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- Category: Advice
- Navigating Personal Independence Payment with a neurological condition? Watch our new video!
- The impact of speech therapy for people living with aphasia
- What I’ve learned from living with superficial siderosis
- 10 things you didn’t know about epilepsy
- What is masking, what does it look like and how can it affect people?
- The power of music: how singing benefits the brain
- How to support neurodivergent employees and create a neuroinclusive workplace
- How to get employers to take headaches seriously
- Ten tips for dealing with MS
- Guest post: how to overcome scanxiety
- What are reasonable adjustments, and how to ask for them
- SPOTLIGHT ON: How you can prevent disease today – and find out about your own health
- LGBTQIA+ and neurodiversity: the links between neurodivergence and being LGBTQ+
- What is functional neurological disorder? Explaining the most common condition you have never heard of
- Need charity fundraising ideas? From cake sale and skydives to the Three Peaks Challenge, The Brain Charity’s supporters help us hit £1 million for first time
- How to regain and improve swallowing
- Things to do online for free: fun online activities you can take part in from home
- Why neurodivergent women are diagnosed with ADHD and autism later in life, and what this means for their careers
- What is Lyme disease? Awareness of bacterial infection grows as celebrities share their stories
- The incredible ways creativity can improve brain health
- SPOTLIGHT ON: The 5 best neurology podcasts to listen to
- The art of building confidence and 5 ways to raise your self-esteem
- Neurodivergent, neurodiversity and neurotypical: a guide to the terms
- What is Disability Confident? Ensuring employers don’t miss out on the skills of staff with disabilities
- Walking football: Why this slower-paced version of the beautiful game is no less enjoyable
- Common employer misconceptions about disabilities
- Five top tips on finding a job – from our employment team
- The rise in COVID-19-related anxiety – and how to help
- Six things no one tells you when your child is diagnosed with a neurological condition
- Are you living with long COVID? Here’s how to manage your symptoms at home
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Support for Auditory processing disorder
- How to help someone living with dementia deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
- What is neurodiversity? Explaining how some people’s brains work differently
- What is neuroplasticity? The brain’s incredible ability to change itself
- What’s spoon theory? The metaphor helping people with chronic illnesses and disabilities plan their days
- Four world famous artists with disabilities
- Four things you didn’t know about occupational therapy
- Eat Mediterranean! Links between brain health and food revealed
- Guest post: A deep dive into OCD
- Had the jab? Why it’s vital people with neurological conditions get their COVID-19 vaccine
- Five things you didn’t know about music and dementia
- Study links neurological complications to coronavirus
- A day in the life of The Brain Charity’s Information and Advice Officers
- What is ‘long COVID’? Explaining the long-term effects of COVID-19
- Five tips for finding peace at home with anxiety during COVID-19
- Guest post: top 5 life insurance tips for people with multiple sclerosis
- Guest post: the importance of mental health during COVID-19
- SPOTLIGHT ON: How to restore your self-esteem after a brain injury
- SPOTLIGHT ON: What is Fibromyalgia, and how the Fibromates support group can help
- Is there a link between coronavirus and long-term neurological symptoms?
- What is voice banking? The technology helping people with neurological conditions maintain independence
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Driving Mobility centres: helping with driving, accessibility and independence
- A lifetime of neurology: how understanding of the brain has changed over 25 years
- Explaining government thinking on sickness and disability
- Category: Campaigns
- Neurodiversity training delivered to 300 working in criminal justice system
- Endura creates bike helmets using real life head injury scans in partnership with The Brain Charity
- Understanding neurodiversity could play key role in improving criminal justice system
- Making sure your voice is heard: The Brain Charity calls for specialist neurological mental health support for people with brain injuries
- Mum bereaved by glioblastoma calls for awareness of similarities between brain tumour and mental illness symptoms
- Category: Employment
- ‘Life-changing’: 100% of coaching clients report confidence boosted
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Fighting for employment without barriers for people with MS
- Guest post: Five neurodiversity myths every employer must challenge
- Is your job ad unwittingly putting off candidates with disabilities from applying?
- Congratulations to first graduates of The Brain Charity’s Neuroversity jobs course
- Liverpool County FA announces 2-year partnership with The Brain Charity
- Category: Events
- Thank you for making Head Matters 2025 a huge success
- World-renowned specialists to headline Head Matters 2025 at The Brain Charity
- The Brain Charity’s Neurodiversity Arts Festival 2024: a celebration of inclusivity
- The Brain Charity’s Neurodiversity Arts Festival launches
- The Liverpool Neurodiversity Arts Festival
- Happy Birthday to us!
- A night at the Circus
- The Brain Charity’s annual carol concert 2023
- The Brain Charity takes Neurovision to London
- Meet the winners of the Liverpool Poetry Prize 2023
- Liverpool Poetry Prize returns for 2023: £1,000 top prize up for grabs
- Winners of Liverpool Poetry Prize announced
- Renowned Liverpool poet Roger McGough to judge inaugural Liverpool Poetry Prize
- Stroke survivors improved ability to communicate by making art inspired by British Library sound archive
- Category: Fundraising
- Malmaison and Hotel du Vin celebrate raising £100,000 for The Brain Charity
- Runner who had to learn to walk again after brain injury credits exercise with his recovery
- Neuro Noel 2024: spread hope, share joy to support people with neurological conditions
- Welcome to the Neuro Euros 2024!
- Malmaison & Hotel du Vin team up with The Brain Charity to raise awareness of neurodiversity
- Dedicated fundraisers conquer stormy weather
- Mark Radcliffe’s UNE headline A Night at the Electro Circus
- Will You… Help The 1 in 6 With Neurological Conditions?
- Making a difference: more extraordinary charity fundraising efforts from our 30 for 30 fundraisers
- The Brain Charity chosen as featured charity by Scrap Car Comparison
- Win one of the world’s most graphic cycling helmets
- Teenage popstar records song about his experience of dyslexia
- Fundraiser creates 30 different neurological conditions in makeup over 30 days
- Mark The Brain Charity’s 30th birthday by taking part in our 30 for 30 fundraising challenge
- Dad paralysed during Parkrun and given 30% chance of survival learns to walk again
- LCFA’s first County Cup finals for 3 years bring in £1,000 funding boost for The Brain Charity
- Three cheers for The Brain Charity’s latest fabulous fundraisers – who’ve raised thousands
- Campervan winner donates £500 to The Brain Charity in memory of sister who died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- We might need a bigger trophy cabinet! The Brain Charity scoops two prestigious awards
- “I’m more like my old self”: How speech and language therapy and neuroplasticity helped four people with aphasia communicate again
- Generosity of Brain Charity supporters sees Christmas appeal raise more than £31,000
- Large anonymous donation allows Brain Charity to open specialist neuro-gym
- DIY novice builds 50ft bridge across garden pond in lockdown to raise thousands for The Brain Charity
- Clients from The Brain Charity star in national BBC TV appeal – presented by Sir Michael Palin
- The Brain Charity receives surprise Christmas gift from Yoko Ono
- Marathon effort for The Brain Charity’s tireless fundraisers
- Brain haemorrhage survivor runs eight marathons in eight days for The Brain Charity
- Stunning summer fundraising success as donations roll in for The Brain Charity
- Grants and trusts: what are they, and how does The Brain Charity use them?
- The Brain Charity hits best month ever for individual giving: thanks to incredible fundraisers
- The Brain Charity welcomes new patron – musician Henry Priestman
- The Brain Charity could become the UK’s first charity to have its own edible wall
- Category: Guest blogs
- 10 lessons from having a TBI (traumatic brain injury)
- “I felt weird and different, but now it’s my purpose to raise awareness”: Lydia’s dyspraxia journey
- Guest post: supporting loved ones in their health journey
- Making light of life with epilepsy: dealing with complex partial seizures
- A message from Nanette Mellor, The Brain Charity’s outgoing CEO
- Guest post: how body donation programmes can help in the fight against neurological conditions
- Guest post: How can prisoners with brain injuries be better supported?
- My boy has Sturge-Weber syndrome and myasthenia gravis, but he takes everything in his stride
- Neurodivergence, ADHD and dance music
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Liverpool’s Everyman – an accessible and disability friendly theatre in Merseyside
- New mum who fell asleep next to her baby and woke up in hospital after brain aneurysm ruptured shares recovery story
- Crime and neurodiversity: how can our systems be improved?
- My daughter had surgery to disconnect the right side of her brain – I’ve never regretted making the choice
- Category: Neurodiversity
- Listen to our new podcast: Neurodiversity Matters – expert insights on inclusion at work
- Understanding the main seven conditions considered neurodivergent
- Neurodivergence and debt: how being neurodivergent can impact on managing money
- The Brain Charity partners with ITN Business to release ‘Inside Neurology: Our Unique Brain’
- Dyspraxic handbag designer says disability inspires her ideas
- Neurodiversity – my journey and my family
- Why is it important to celebrate neurodiversity?
- The Brain Charity launches neurodiversity training for people working with offenders
- Neurodiversity in the criminal justice system: helping prisoners with neurological conditions get extra support
- Category: News
- Important announcement
- Why neurodiversity makes your workplace stronger
- Traitors star Theo Mayne tells all on mum’s stroke, joins The Brain Charity as ambassador
- David’s battle with one of Britain’s biggest brain tumours
- How creative therapies are changing lives for children with neurological conditions
- World-record swimmer takes on Swiss lake challenge to honour son’s rare neurological condition
- The Brain Charity shortlisted for 2025 Charity Awards
- The Brain Charity’s support services recognised for excellence in latest Matrix standard assessment
- 9-year-old Fraser runs 100km in April to support The Brain Charity
- The Brain Charity launches £35,000 appeal to safeguard vital services amidst National Insurance hike
- Hubs Mobility Advice: Supporting accessible travel for all
- Your voice matters: Help shape the future of The Brain Charity
- Archie Whitfield’s epic 800-mile run: Honouring his father Dave’s legacy across 20 Premier League stadiums
- Payroll Giving Month 2025: Making a difference every payday
- Professor Gus Baker appointed Chair of Trustees at The Brain Charity
- ‘A ticking time bomb in your head’: Living with AVM and cavernoma
- How a head injury caused epilepsy – but became Emma’s path to helping others
- Another year of growth for The Brain Charity
- The Brain Charity partners with Zoopla to release first ever home-buying guide for neurodivergent people
- A year of life-changing support at Liverpool’s Neuro Gym
- Work hard, fundraise harder: celebrating our corporate fundraisers in 2024
- Neurodivergent poet and neurodiversity trainer Gregory Kearns launches new poetry podcast
- Getting an autism or ADHD diagnosis as an adult
- AT Superstore and The Brain Charity announce partnership to enhance support for individuals with neurological conditions
- Deer Shed Festival announces partnership with The Brain Charity
- Looking back, moving forward
- The emotional inspiration behind composer Ruby Colley’s ‘Hello Halo’
- People of The Brain Charity: Meet Scott
- The Brain Charity and Migraine Insight partner to amplify support and resources for people living with headache and migraine conditions
- Mindful creations: An exhibition of therapeutic art
- Understanding stiff-person syndrome
- People of The Brain Charity: Meet Diane
- Running for Dad: Archie’s Premier League Marathon
- Spotlight on: JOL Illustrations
- Pippa Sargent’s first 6 months as CEO of The Brain Charity
- The Brain Charity calls for “drastic change” as only 3 in 10 autistic people in employment
- A look at The Brain Charity’s arts projects 2023
- Volunteer Voices: Meet Charlotte
- Former Patron for The Brain Charity honoured with lasting Liverpool tribute
- Volunteer voices: Kirsty’s brain tumour story
- The Brain Charity raises awareness of delays to diagnosis in Parliament
- “It really boosted my self-esteem”: The Value of You helps 200 improve confidence
- Impact of COVID-19 on The Brain Charity revealed
- The Brain Charity appoints Pippa Sargent as new CEO
- Farewell to Brain Charity chef Chris Wall after 30 years of service
- In loving memory of Janet Ireland, 1961 – 2023
- Vote for your favourite Neurovision performer
- The Brain Charity awarded office revamp worth £1,000 by BlindsbyPost
- Brain Charity client who began acting career after stroke stars in global L’Oréal beauty campaign
- Specialist Neuro Psychotherapy launches at The Brain Charity
- Famous teddy Bearsac visits Brain Charity’s centre
- Meeting room hire in Liverpool: check out The Brain Charity’s revamped and accessible rooms for hire
- The Brain Charity’s annual report 2021 – 2022
- Hero pet which saved Brain Charity client and her husband from burglars awarded animal bravery prize
- Free group counselling sessions launch at The Brain Charity
- We’re joining the food revolution! Edible wall providing hydroponically grown food for Brain Food Café
- Donations swap supports Royal Liverpool Hospital dementia patients and Brain Charity clients
- Lack of understanding biggest issue facing people with neurological conditions, Brain Charity clients say
- The Brain Charity welcomes three new trustees
- Success of cycling scheme proves wheels really are for all – with 245 miles ridden
- Brain Charity staff stationed at Women’s Hospital will be a lifeline for pregnant mums and new parents
- “Overnight, demand skyrocketed”: COVID-19 impact laid bare in The Brain Charity’s annual report
- New shower room is officially open
- Brain Charity intern voted top volunteer by Liverpool John Moores University
- SPOTLIGHT ON: PANS PANDAS – ‘naughty’ kids could actually have rare brain condition
- How The Farm helped people who couldn’t speak sing again
- Supporting patients from their hospital beds during pandemic – thanks to iPads
- Brain Charity service users take part in new mental health podcast
- Music Makes Us! The Brain Charity’s musical dementia workshops go virtual
- Quilter Cheviot awards The Brain Charity £150,000 as part of its dementia initiative
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Asperger’s in society – the hidden mental health crisis
- The Brain Charity spearheads national study on impact of COVID-19 on people with dementia
- The Brain Charity is home to Liverpool’s new Changing Places facility
- The Brain Charity’s lockdown delivery service dishes out 1,104 food packs
- The Brain Charity honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
- Category: Real life stories
- Alan’s head injury story: “I signed up to volunteer after The Brain Charity helped me”
- SPOTLIGHT ON: A retired army colonel’s journey across Africa to raise awareness of Parkinson’s
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Cerebral palsy campaign highlights barriers – by asking public to complete tasks with one hand
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Subdural Hematoma – a comedy show from a near death encounter
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Opening a window into Asperger’s – with poetry
- Spud the hamster’s lockdown adventures kept world smiling through lockdown
- SPOTLIGHT ON: The Purple Angel Campaign – busting myths around dementia while living with it
- Popstar Kiesza’s ‘story of hope’ after car crash caused traumatic brain injury
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Merseyside stroke survivor promoting positivity through A Stroke of Luck
- SPOTLIGHT ON: UK’s first rare disease podcast launched by 24-year-old with heart defect
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Playing ‘My Mother’s Music’ to support people living with dementia
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Brain tumour survivor films video diary while having radiotherapy
- COVID-19 didn’t stop The Brain Charity’s volunteers from having their dream wedding
- Category: Spotlight on series
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Incurably Wonderful
- SPOTLIGHT ON: A history of disabled access – the movement to make Britain’s buildings more accessible and disability-friendly
- SPOTLIGHT ON: The Alzheimer’s Society’s dementia e-news helps solve common questions
- SPOTLIGHT ON: The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower hits the road
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Every Mind Matters shows how small things can make a big difference
- SPOTLIGHT ON: Planting the seeds of recovery – how therapeutic gardening transforms lives
Donation Forms
Products
- The Brain Charity fidget spinner
- Baseball cap with logo
- Charity wedding favours
- Cute animal charity Christmas cards - festive donkeys and Rudolf reindeer marshmallows
- Charity Christmas cards - nature in winter for gardeners, modern illustration
- Christian Nativity charity Christmas cards - three kings, Jesus in manger, religious
- Dinosaur charity Christmas cards - fun cartoon 10 pack
- Christmas cake recipe charity Christmas cards - pack of 10
- Vintage children charity Christmas cards - cute B&W photographs pack of 10
- Dove of peace charity Christmas cards - neon graphic pack of 10
- Sunflower lanyard to show hidden disabilities
- Robin holly charity Christmas cards - winter wildlife snow 10 pack
- Dementia-friendly colouring book
- Dementia-friendly wooden puzzle
- The Brain Charity dog bandana
- The Brain Charity cycling jersey
- Sleeveless running top
- The Brain Charity running vest
- Kitchen apron with embroidered logo
- Full-zip hooded sweatshirt with logo
- The Brain Charity bobble hat
- White T-shirt with logo
- Beanie hat with logo
- Couples therapy
- Neuro psychotherapy
- Bronze fundraising challenge deposit
- Silver fundraising challenge deposit
- Gold fundraising challenge deposit
- Platinum fundraising challenge deposit
- Hidden Disabilities Sunflower card
- Neurodiversity awareness presentation
- Half day neurodiversity awareness training
- Half day neurodiversity awareness training for managers
- Half day neurodiversity awareness training for recruiters
- Full day neurodiversity awareness training
- Donation
Case Studies
- Matt's stroke Story: "The Brain Charity gave me direction and purpose"
- Cassandra's MS story: "Counselling helped me feel lighter – I wasn't carrying it all on my own"
- Suzie’s spinal injury story: “The Brain Charity gave me a reason to leave the house again”
- Amber’s volunteering story: “From the moment I stepped through the doors, I found it to be a warm, welcoming, and supportive place.”
- Helen's stroke story: "If only I had a million pounds, I'd give it to The Brain Charity right away"
- Hollie’s autism story: "If there was better understanding in workplaces, then more people who are neurodivergent could thrive"
- Freddie's Kabuki syndrome story: “The respite we received from The Brain Charity was invaluable”
- Ste’s cerebral palsy story: "When someone said, ‘he won’t do it,’ my attitude was, ‘watch me do it.’"
- Snoof’s neurodivergence story: “The Brain Charity gave me the chance to help others feel okay being themselves”
- Chris' Story: "Confidence coaching helped me combat my hesitation and anxiety."
- Christine’s HPX story: “It took 34 years for my rare condition to be diagnosed”
- Jacob’s UBE2A story: “Success at tribunal helped us buy our son’s medical equipment”
- Louis’ Neurofibromatosis 1 story: “The Brain Charity has really helped me get in a better place”
- John’s story: “The Brain Charity’s Music Makes Us! sessions gave my 96-year-old dad a complete new lease of life”
- Rupak’s MS story: “I was homeless after my diagnosis – The Brain Charity finding me a home was irreplaceable”
- Kamani’s functional neurological disorder story: “Applying for PIP left me feeling anxious and helpless – the Brain Charity helped me change my life”
- John's CADASIL story: "CADASIL caused me stress and anxiety. The Brain Charity's employment team filled me with confidence."
- William's Down's syndrome story: "We feel so lucky we discovered The Brain Changer Arts Project during the COVID-19 lockdowns"
- Mary's autism story: "Welfare benefits applications are so stressful - The Brain Charity was a total game changer"
- Pauline's executive dysfunction story: "COVID left me isolated: The Brain Charity welcomed me with open arms"
- Paul's subarachnoid haemorrhage story: "I had to relearn how to walk and fell into debt. The Brain Charity was a breath of fresh air"
- Dominick’s AVM story: “I thought I was too young to have a stroke at 24 – The Brain Charity motivated me to keep going”
- Rose’s aphasia story: "A stroke took my voice away. Singing in The Brain Charity's choir helped me find it again"
- Ian's Huntington's Disease story
- Donna’s story: "My granddaughter was born with a rare brain condition – The Brain Charity’s help was invaluable"
- Debbie’s bipolar story: “I was struggling inside - The Brain Charity gave me the courage to get back into the workplace”
- Peyton’s functional neurological disorder story: “Being diagnosed changed my life for the better”
- Kim’s migraine story: “I thought only elderly people had strokes; The Brain Charity gave me a new lease of life”
- Paul’s Motor Neurone Disease story: “The spirit of community at The Brain Charity makes me feel better about life”
- Jan’s brain tumour story: "The prospect of doing nothing was daunting; volunteering helped me get back to being me"
- Rose's posterior fossa syndrome story: “She was paralysed after tumour op; art helped her hold scissors again”
- Joanne’s cerebral palsy story: “I was accused of being drunk due to a lack of understanding of my disability”
- Laura's foreign accent syndrome story: "I stopped leaving the house, but at The Brain Charity I'm accepted"
- Lindsey’s MS story: "Diagnosis was like falling into a hole - The Brain Charity's help was life-changing"
- Graham’s brain haemorrhage story: "I went from working in intensive care to being there myself"
- Craig’s COVID-19 story: “The Brain Charity’s weekly phone befriending calls kept me alive during the pandemic”
- Hazel’s dementia story: “Dementia took away my husband’s ability to speak; Music Makes Us! helped us reconnect”
- Stephen's COVID-19 story: "It's no exaggeration to say The Brain Charity was a life saver"
- Jeanie's brain tumour story: "I was terrified for my family; The Brain Charity helped me regain control"
- Gerard's stroke story: "I was left with nothing, but The Brain Charity saved me from going under"
- Sam's ADHD story: “I was lurching from crisis to crisis; The Brain Charity put my mind at ease”
- John's fibromyalgia story: "I've gone from champion jockey to championing carers' rights"
- Marie's brain tumour story: "I said goodbye to my newborn daughter and had to learn to walk again"
- Viktor’s autism story: “Employers saw me as weird, but The Brain Charity helped me follow my dreams”
- Teresa's neurodiversity story: "I’ve been called stupid since I was young, but The Brain Charity built my confidence"
- Faith's Chiari malformation story: “The Brain Changer Arts Project helps her love the physio she needs”
- Karl’s Chiari malformation story: “Some dads get to put their children on their shoulders, I’ve never been able to”
- Blossom’s dyspraxia story: "She was falling behind – now she can celebrate her neurodiversity"
- Sarah’s brain injury story: "My head turned 180 degrees – The Brain Charity freed me from staring at four walls”
- Ian's brain injury story: "I forgot my wife and kids after I was brutally attacked by a stranger on Christmas Eve"
- Trina’s brain haemorrhage story: "Life changed overnight, The Brain Charity stopped me going under"
- Christine’s epilepsy story: "Before there was loneliness from being trapped inside, but now I don’t feel alone"
- Ian’s COVID-19 story: "Without The Brain Charity’s lifeline, I wouldn’t have been able to put food on the table"
- Carmen’s stiff-person syndrome story: "I used to travel, but my one in a million condition left me unable to leave my home"
- Matthew’s autism story: "I'm often treated differently, but not working at The Brain Charity"
- Jane’s Leigh Syndrome story: "I felt abandoned – but The Brain Charity helped me make friends"
- Sonya’s brain haemorrhage story: "I nearly died, people don’t take my invisible disability seriously"
- Phillip’s COVID-19 story: "There is nowhere near enough humility in the world, but The Brain Charity showed me plenty"
- Sarah’s stroke story: "I lost friends after a head-on car crash, but I don’t feel like an outsider at The Brain Charity"
- Pamela’s aphasia story: "I couldn’t speak at all after a stroke – but now I have the confidence to meet new people"
- Rachel's brain haemorrhage story: “I had to relearn how to talk; The Brain Charity has been a lifeline”
Services
- Aintree University Hospital: Help when you’re admitted, help when you leave
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust: Help for parent-carers when you need it most
- Arrowe Park Hospital: Help when you’re admitted, help when you leave
- Broadgreen Hospital: Help when you’re admitted, help when you leave
- Clatterbridge Rehabilitation Centre: Help when you’re admitted, help when you leave
- The Royal Liverpool University Hospital: Help when you’re admitted, help when you leave
- Liverpool Women’s Hospital: Help when you’re admitted, help when you leave
- The Walton Centre: Help when you’re admitted, help when you leave
- Physiotherapy service
- The Neuro Gym
- Expert legal advice you can trust
- The Brain Charity's legal partners
- Support during a hospital stay
- Employability support
- Social activities, workshops and classes
- Confidence coaching
- Free counselling and mental health support
- Counselling at The Brain Charity
- Befriending
- Knowing your rights at work
- Activities for children and young people
- Occupational therapy for children through art and craft
- Physiotherapy through dance for young people
- Workshops for people with dementia
- Online video workshops for people with dementia
- Physiotherapy through dance for people with dementia
- Dementia speech and language therapy through singing
- Join a support group
- The Brain Charity's library
- Search our library catalogue online
- Support for carers
- Living with your neurological condition
- Applying for welfare benefits
- Dealing with a new diagnosis
Conditions
- Poliomyelitis
- Multiple system atrophy
- Canavan's
- Cerebral Vasculitis
- Hypoxic Ischaemic Brain Injury
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Temporal Arteritis
- Persistent Vegetative State
- Neurosyphilis
- Anencephaly
- Lewy body dementia
- Centronuclear myopathies
- Back pain
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA)
- Ménière's disease
- Encephalitis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Pituitary adenoma
- Pituitary disorders
- Tuberous sclerosis complex
- Polymyositis
- Spinal Cord Tumour
- Arthritis
- Alexithymia
- Aicardi syndrome
- Dysgraphia
- Kabuki syndrome
- Mitochondrial disease
- Cerebellitis
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Brain haemorrhage
- Tinnitus
- Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
- Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD)
- Angelman syndrome
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Colloid cyst
- Spinal cord injuries
- Rett syndrome
- Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
- Foreign accent syndrome
- Empty sella syndrome
- UBE2A deficiency syndrome
- Facial palsy
- Superficial siderosis
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy
- Lorenzo’s oil disease
- Hereditary hyperekplexia
- Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders
- Niemann-Pick disease
- Fragile X syndrome
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Vascular dementia
- Lissencephaly
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- ADEM
- Neuromyelitis optica
- Behcet’s disease
- Dyspraxia
- Post-polio syndrome
- Stiff-person syndrome
- Concussion
- Spinocerebellar ataxias
- Episodic ataxia
- Ataxia-telangiectasia
- Friedreich’s ataxia
- Myelopathy
- Sciatica
- Subdural haematoma
- Intraparenchymal haemorrhage
- Epidural haematoma
- Sticky blood syndrome
- Traumatic brain injury
- Ependymoma
- Meningioma
- Fungal meningitis
- Viral meningitis
- Bacterial meningitis
- Binswanger’s disease
- Raynaud’s syndrome
- Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
- HIV neurological disorders
- Dopa-responsive dystonia
- Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
- Paroxysmal dyskinesia
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Atrial fibrillation and stroke
- Corticobasal degeneration
- Haemorrhagic stroke
- Glioma
- Posterior fossa syndrome
- Transient ischaemic attack
- Auditory processing disorder
- Narcolepsy
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Brain tumour
- Syringomyelia
- Dandy-Walker syndrome
- Charcot Marie Tooth disease
- Acoustic neuroma
- Sarcoidosis
- Restless legs syndrome
- PANS / PANDAS
- Vertigo
- Apraxia
- Lupus
- Long COVID
- Stroke
- Locked-in syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- CADASIL
- Transverse myelitis
- Leigh syndrome
- Huntington's disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Spina bifida
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Sjögren's syndrome
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Essential tremor
- Bell's palsy
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Autism
- Meningitis
- Down's syndrome
- CSF leak
- Charles Bonnet syndrome
- Alzheimer's
- Dystonia
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Brain injury
- Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)
- Cluster headaches
- Subarachnoid brain haemorrhage
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Tourette syndrome
- Dementia
- Epilepsy
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia
- Cavernoma
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuropathy
- Microcephaly
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Ataxia
- Myasthenia gravis
- Leukodystrophy
- Motor neurone disease (MND)
- Dyslexia
- Hydrocephalus
- Arachnoiditis
- Neurosarcoidosis
- Hemiplegia
- Aphasia
- Fibromyalgia
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome
- Cerebral palsy
- Migraine
- Non-epileptic attack disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Chiari malformation
- Dyscalculia
- Dysautonomia
- Functional neurological disorder
- Aneurysm
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- Attention deficit disorder
- Alice in Wonderland syndrome
- Parkinson's
Events
- Avencia Consulting Employability Drop-In Event
- Creative wellbeing group
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- Creative wellbeing group
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- Creative wellbeing group
- Creative wellbeing group
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- Women's only workout
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- Men's only Thursday workout
- Men's only Thursday workout
- Men's only Thursday workout
- Men's only Thursday workout
- Men's only Thursday workout
- Men's only Thursday workout
- Men's only Thursday workout
- Table tennis
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- Table tennis
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- Table tennis
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- Table tennis
- Table tennis
- Table tennis
- Table tennis
- Chair yoga and relaxation
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- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Chair yoga and relaxation
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
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- Tai chi & qi gong
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- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
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- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- Tai chi & qi gong
- New age kurling
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- New age kurling
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
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- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Aphasia talking table
- Confidence coaching
- Confidence coaching
- Confidence coaching
- Confidence coaching
- Confidence coaching
- Confidence coaching
- Confidence coaching
- Confidence coaching
- The Brain Charity's annual celebration
- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
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- Ukulele for all
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- Ukulele for all
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- Ukulele for all
- Ukulele for all
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Upcycling and crafts
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
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- Boccia
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- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Boccia
- Tatton Park 300ft Bungee Jump
- Liverpool Cathedral abseil
- Shared reading
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- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Shared reading
- Knit & natter
- Knit & natter
- Knit & natter
- Knit & natter
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- Knit & natter
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