Headway Cambridgeshire this week welcomed Cambridge MP David Howarth for a 
visit and he was very impressed after learning about plans to develop and expand our services for brain injury survivors in the county.
As chair of trustees, I explained how we particularly wanted to reach out to BME groups who are brain injured and slipping through the net. I am also concerned about the long-term treatment offered to servicemen who are brain injured while serving their country.
David was a great support to us when we risked losing our premises and he initiated this meeting himself. He was very impressed with grant funding our chief executive Andrew Gardner has secured totalling almost £500,000.
He also generously agreed to host a fund-raising event in Westminster, which is always a popular venue.
David said:
“Headway should be congratulated on securing this much-needed funding which will allow it to expand its valuable work further into communities.
“The charity is turning lives around, often in the most difficult circumstances, and guaranteed funding is vital to ensure that its work can not only continue, but that it can be extended to reach those that might not otherwise benefit. I wish Headway every success for the future.â€
We are also fortunate to have the support of Shadow Minister John Hayes who is again planning his popular annual parliamentary cricket match this summer which my son James hopes to join in again.
And that is where it begins – with one individual who inspires another, then another, then another, and another – until you have a “movement” that is filled with zeal to do good.
We must realize that the government IS US. We as individuals are responsible for our world and the people in it.
Well done to you. Well done indeed. I wish you continued success and many more peoples to join in and assist you in making the planet a better place for all of us. For if one of us is injured and in need of help (especially one who went down defending us) then all of us are injured and in need of help.
On a purely superficial level: your hair looks grand!
Good work, Ellee.
You often make me feel humble.
Well done Ellie, it is such a worthy thing to be doing.
Well Done here, Ellee! You are truly inspiring to me and of course, I support this great cause. My very best to you on the occasion of this triumph! 🙂
Thank you everyone. I personally find my role as a trustee very rewarding and have learnt so much since becoming its chair too. I have really pushed myself out of my comfort zone – and am so pleased about this.
Well done, Ellee. I am glad this cause is getting the MP’s support.
This is a great project and it is one that should be rolled out in other areas.
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