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The Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside, Mr Mark Bludell, recently visited the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust's (BIRT) centre, Redford Court for a tour of the service and to meet some of the service users.

Following on from our very successful #GetCraftyTwitter competition, which was launched during our #SeeMeNotDisability campaign, we catch up with our service users that were featured.

Before Christmas each service was allocated a proportion of our Eyes Alight appeal donations which was spent on a range of experiences to make service users' eyes 'light up' during their rehabilitation.

Catch up with the wonderful artists at Redford Court that entered our recent #GetCrafty Twitter competition. Revisit the people that took part with an update on how they are getting on.

Dr Brian O’Neill, our consultant from Graham Anderson House, will be the keynote speaker at the "not to miss" event: the Division of Neuropsychology’s (DoN) Annual Networking Event on the 26th January.

York House, was recently rated overall ‘Good’ by CQC following the latest inspection in the categories of Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led.

Starting a new health and fitness regime for 2018? Don't forget your brain! There’s evidence that a balanced diet and regular exercise can keep your brain healthy, as well as improving physical fitness and well-being.

Angela Ord recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Daniel Yorath House and celebrations were held to thank for her fundraising efforts and to congratulate her on the incredible accomplishment.

Dave Watson, who competed in the Invictus Games in Toronto 2017, and won Gold in discus and Bronze in shot put, visited West Heath House and shared many stories with the service users.

Dr Ivan Pitman, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist with the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) delivered one in a series of courses in Neuropsychologically Informed Rehabilitation (NIR) as part of our Forensic In-Reach Brain Injury Service (FiBiS).