2015 Archived News

Farewell Margaret

After 5 years acting as a Trustee for Headway South Bucks, Margaret Neal has stepped down. Margaret recently said to the team, "It has been a privilege to work with all of you over the last 5 years and I feel very proud of all that we have achieved together in that time. I wish you all every success for the future and, of course, I will be following your 'next steps' and HSB's successful development with great interest."
The Trustee and Management teams would like to thank her for her contribution and wish her good luck for the future.

Additional Resource Centre Day

HEADWAY SOUTH BUCKS are proud to announce that, in response to enquiries from current and potential new clients, and with the financial boost from the Lloyd's Bank Community Fund, we are now running a third Resource Centre day each week, on a trial basis. The extra session is each Wednesday.

If you or someone you know may benefit from our services please contact our Services Manager, Jenny Sexton on 01628 850315 or 07704860754 during Resource Centre hours, or send an email to her at servicesmanager@headwaysouthbucks.org.uk

Flora and AmberFlora and Amber entertain at the Resource Centre - 22nd October 2015

Flora and Amber aged 14 and 12 are the granddaughters of one of our Volunteers, Carol. They kindly came in today to play to our clients. Everybody really enjoyed their performance. In the afternoon Jim our musician who played the Mandolin asked the girls to join him in a few songs.

Visit to Milestones Museum, Basingstoke - 30th September 2015

Milestones MuseumHeadway South Bucks enjoyed a successful trip to the Milestones Museum in Basingstoke on Wednesday 30th September. Our first port of call was coffee which we had outside as it was a lovely sunny day, then lunch at Bartons Mill Restaurant in Old Basing.
The trip was well attended and much fun was had by all, as you can see from the photos in our Gallery.

Monday 21st July - Me and My New Brain

A BBC3 documentary shown on 21st July focused on life after brain injury.

Me and My New Brain saw Headway supporter Charlie Elmore (https://www.headway.org.uk/my-story/charlotte-elmore.aspx), who sustained a brain injury in a snowboarding accident four years ago, retrace her steps of recovery and meet other young people adjusting to life after brain injury. 

Monday 13th July - Rosemary Did It!

Rosemary Sponsored Swim

 Huge congratulations to Rosemary! The training and preparation certainly paid off! Supported by her family, members of HSB and Ted the bear, Rosemary confidently swam her mile and raised money for HeadwaySouthBucks. 'It was a great occasion' said her husband David, 'and we certainly blew our fundraising target out of the water'. 

'We are overwhelmed by Rosemary's swimming efforts and very touched by her determination to support HSB in this way' said Jenny Sexton, Services Manager.

See more photos in our Gallery.

Please read her story about her Sponsored Swim published in GetBucks last week - click here.

Raised Flower Bed established at our Resource Centre - 7th July 2015

Raised Flower Bed

With dedicated team work to plan, finance then expertly build and fill it, we now have a Raised Flower bed at Bourne End. As well as looking delightful, this brings therapeutic benefits to our many clients. See how we set it up in our Gallery.

 

 

Visit to Woburn Safari Park - June 17th 2015

Woburn 170615On 17th June we visited Woburn Safari Park. The weather was glorious and we had wonderful views of the lions, elephants, tigers, monkeys, giraffes, rhinos, and deers  on the Road Safari.  After lunch, we went on a Foot Safari and got close up to the penguins, parrots, sea lions, giant tortoises and other animals.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day. We would like to give a huge thank you to all staff and volunteers who helped in making the day such a success. View some photos in our Gallery.

Jersey Boys, Woking - March 26th 2015

On Thursday March 26th Headway South Bucks enjoyed a lovely day out which was very generously funded by Biffa. We travelled by coach to Ripley to our first stop at the Talbot Inn. We had refreshments on our arrival followed by a delicious two course lunch. In the afternoon we enjoyed a great performance of Jersey Boys at the New Victoria theatre, Woking. We were fortunate enough to meet members of the cast after the show too. The trip was extremely well attended and from the photos on our Gallery Page you can see it was enjoyed by everyone.

Emmerdale highlights Headway support after brain injury episode - January 2015

Popular ITV soap Emmerdale is set to signpost viewers to Headway for support and information following an episode involving a brain injury storyline. Read on here...