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BIRT's Forensic Brain Injury In Reach Service has been awarded over £200,000 to deliver its Brain Injury Linkworker Service to prisons located across England and Wales.

Staff and service users at the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) centre, The Woodmill, held their Summer Family Fun Day . They were also celebrating because the Woodmill received an ‘outstanding’ rating by care watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

A team from Cisco Systems Limited recently volunteered to carry out a decorating project at Heathermount, painting the Wing area which will now become an open office for therapists to work in and an art therapy room

On 10th August, York House service users and staff welcomed volunteers and mentors from the charity Enable into their garden in order to turn an area of grass into a sensory garden everyone could enjoy.

Service users from Shinewater Court, in Eastbourne, have been enjoying day trips to the Circus; visiting the local marina and partying at their annual Summer Disco.

Increasing a person’s independence and ability to participate in meaningful activities are key aims of neurorehabilitation, as greater participation is associated with better quality of life and general wellbeing.

Staff at York House have been awarded the Cate Devane Award for Excellence in Care, given in memory of their much-loved Deputy Manager who passed away in 2016 after a year-long battle with leukaemia.

Nick Peniston-Bird and Dean Vince are taking an epic journey from Worthing to Paris. They'll be cycling over 320 miles in four days to raise money for Ernest Kleinwort Court, a cause close to their hearts.

Staff and the people they support at Beech Hill are celebrating after being awarded ‘Outstanding’ by care watchdog the CQC, which puts them in the top two per cent of care providers in the whole of England.

Bristol Road and West Heath House presented a free educational seminar: ‘Finding neuro: exploring hidden disability’. which was hugely popular and sold out in advance, with over 60 delegates attending.