Headway Northampton CIO

We still have some cane furniture left and some furniture desks etc if anyone is interested please contact us before the clearance people come and take it away
Telephone 01604 591045

We still have a lot of items that we have to clear now going very cheap or free

Thank you to everyone who came along to the sale today. We've managed to clear lots of items and are grateful to the many people who added a donation to thier purchases.

A particularly huge thank you to our team of volunteers who spent a sunny Sunday with us, making today possible.

The unit is closed tomorrow, with the exception of pre-arranged collections.

We will be continuing to advertise remaining items for sale.

Please continue to follow our page for further updates.

Thank you.

Thank you to all those asking how to support us. Here is the link to our just giving page

https://www.justgiving.com/page/margot-basketfield-1716377726587?newPage=true&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2vBow_z3lzjXgeAot6mDXLU-H1TO_WgVJVfFmpZdmyGSVOuscD2jvRfh0_aem_2yzVmx_E-X0xrjfU-xkS9Q

Headway Northampton CIO Help Margot Basketfield raise money to support Headway Northampton CIO

Today is going to be such an emotional and desperate day for the clients that come to Headway Northampton because it is the last day for them because we have had to close down . Margot was on the radio and to as were some clients and relatives but so difficult to make the media and others understand that we are not a branch of Headway UK we are completely separate from not only Headway UK but also any other Headway, people think they have raised money or made donations to us but the Just Giving we set up to try to raise the money for another building has only raised £330 ! We don’t want to close we know that the clients new and old need the interaction with each other, with people that understand the sort of problems they have, where experience from one can help someone newly injured,I just can’t imagine what is going to happen to those people that are going to have a brain injury EVERY 90 SECONDS SOMEONE ATTEND A&E WITH A BRAIN INJURY , and yet Northampton will not have any specific service for them. The referrals to us has not stopped, they are coming from desperate relatives, Hospitals like John Radcliffe, and Coventry and Warwickshire as well as Social Services, etc etc There is a need for a service like Headway Northampton - I don’t want anyone to feel as I did over 40 years ago when my mum rang from the hospital to say “it’s bad, the police are coming for you” when my brother sustained a severe brain injury , there was no support for us then which is the reason Mum searched and worked hard to makes sure there was and Headway Northampton was born

Let’s hope someone somewhere can understand how important it is that we get a suitable building or the money to adapt the one we found

If you want to help them is a Just Giving page set up

There are so many people that brain injury affects and Headway Northampton since 1982 must have helped thousands a £1 each and the future is a very different place
Debbie

We are very thankful to everyone who supported the filming by the BBC this week. Many of our community spoke to BBC Look East about what Headway Northampton means to them and the impact of closing the unit. The link to the episode can be found here - We are the first story featured.

Margot will also be speaking to BBC radio Northampton tomorrow so please tune in.

For anyone wishing to donate, here is the link https://www.justgiving.com/page/margot-basketfield-1716377726587?newPage=true&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2vBow_z3lzjXgeAot6mDXLU-H1TO_WgVJVfFmpZdmyGSVOuscD2jvRfh0_aem_2yzVmx_E-X0xrjfU-xkS9Q

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Tonight's Fundraising Meeting is cancelled.

We've had several apologies so will not be going ahead.

Emails will also go out to those on the mailing list.

Please share with anyone you know who was planning to attend.

Thank you.