Useful information

HSWL info

Click on the below links to download as pdf files:

• HSWL leaflet (updated 2018 version)

Nestor Scheme

• Nestor helps to ensure service users are receiving all the benefits they are entitled to.  If you are interested in this scheme and would like to find out more – please email us: info@headwayswlondon.org.

Local services

The below information sheet provides information about local services in Merton, Croydon, Wimbledon, Kingston, and Richmond:

• (to be updated)

Useful links

• Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) – a group of front-line professionals, policy makers, survivors of acquired brain injury and relatives and carers working to advance the brain injury agenda across London.
• B21 Magazine – Coping with Brain and Spinal Injury in the 21st Century
• The Brain & Spine Foundation
• Brain Injury Group – a network of specialist solicitors and support services
• Brain injury is BIG
• BrainNav – the National Brain Injury Service Directory
• British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers
• Cerebral Palsy Group – A free online resource for support and useful information for individuals and families
• Counselling Directory – Connecting you with professional support – find a counsellor or psychotherapist near you.
• Different Strokes – for younger stroke survivors
• Headway UK
• Health Professional Council
• Personal Injury Solicitors List
• Stroke Association

Nestor Scheme Croydon’s Clinical Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Service

The Neuropsychology Service provides a service for people over 18 years (or 16+ and not in full-time education) that have had a recent diagnosis/change in circumstances (e.g. going back to work) following:

-Stroke

-Traumatic & Acquired Brain Injury

-Multiple Sclerosis

-Parkinson’s Disease

-Epilepsy

-Other identified acquired neurological disorders with an organic basis

For more information please follow the link.