Charities
Brain and Spine Foundation
Brain Injury is BIG
Brain Injury Group
Cerebra
Child Brain Injury Trust
Headway
The Disabilities Trust
The Silverlining Brain Injury Charity
Aids and Equipment
Care agencies
Onward can provide access to free advice in relation to your entitlement to local authority and/or state funded healthcare. The below agencies are specialist brain injury care agencies and links to lists of care providers approved by brain injury charities, and you may want to contact them for assistance:
Active Care Group
Brain Injury Group
Headway
You may also want to consider whether you need specialist insurance as a result of your care and assistance needs. If so, you may want to contact Fish Insurance, which is a specialist disability insurer.
Employment and Income
Onward will provide access to free advice in relation to returning to work, however, if you want to obtain your own advice the following organisations may be of assistance:
Access to Work Information
Diversity and Ability
Headway – a guide for employers
Headway – returning to work
Headway – self-employment after brain injury
SameYou – returning to work after brain injury
Onward can provide access to free advice about what welfare benefits you may be entitled to, however, if you want to obtain your own advice the following organisations may be of assistance:
Citizen’s Advice
Headway
Turn2Us
If you have financial concerns, Onward can provide access to free assistance with liaising with creditors. If you wish to obtain alternate advice, the following organisations may be of assistance:
Citizens Advice
Debt Advice Foundation
Headway Emergency Fund
National Debt Line
Stepchange
Holidays
You may also want to consider whether you need specialist insurance for your holiday. If so, you may want to contact goodtogo Insurance, which is a specialist disability insurer.
Housing
Onward can provide access to free advice in relation to housing, however, if you want to obtain your own advice the following organisations may be of assistance:
Branch Properties
Housing Adaptations
Independence at Home
Temporary Adapted Living Solutions
Rehabilitation
Brain Injury Group
Brainwave
Child Brain Injury Trust
SameYou
STEPS Rehabilitation
The Disabilities Trust
Travel and Transport
Accessable
AccessibleGo
Blue Badge Scheme
Brain Injury Group
Child Brain Injury Trust
Disabled Persons Railcard
Driving Mobility
Headway
Independence at Home
Lewis Reed
Motability Scheme
National Key Scheme (R.A.D.A.R)
You may also want to consider whether you need specialist insurance for your vehicle. If so, you may want to contact Fish Insurance, which is a specialist disability insurer.