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The first day of February saw 2018’s Dignity Action Day. Some Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust services decided to mark the day as a reminder of the importance of dignity in care all year long.

Dr Ivan Pitman will be speaking at The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Acquired Brain Injury Round Table Discussion on 27th February 2018. Ivan is the Clinical Lead at Redford Court.

Marathon runner, Aditya, has already smashed his pledged target of £1500, by reaching an incredible £3,582.84. Aditya has been inspired by the courage and enthusiasm of our service users.

Redford Court present "Struggling with addiction: Supporting adults with brain injury with an addictive past". The seminar will be held on 14th March for health and social care professionals.

The Disabilities Trust Annual Review 2017 is now available, as well as in an 'Easy Read' format. We are pleased to have seen many high points in what has been a very demanding year.

The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust's Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist delivers a course to Forensic Psychologists from the North East on Neuropsychologically Informed Rehabilitation.

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.

Last year we launched our very successfull #SeeMeNotDisability Twitter campaign. See more from our wonderful artists from Shinewater Court.