The Headway Coffee Morning—often called The Big Headway Cuppa—is a fundraising and awareness event organised by Headway, the UK brain injury charity.

Here’s what it’s all about:

• Purpose: It’s designed to bring people together over a cup of coffee (or tea!) and biscuits to raise money and awareness for those affected by brain injury.
• How it works: Individuals, workplaces, and community groups host coffee mornings, inviting friends, colleagues, or the public to join. Guests donate while enjoying drinks and snacks.
• Why it matters: Funds raised help Headway provide vital services like rehabilitation support, helplines, and local groups for survivors and their families.
• Extras: Many hosts add raffles, bake sales, or themed activities to make the event fun and engaging.

Our Compensation Department at Williamsons Solicitors recently hosted a festive Christmas-themed coffee morning in support of Humber Headway. The event featured delicious drinks, a buffet spread, and plenty of fun—including lively rounds of Christmas bingo! It was a fantastic opportunity to come together, celebrate the season, and raise funds for a great cause. A big thank you to everyone who joined in and made the day such a success!

What is Headway?

Headway is the UK’s leading brain injury charity, dedicated to improving life after brain injury. Through local branches and a national helpline, it supports survivors, their families, and carers. Its services include counselling, support groups, and information resources tailored to help navigate the long-term impacts of brain injury.

Headway Humber is a collaboration between four local branches of the national charity Headway UK, and are dedicated to supporting life after brain injury.

Each branch is run by a small but dedicated group of volunteers who have been touched by brain injury in a variety of ways, whether as a survivor or a family member, or working as a professional. The difficulties a brain injury can cause may not be obvious to other people. Because of this it is often referred to as a hidden disability. It can change the life of the person with the brain injury and those around them.

Headway offer support and services to survivors of brain injury, their families and carers. They run a number of social events and trips throughout the year and provide a wide range of information about life after brain injury.

They aim to raise awareness of brain injury both to prevent them, and to promote understanding when they occur. They appear on local press and radio and roll out national Headway UK campaigns and news at a local level.