injury and returned to work, or volunteering.  Come and chat about your journey and inspire those starting their recovery. 

If you have some spare time once a month or a couple of times a year.  These are great roles, you will be making a difference and helping the charity.  The plus points are that you get to meet all sorts of people and will come away with a positive feeling.  Contact enquiries@headwaysurrey.org or call 01483 454433.