Welcome to Headway Plymouth
Who are we?
Headway Plymouth is an independent, non-profit charity with over 35 years of experience in supporting individuals, families and carers affected by acquired brain injury (and the professionals who work with them).
Our mission is to help survivors regain independence and improve their quality of life through specialist social and cognitive rehabilitation and re-enablement.
We provide tailored support for adults with brain injuries, as well as respite and guidance for their families and carers. Our services include centre-based rehabilitation, group programmes and one-to-one outreach support – all designed to promote independence, self-esteem and overall well-being.
Devonport Centre Opening Hours
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
By Appointment only
0900 – 1500
0900 – 1500
1000 – 1400
0900 – 1500
1000 – 1400
Closed
During the winter period we have additional opening hours as a Welcome Space on on Mondays and Saturdays from 1000 – 1400
Thursdays are dedicated to our peer support groups which typically take place from 1030 – 1230. Please check our Peer Support page for details of groups, dates and times.
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- Our 2026 Strategy Day!
On 26th January we had fantastic afternoon spent with our trustees reviewing our achievements of last year, looking at where we could do better and hatching plans to develop our services, collaborate with more partners and, most importantly of all, to further improve the lives of those living with acquired brain injury. - Letters from Louise – December 2025
Our wonderful client, Louise, has taken time out to produce her next monthly blog telling us about her experience at Headway Plymouth in December. Tuesday 2nd December – Cooking as a team Craig made an extremely sharp-tasting tomato soup today, using the tomatoes from Fareshare Southwest. Pete, who had the soup was a harsh critic and apparently rightly so! Poor ol’ Craig should … Continued - Welcome Space – Closed 24th Jan 2026
Due to the Yellow weather warning, we will not be able to open the centre as a Welcome Space tomorrow – 24th January 2026.
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Great fun having Louise from the fabulous Stitch & Splodge with us for the first time in 2026!
This time we worked on creating mosaics.
Mosaic making can be a really powerful part of recovery after an acquired brain injury (ABI), because it quietly works on lots of different skills at the same time—without feeling like “therapy”.
This workshop engages cognitive, physical, emotional, and social skills in a meaningful, enjoyable way. It helps improve attention, planning, problem-solving, and visual–spatial awareness, while strengthening fine motor control and sensory processing. The creative process encourages neuroplasticity by combining repetition with purposeful activity.
Thanks, Louise, for supporting our clients’ re-enabling in such a fun and super friendly way!
Our photo gallery is always available to view on our website at:
www.flickr.com/photos/203683753@N08/
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Too early to talk about Christmas 2026? Never!
Headway Plymouth will certainly be getting stuck into designing Christmas cards for the Headway - the brain injury association’s annual card competition.
We’ll be organising some sessions in the centre to inspire you, but it’s open to anyone living with an acquired brain injury.
If you’re interested in participating and would like any guidance or support from us, just ask.Santa called. He wants fresh designs.
Share your creativity and enter our Christmas card competition!
We’re looking for three winners - and here’s what you could get:
▪️Your design featured in our 2026 card collection
▪️A framed keepsake of your artwork
▪️Your story shared in Headway News Magazine
▪️Promotion on our website and social media
▪️Exposure for your Headway charity
Submit your original design by 29 March 2026 and help raise awareness (and funds!) for Headway.
Ready to get creative? Enter your design and check out the full T's & C's: buff.ly/DtEofz4
Our wonderful client, Louise, has taken time out to produce her monthly blog telling us about her experience at Headway Plymouth in December 2025. Sorry to be so slow to publish this, Louise!
Tuesday 2nd December - Cooking as a team
Craig made an extremely sharp-tasting tomato soup today, using the tomatoes from Fareshare Southwest. Pete, who had the soup was a harsh critic and apparently rightly so! Poor ol’ Craig should have put some sugar in the soup to lessen the shock for all who dared to eat it. Thankfully, I had an omelette and beans instead. A lesson learned for Craig methinks! I finished up typing a letter to my pen pal in the Netherlands so that I sent it off in time for the last post. This year, I started writing my Christmas cards in September, to get ahead of the game.
Friday 5th December – Mindful Art
Emma led the session with her sidekick Kerry. I quite enjoy the mindfulness part which helps you to relax and be at one with yourself. I did a design on a stone for my dad, so hopefully he’ll appreciate it. Apart from that activity, I played Scrabble and Uno with some of the other clients.
Tuesday 9th December - Christmas Card Crafting with the Team and a presentation from Tiff of D&C Directory
I managed to make a couple of Christmas cards using stickers and stamps for my dad and a friend. Last year I also made a card for my brother at Headway – he was in St. Lukes Hospice at the time and unfortunately died just before Christmas.
Tiff explained that she set up D&C Directory to provide more support for people and their families who live with various conditions such as autism. Tiff herself has an emotionally unstable personality disorder and felt that people who needed help to access certain services weren’t being catered for. So, the site, that she’s set up without any outside funding, aims to help people be signposted to specific services:www.complexemotionshub.co.uk. It’s amazing just how many different services there are in Plymouth that provide advice and support, but people are totally unaware of them.
Friday 12th December – Fitness with Megan
I certainly had a good workout with Megan and the other clients today. I will try to remember to add a few of the stretching exercises and the crunches to the exercises I do at home, as they’d be beneficial for me to do. You should have seen me years ago when I used to do my own form of yoga and stretching – I was very flexible!
I played Scrabble with one of the student volunteers and had a good natter with some people, and of course, I updated my blog.
I’ve just realised that I will have to write a few more Christmas cards for other clients at Headway Plymouth and Horticultural Therapy Trust, which I used to go to, but it got too cold for me to continue with - I have Reynaud's disease which is the bane of my life, but I also don’t like wearing layers, which can be awkward.
Tuesday 16th December - Food for Fun
I helped, along with the other clients to chop up vegetables to make leek and potato soup and butternut squash soup, which I mainly contributed to. I also helped to decorate the mince pies. Craig also made a tonne of cheese sandwiches, which Tami suggested we dip into the soup – very tasty!!
Thursday 18th December - Women’s Group Outing with Jo and Amy
It was a festive outing today, and a group of us wandered around the Christmas market, looking for last-minute things to buy for loved ones and friends. I must admit I wished I’d brought a bigger bag for goodies! We also had a lovely lunch at Lanterns, which I hadn’t been to for many years, and it was good to recall what great value for money it is compared to other places I’ve eaten at in the last ten or so years. The roast lamb was delicious, as well as the brownie with ice cream, and it was good to catch – up with a couple of other clients in a different setting.
Friday 19th December – Storytelling with Natasha
I didn’t take part in this session, as I was typing up my blog, but I could tell that the group all had fun in making up a strange festive story. A possible book was even suggested, made up of the various stories that clients have contributed to and get university students to illustrate the book. So, there are two new projects to do with Natasha in 2026 which could also provide more funds for Headway Plymouth and create more hope and awareness.
Tuesday 23rd December – Pre - Christmas Meal at Headway!
Headway was already packed with clients and staff by the time I arrived with my dad and a friend of his. It was lovely to have a proper roast dinner at Headway, cooked by our resident chef Pete, who is also the Operations Manager of Headway Plymouth and who had been slaving away for hours before we all arrived.
I had a good catch – up with some clients who I rarely see and joined in the festive Music Quiz, which was compiled by Elly (a Health and Social Care student who is a student placement at Headway) and was great fun! There was also a Christmas raffle, and I was delighted to win a box of biscuits, as I don’t usually win anything, even with the bingo. Many clients, including myself had bought prizes for the raffle in lieu of paying towards the meal, so it worked out well for all concerned.
Anyway, I certainly enjoyed myself and thought it was a great end to 2025 at Headway Plymouth!
A fantastic afternoon spent with our trustees reviewing our achievements of last year, looking at where we could do better and hatching plans to develop our services, collaborate with more partners and, most importantly of all, to further improve the lives of those living with acquired brain injury.
What's on at Headway Plymouth this week. -
What's on at Headway Plymouth this week.
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Remember the sessions are open to all our clients and families. No problem joining any activity if it’s not your “usual day” at the centre.
Unfortunately, due to the yellow weather warning in place across the night and into tomorrow we will not be opening on Saturday 24th January 2026 for our usual additional 10:00-14:00 Welcome Space provision.
Hopefully back to normal as soon as the storm subsides.
To find other locations offering a welcome space this winter visit:
www.plymouth.gov.uk/welcoming-spaces
But do check that they open on Saturdays - and are open tomorrow!
