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The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust's ‘Show Your Brain Some Love’ campaign is an on going awareness project which co-incides with the 2016 Action for Brain Injury Week (ABIW) from 9th - 15th May. See what we have planned for the week.

A new NHS commissioning guidance for rehabilitation has been published by NHS England which has been welcomed by the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust.

This month The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) published their annual Outcome Report. We are one of the few neurorehabilitation providers in the UK to publish an annual report detailing statistics about their services

The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) is delighted to have been involved in a new Louis Theroux documentary for the BBC about brain injury which is set to show how individuals and their families come to terms with this life-changing condition.

Dr Sara da Silva Ramos presented research findings on the Brain Injury Needs Indicator (BINI) at the International Brain Injury Association’s Eleventh World Congress. The BINI is a free tool developed by The Disabilities Trust.

In November, Occupational Therapists Julie Parker (Goole Neurorehabilitation Centre) and Philippa Shaw (Daniel Yorath House) represented Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) at the OT Show at the NEC, Birmingham.

The Motor Accident Solicitors Society has nominated the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust as it's official charity for 2015-16 and has already raised over £9,000!

The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust held the Trust’s first ever webinar on Wednesday 18th November and hosted by Trust’s behavioural scientist; John McCrea, covering the effects of brain injury and a session on how to use our Brain Injury Needs Indicator.

The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) hosted its sixth biennial conference in Manchester on 30th September and 1st October 2015. 42 highly prestigious expert speakers from across the globe spoke at this year's event.

The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) has launched the Brain Injury Needs Indicator (BINI) as part of a free package to help social workers identify the support needs of people with brain injury.