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Walking football for Parkinson’s
Everton in the Community is delivering fun, inclusive and low-impact walking football sessions for Brain Charity clients living with Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions.
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Wirral Coastal Walk
A group of Brain Charity staff and volunteers will be taking part in Wirral Rotary Club’s annual event.
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Burns Night Supper
Join us to celebrate the life and poetry of Robert Burns and hear the winners of the inaugural Liverpool Poetry Prize perform.
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The Peace of Mind project: Helping Liverpool’s carers plan for the future
The Brain Charity’s new Peace of Mind project is helping carers take care now and look to the future.
Category: News
Published: 18 May 2022
Crime and neurodiversity: how can our systems be improved?
Offenders with neurological conditions can be given little opportunity to turn their lives around
Category: Guest blogs
Published: 29 April 2022
Guest post: Five neurodiversity myths every employer must challenge
An increase in searches for ‘dyslexia at work’ and ‘ADHD workplace’ highlights the need to challenge myths around neurodivergent employees
Category: Guest blogs
Published: 28 April 2022
“I’m more like my old self”: How speech and language therapy and neuroplasticity helped four people with aphasia communicate again
Aphasia affects 1 in 3 stroke survivors – more than 250,000 people across the UK
Category: Features
Published: 15 March 2022
Neurodiversity in the criminal justice system: helping prisoners with neurological conditions get extra support
Neurodivergent people are more likely to be in prison and more likely to reoffend, research suggests
Category: News
Published: 14 March 2022
Lack of understanding biggest issue facing people with neurological conditions, Brain Charity clients say
Survey reveals 8 in 10 believe their neurological condition isn't understood
Category: News
Published: 9 March 2022
What is Disability Confident? Ensuring employers don’t miss out on the skills of staff with disabilities
How the Disability Confident scheme works, and how organisations can become Disability Confident
Category: Employment
Published: 2 March 2022
Walking football: Why this slower-paced version of the beautiful game is no less enjoyable
Walking football is good for you - the LCFA explains why
Category: Features
Published: 1 March 2022
My daughter had surgery to disconnect the right side of her brain – I’ve never regretted making the choice
Lisa Massingham shares daughter Angelina's journey with Sturge-Weber syndrome and hemispherectomy to mark Rare Disease Day
Category: Features
Published: 24 February 2022
Winners of Liverpool Poetry Prize announced
The winning poem conveys the positive mindset of someone living with dementia
Category: Events
Published: 18 February 2022
