Headway Suffolk

Ipswich Hub 01473 712225

Bury Hub 01284 702535

Coronavirus

Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds Hubs Open

Our Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds hubs are OPEN for rehab activities and therapy.

  • Ipswich Hub opening days – Monday to Friday
  • Bury St Edmunds Hub opening days – Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Other Support Services Available

  • Outdoor Gym sessions and Community Support activities have now resumed
  • We continue to provide Homecare services and Clinical Therapies and Counselling
  • Activity Books, Food Parcels and Welfare Checks remain in place for those at home

We are here to support and care for our clients and their families throughout these continued tough times.

If you need to contact us, please call 01473 712225 or email [email protected].

 

How Headway Suffolk has supported its clients through Covid

Headway Suffolk has continued to help its clients throughout the Covid-19 pandemic

As the peak of the virus struck, Headway had to close its Bury St Edmunds hub, its four outreach hubs and its face-to-face support and therapy services, as well as drastically reduce the number of clients at its Ipswich hub. Like many charities, we feared for our financial stability and survival.

We saw a big increase in demand for our homecare services from Suffolk County Council to help hospitals with the discharge of patients.

To support those isolated at home, we adapted and created new services.

We implemented a virtual hub so clients could access rehab and social activities remotely and provided free devices. Activity books were also sent out to help stimulation.

To combat the difficultly of visiting Supermarkets and getting online deliveries, we produced and delivered nutritional hot meals and registered as a food bank to supply parcels of food and essential products.

Counselling sessions moved to remote support and saw an increase due to clients feeling anxious, while our phones were open to offer a friendly, listening ear.

With gyms being a no-go zone, we supported clients at the local outdoor gym in between lockdowns so they can work on their fitness, improve mental health and play sports.

As things have gradually began to ease, we have been able to resume face-to-face services and clients can now get support with physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and the rest of our extensive rehab services.

Our Ipswich hub is now open Monday to Friday and our Bury St Edmunds hub is currently open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We operate strict infection control procedures and our staff team are fully vaccinated.

Headway Suffolk would like to thank everyone who has supported us and ensured we continue to survive and thrive into 2021.

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Covid-19 Risk Assessment

Click to read our risk assessment on Covid-19