Not many people have much knowledge of brain injury and its effects, because, fortunately, occurrences are nothing like as widespread as, say, cancer or mental illness.But if you are visiting our site it is possibly because circumstances have brought you into sudden and unwelcome contact with it.

The best introductions can be found on our national web site and in its publications. If you are a carer for someone who has recently suffered a head injury and need help in just getting to know what it's all about, click here for our national web site and then select "Information", or "Publications and Merchandise" for a list of useful publications.

If you are a health or social services professional, select "About brain injury" from the Headway UK web site for a more detailed description of types of injury, or here for how Leicestershire Leicester and Rutland Headway fits into the Joint Strategy prepared by the health and local authorities through the Disability Programme Board.