Headway Suffolk

The great thing about cake sales is they are relatively quick and easy to organise but bring in lots of much needed funds.

Getting started:

Where and when?

Cake sales are versatile and can be held in lots of places and there are lots of opportunities for you to hold one. Your child’s school, your work, your home, club/ group meeting, local library are all great options. You could coincide your cake sale by holding it on or near a celebration day e.g. heart shape cakes for Valentine’s Day or spooky cakes for Halloween.

Get baking

You need to decide on the cakes and goodies that you want to sell at your cake sale. You can also ask friends, family and colleagues if they can make a batch of cakes for the sale.

Tip – When deciding on cakes it’s worth working out the cost of the ingredients and what you can charge. You don’t want to spend too much on expensive ingredients. A simple biscuit or slice of Victoria cake is just as appealing and less expensive to make.

It’s handy to have a list of ingredients for each cake or treat in case any of your customers have allergies.

What you need to hold your cake sale

• Ingredients to bake cakes and treats
• Napkins or paper plates
• Collection box for money
• Some change for your first few customers
• Price tags or stickers
• Paper bags or something to wrap cakes to takeaway
• Poster or leaflet

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Organising a Charity Quiz in Aid of Headway Suffolk

Firstly, thank you for considering supporting Headway Suffolk by holding a quiz for us. Every penny you raise will go directly to helping the recovery and rehabilitation of the people of Suffolk with traumatic brain injuries or neurological conditions.

Holding a quiz night is a fantastic way to fundraise. It’s social and fun, all while helping a great cause. Wondering where to start in organising your quiz? Here’s some tips to get you started.

Here’s a few tips to make your night a success

• Most quiz nights have 10-30 teams made up of around 4-5 team members.
• Teams pay an entry fee, either by team or individually.
• You can raise entry fee by offering a light meal or nibbles.
• You could hold a raffle; a local company might be able to donate some prizes.

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Pepper, the humanoid robot from Robots of London, will be showcasing its capabilities at Headway Suffolk’s Conference on 17 May 2023 at Kesgrave Conference and Community Centre.

Standing at under 4 foot tall, Pepper is the first robot with the ability to recognise principal human emotions as well as being able to adapt his own behaviour. It uses sensors to monitor what is going on around him before making independent decisions.

Pepper is designed to be a real every day companion with the ability to communicate, as well as perceive emotions and to be kind and endearing.

Developed by Japanese company Softbanks, Pepper is used in the real world across several different sectors, including healthcare.

Southend-On-Sea City Council used Pepper for community engagement and to facilitate reminiscence activities in social care. It was described as a “dementia-friendly robot”.

Two years ago, University of Bedfordshire carried out a groundbreaking study with care home residents using Pepper into how robots can be used to help older people deal with feelings of isolation and loneliness, without ever replacing human contact.

The study found residents responded positively and saw an improvement in their mental health and feeling of isolation following interaction with Pepper, who is described as “culturally competent”, which means that after initial programming, it learns about the interests and backgrounds of care home residents.

Robots of London promote Pepper as the care home assistant with the ability to “show potential residents around the home through the use of voice, images and video. Pepper is able to let existing residents have access to messages from their loved ones and set reminders for when they need to take their medication”.

Headway Suffolk will continue to announce speakers and sponsors for the 2023 Conference – Living Positively with a Disability.

To enquire further about the conference, purchase tickets and sponsorship/trade stand opportunities, contact Helen Fairweather on 01473 712225 or email [email protected].

Headway Suffolk has attracted great interest in its conferences in previous years, with past speakers including Prof Stephen Hawking, Chris Tarrant, Prof Robert Winston, Jane Hawking and Dawn Astle.

Our Autumn/Winter Newsletter is here for the festive season.

Inside you’ll find updates on CQC Outstanding rating, Neuro Centre update, Conference 2023, 12 Miles of Christmas, Visit to Nancy Oldfield Trust, Support our Family Carers, December events and fundraising.

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Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy of Aldgate, will be a keynote speaker at Headway Suffolk’s Conference on 17 May 2023, which will take place at Kesgrave Conference and Community Centre.

The conference will focus on living positively with a disability and will feature speakers throughout the day giving presentations on a range of subjects around this.

Baroness Murphy trained as a psychiatrist and went on to become the Foundation Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of London.

In November 2020, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

In presenting her award, Dr Adrian James, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, described Baroness Murphy as “a pioneering academic psychiatrist who edited the pre-eminent journal for her specialty of old age psychiatry.”

Dr James added: “But it is her role as a medical manager for which she will be most remembered, rising to the top not only in the mental health sector but also across the whole of the medical profession. She is a world-leading psychiatrist, academic, manager and leader and it is wonderful to be able to recognise her through this award.”

Baroness Murphy has been a politically independent peer in the House of Lords since 2004, where she has a special interest in mental health and social care. She was also formerly a UK advisor on mental health to the World Health Organisation.

She is Vice-President at the Alzheimer’s Society and will give a presentation on dementia at Headway Suffolk’s 2023 Conference.

Baroness Murphy said: “Dementia is the commonest of the devastating neurological conditions that people have to cope with and there is no magic bullet in sight to offer a cure.

“In my talk, I will explore some of the challenges and what can be done by government and other organisations to improve the lives of individuals and their families.”

Helen Fairweather, CEO of Headway Suffolk, said: “Headway Suffolk are very excited about hearing Baroness Murphy speak about dementia. We are so fortunate that someone with so much knowledge and is so busy is happy to support our conference and charity.”

Headway Suffolk will continue to announce speakers and sponsors for the 2023 Conference – Living Positively with a Disability.

To enquire further about the conference , purchase tickets and sponsorship opportunities, contact Helen Fairweather on 01473 712225 or email [email protected].

Headway Suffolk has attracted great interest in its conferences in previous years, with past speakers including Prof Stephen Hawking, Chris Tarrant, Prof Robert Winston, Jane Hawking and Dawn Astle.

Ipswich Borough Council is set to help Headway Suffolk to develop the Stephen Hawking Neuro Centre at Mansbrook Boulevard, Ravenswood.

The Centre, set to offer dedicated respite provision for people living with a neurological condition or brain injury, will be specialist supported accommodation provided in Ipswich.

Councillor Martin Cook, Ipswich Borough Council’s Portfolio Holder for Resources, says:

“Ipswich Borough Council is supporting Headway Suffolk in taking the next big step towards delivering the long-planned Stephen Hawking Neuro Centre.

“We’re looking for suitably qualified property development consultants to help turn Headway Suffolk’s vision into a reality.”

Helen Fairweather, Chief Executive Officer at Headway Suffolk, adds:

“Headway Suffolk is grateful for the support of the Council in moving this forward.

“Working with Ipswich Borough Council to appoint a lead consultant will bring this much needed centre to fruition, so that care and rehabilitation can be delivered in Suffolk, saving people having to move out of county for care.”

The project will be funded by Headway Suffolk with Ipswich Borough Council facilitators helping to progress the scheme.

Support for Family Carers programme is initiated and designed to take the needs of family carers who live with us in the community.

Family carers find that their lives change in an instance as a brain injury and stroke can happen without warning.

They will have to give up employment and hobbies in order to care for their love one.  They will lose their friends as they will not understand the changes in their partner and may even find this frightening.

Their role changes to that of a carer without any training. The person’s personality changes so they are not the person that they were.

Headway Suffolk wishes to support families so that they stay together.

This will be through:

• Access to our Mental Health Nurse
• Courses explaining what a brain injury is and what to expect
• Day respite so that carers can rest
• Carers support groups

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