Ethos, values and vision

Our Vision

Headway East Northants’ future objective is to expand our services to reach more of the brain injured community and their families, friends and carers through increasing our centre based services, expanding our outreach program and engaging the community in further levels of Brain Injury Awareness education. Many reports into Brain Injury reveal the high level of social exclusion and discrimination for all involved as a result of ABI. As a result of this the role of Headway East Northants in re-establishing community ties and educating communities in Brain Injury Awareness become crucial in addressing this issue and ensuring that the ‘Invisible disability’ of ABI does not continue to leave such a high number of people within Northamptonshire isolated and excluded from our their community.

In order to achieve our mission we will need to:

Provide local, community-based services both in centre and as an outreach service.

Prove the levels of professionalism, advice and service delivered through successful quality audits against the Headway Standards and continual evaluations and monitoring of the progress of Headway East Northants

Maintain a clear and measurable action plan which is regularly reviewed by the management team

Provide clear, accurate and accessible information for professionals to address the lack of knowledge of brain injury issues

Provide clear outcome-based performance measures for service users that are quantifiable and linked to progression targets

Continually raise awareness of the organisation and the issues involved in brain injury

East Northants Headway is a Registered Charity Number :1085311 and a Company Limited by Guarantee Number : 03788049

Registered address 61 High Street, Irthlingborough, Northants, NN9 5PU

Our ethos and values

Headway East Northants’ aim is to be a dynamic and flexible service which provides therapeutic based activities, support & information and promotes education around Brain Injury within our community. The values underpinning Headway East Northants all stem from the need to provide an effective service to those who have survived an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), their families, carers, communities and professionals. The services are designed and delivered in order to meet the needs of these groups and attempt to address the varied issues relating to Brain Injury within our county.

Headway East Northants is focused and committed in its drive to provide a tailored service to meet the individual needs of our service users in order for them to maximize their potential and achieve realistic, lasting progress in their journey through rehabilitation. By encouraging our Service Users to set and reach their own goals we can provide a practical stepping stone in their drive to return to work & regain independence, where possible, and promote health, well being and confidence in their lives.