Headway Takes to the Seas!
23 Mar 2009
Press Release and Invitation
The clients and staff at Headway would like to invite you to the launch of their brand new Currach and Canoe in Fitzgerald's Park at 2.30pm on Wednesday March 25th.
Clients from Headway, the national association for acquired brain injury (ABI), have been working in conjunction with the Cork City based Meitheal Mara boat building project for the last three months on the construction of two traditional Irish sea vessels.
Headway has long advocated the use of community integration as a primary factor in the post-ABI rehabilitation process. This partnership with Meitheal Mara has provided a particularly excellent opportunity for clients with ABI to learn new skills and give back to the local community.
Christened "Rising Sea Wave" and "Headway" respectively, the Currach and Canoe will be officially launched next Wednesday, March 25th, in Fitzgerald's Park. The eight Headway clients involved in the project will be given the opportunity to present their proud achievement to family and friends as well as the other clients and staff of Headway Cork.
The launching ceremony will commence at 2.30pm with a reception and photo opportunity, after which the Headway clients will be the first passengers to set sail on the "Rising Sea Wave" and test her seafaring abilities.
Information:
Paula Larkin, Rehabilitative Training Officer
021 4871 303
larkinp@headwaycork.ie
Headway
Unit B3, Link Road Business Park
Ballincollig
Co. Cork
Notes to Editor:
- Headway offers services and support to people affected by acquired brain injury. In many cases people with brain injury have no obvious physical disability but the effects can be profound and unique to the individual. Brain injury can happen to anyone at any time in life and can be a result of an accident, or blow to the head, stroke, haemorrhage, infection or tumour. The impact of brain injury is often life long, affecting both the person with the injury and their family members in a variety of ways. Due to the many and varied effects of acquired brain injury, people often have difficulty living independently, working or returning to education, participating in social and leisure activities and maintaining family roles or personal relationships.
- Headway has been supporting those affected by acquired brain injury since 1985. It provides a range of community based services in Limerick, Cork, Kerry and Dublin along with outreach services in the South-Eastern region. Services include rehabilitation training, day activity, psychological therapy and family support, counselling, outreach, family education workshops, supported employment, community access and a national helpline on 1890 200 278.
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