Brain Injury Grampian – here to help

If you wish to help fund Group (with regular, one-off donations or Sponsored charity fundraising events), you may do so via our registered Justgiving page at:

www.justgiving.com/braininjurygrampian

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The Group is a wholly separate, standalone volunteer-led charity (Charity number sc032273), affiliated with “Headway”- (the National Brain Injury Association), that aims to support all people in the Grampian area affected by Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), raising awareness of the condition and reducing the social isolation often experienced by people affected by ABI.

Membership of group is free and anyone involved with brain injury is welcome to join.

Our main aims are to :-

support carers and enable them to meet together to share experiences
involve those with a brain injury helping them to maximise their recovery.
reduce social isolation for the brain injured, family and carers.
support and sustain relationships between carers and cared for.

As a small local charity (registration number sc032273),we are always grateful to any voluntary organisations, businesses, grant aid funding organisations and of course the many individuals who donate and/or do charity sponsorship events on our behalf donating funds raised that help us continue to meet our aims & objectives. Thank you.

Should you wish to support us you can help fund Group (with either regular or one-off donations) via our registered Justgiving page at:

https://www.justgiving.com/braininjurygrampian

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1. Megan Mackay fundraiser Link:- Run for Ruairidh -Just Giving fundraiser for Brain Injury Grampian -

A short message to the BIG Group received from Megan Mackay March 2025:-

Hi there,

I just wanted to get in touch to share a bit about my fundraising. I’m from Macduff, and in 2016, I sadly lost my twin brother, Ruairidh, after he sustained a serious head injury in an accident in Banff. He was in a coma for a week before passing away in Aberdeen Hospital.

On Sunday, 9th March, I ran the Inverness Half Marathon and chose to support Brain Injury Grampian. I wanted to contribute to a cause that helps those affected by brain injuries here in the Grampian area, and I’m really pleased to have raised £2,048.

I believe my JustGiving page closes this week, and once it does, the funds should transfer directly to your charity—I’ll double-check to confirm. I also shared a little about Ruairidh on the page, as well as his strength and character. -Thank you so much Megan from the bottom of our hearts, from all at group.

2. Aberdeen Harbour boat trips/ dolphin spotting! (12 person trips - 2 currently booked during Tall ships on Saturday 19th July. - For more info Click here

3. Group event 20th to 22nd June BRAW 25 Weekend -- click here For quite a few years now a good-sized party of members have attended the Headway Scotland BRAW weekend at Tulliallan. Over 120 from various Headway Groups and attend. All those who attended have had a great time. This year’s weekend has been moved to Queen Margaret University (just outside Edinburgh) as Tulliallan is no longer available for weekend conferences.

INFORMATION/ Program of events - For further details of the event please click this link - BRAW 2025 info

The cost for the weekend would normally be £180 per head.
We are pleased to advise that we have managed to secure full funding from Creative Breaks Scotland for 15 places (together with the cost of a Minibus hire) at the 2025 event which means that members will be able to attend at no cost.

This promises to be a great weekend, so, come along and join the party.

TO APPLY:- If you would like to be considered for a place for the BRAW 25 weekend please contact:- Ian Crombie on 01224 733941 and either take the completed application form - ( BRAW 2025 application forms.) - (completing pages 4, 5, 7 & 8 of the application form) to either the Inchgarth or Inverurie Drop Ins or return it directly to Ian at: 76 Binghill Crescent, Milltimber, Aberdeen – AB13 0HU.

Note: Page 6 of the application should only be completed if you wish to preorder /purchase BRAW polo shirts for yourselves (the purchase of BRAW polo shirts cannot be funded by group but they can be purchased on your behalf on request and submission of the appropriate purchase price).
As such completion of page 6 is not an essential part of the Group BRAW attendance application funded by Group.

Please note that we require a completed form for each attendee with original signatures.

Places will be allocated on a first come/first served basis. If the numbers wishing to attend exceeds our booked places, we will try (but cannot guarantee) to secure further places.

4. “The Legal Bits we all try & ignore” A talk by John Dargie (Local Solicitor) – Generally covering Guardianship, Wills & Power of Attorney but also happy to respond to any legal questions raised. Re-arranged Talk – “The Legal Bits we all try to ignore”. – We are pleased to welcome back John Dargie a local Solicitor on Thursday 20th March 2025, 7pm at Inchgarth Community Centre. John has spoken to the group on several occasions previously and members found talks helpful and well received. John will talk about things we all know we should have been considering but have put off “till another day”. He will talk generally on Guardianship, Wills, Power of Attorney but also happy to respond to any questions raised either to the group or privately.

5. January 2025 Group Newsletter now available on the website- to access it just click here