News

In light of the news today that the full easing of lockdown restrictions will be postponed by at least four more weeks, we have unfortunately made the decision to postpone some of our events.

Caring for someone you love can be overwhelming, especially when it involves a life-changing diagnosis.

The Brain Charity caught up with Michelle, whose daughter had a post-natal stroke 12 hours after she was born, which resulted in her developing epilepsy.

Though everyone’s experience is unique, these are Michelle’s six top tips for parents caring for children with neurological conditions that she wishes she had known as a new mum.

Stroke survivors from The Brain Charity have improved their ability to communicate and use their non-dominant hands thanks to creating artwork while listening to sounds from the British Library’s archive.

 This May, The Brain Charity have been nominated as one of the charity partners for a money saving website, My Favourite Voucher Codes. We are one of four charities competing for votes in a bid to win 20% of the site’s profits, and we need your help!

The Brain Charity is pleased to share the dates of our planned upcoming events for the rest of 2021. 

We will be revealing more details of these events in the coming months, so please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to our mailing list to be the first to hear. 

After a difficult year for so many of our clients, we can't wait to celebrate safely with our community soon. If you have any questions about any of the events below, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Don't forget to check our online events calendar for details of our weekly social activities. 

We are delighted to announce that we will soon begin to slowly and safely reopen The Brain Charity’s building and resume our face-to-face services.

From Monday, March 8^th: We will begin to resume some pre-arranged 1-2-1 meetings with clients, and potentially some face-to-face counselling sessions, all socially distanced.

From Monday, April 12^th: The Brain Charity’s centre on Norton Street will formally reopen. This means our library and charity shop will be open to the public, and The Brain Food Café will be serving takeaway food and drinks. At this point we will resume a small number of socially distanced activities and services within the centre, including our room hire business. We will also invite some volunteers back into the building.

By Kym Ward, dementia project coordinator at The Brain Charity

We understand that the past year has been especially tough for people living with dementia. We also know music can play a vital role in their daily care – it stirs memories, reduces agitation and creates moments of joyful connection. That’s why over the last few months, our small dementia project team has been busy recording and filming the music-based therapy workshops we usually do in the community, so they can be shared in households and care homes across Merseyside and all over the UK.

We hope our Directions Project will help more than 100 jobless people with neurological conditions into employment, training, education or volunteering by 2022.

A brain tumour survivor has shared a video diary filmed as he underwent six weeks of radiotherapy.

The Brain Charity has partnered with cycling safety app Busby, which was created in Liverpool after one of its founders had a serious cycling accident. It prevents and reports incidents on the roads and has already saved three lives.

A Brain Charity service user and staff member have shared their thoughts on confidence and mental health as part of a new podcast.

Two TBC volunteers, who met thanks to The Brain Charity, have tied the knot despite COVID-19 restrictions.

This year, we hope for a partial return to fundraising normality. Here are some of the public races and events known to be taking place COVID-safely in 2021 which you can participate in, in aid of The Brain Charity.

On December 1, The Brain Charity launched its #Sixmas appeal to raise £6,000 for the 1 in 6 people living with neurological conditions.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have revealed new findings into how COVID-19 affects the brain.

Scientists at the University – including Walton Centre neurologist Professor Tom Solomon, who has previously worked in partnership with The Brain Charity – studied 153 patients treated in UK hospitals during the first acute phase of the pandemic earlier this year.