Regional Groups
There are regional ABI groups throughout the UK. UKABIF works with these groups to set common aims, encourage sharing of information and practice and co-ordinate group work. You can contact your local group or find out more about them by clicking on the links below (please note that some groups do not yet have websites so the links will be to an email address.
If there isn’t a group in your area you may like to help to establish one. UKABIF supports new groups by providing local contacts and meeting spaces and by attending early meetings to give you ideas about what you can try to achieve.
Click here for updated map and links to the Regional Acquired Brain Injury Groups
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Eastern Region Brain Injury Forum This group covers the whole of East Anglia and periodically brings together county wide groups of Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. Please email emma.truin@taylorvinters.com if you have any queries or comments. |
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Kent Acquired Brain Injury Forum A group of brain injury survivors, carers, front-line professionals and policy makers who wish to advance issues concerning acquired brain injury across Kent. To contact the chair please email the Chair Mr Tanesh Bhugobaun tanesh@raphaelmedicalcentre.co.uk. The next meeting takes place at 6pm on Tuesday, 1st December at The Headway Centre, Milestones, 3 Culverden Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9QT. Please email if you would like to attend. |
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Northern Acquired Brain Injury Forum NABIF stands for the Northern Acquired Brain Injury Forum and is a group of individuals and organisations who have an interest in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) or who provide services to individuals with ABI and their families. Please contact NABIF@b-h-p.com for further information. |
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Sussex Acquired Brain Injury Forum This is the regional group for Sussex, please contact katie.russell@asb-aspire.comfor details. The next SABIF Meeting will take place on Tuesday 14th December between 3.30pm and 5.30pm at Swanborough House, Swanborough Drive, Brighton. Our main talk is by Dr Steven White who is a Consultant Neurophysiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Dr White will be providing a talk on anoxic brain injury and carbon monoxide poisoning. The aim of the talk will be to provide a better understanding of the causes and consequences of an anoxic brain injury together with details of what treatment is available and what, if any, different forms of rehabilitation might be available. There will also be a short talk from Marcus Van Hagen from the Huntercombe Group, who will be talking about their new ABI Centre, Hofield Manor, that has opened this year. Please email if you would like to attend. |
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West Sussex ABI Network The West Sussex ABI Network aims to provide news and information about brain injury in West Sussex, to assess development opportunities, to help develop integrated services and pathways and to provide a learning resource for brain injury. Please contact abicoordinator@tiscali.co.uk for details. |
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Surrey Acquired Brain Injury Network Surrey Acquired Brain Injury Network has been set up to provide opportunities for people with brain injury and their families or carers, to connect with useful information and people. Please contact helengoatley@barlowrobbins.com for details. |
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Suffolk Brain Injury Forum Suffolk Brain Injury Forum provides an opportunity to: improve communication, share information and good practice, highlight needs that are not being met within our client group and raise this with commissioning bodies. Please contact info@suffolkbraininjuryforum.co.uk for details. The next meeting is on Monday 7th March 2011 from 3pm to 4.15pm. The group will meet at Optua UK, Optua House, Hill View Business Park, Claydon, Suffolk, IP6 0AJ.Please email if you would like to attend. |
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Scotland Head Injury Forum SHIF is a national umbrella organisation within Scotland that represents the interests of survivors of brain injuries, their families and those who work with them. Please contact info@shif.org.uk for details. |
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North West Acquired Brain Injury Forum This group which aims to include those in the North West of England. Please contact jeanne.evans@irwinmitchell.com for details. You can also see their microsite at www.ukabif.org.uk/nowabif. |
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Yorkshire Acquired Brain Injury Forum Please contact Helen Brunton for details Helen.Brunton@harrowells.co.uk. |
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East Midlands Acquired Brain Injury Forum Please contact Jacquie Owen for details |
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West Midlands Acquired Brain Injury Forum Please contact Peter Mulhern for details |
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Northampton Acquired Brain Injury Forum Please contact Keith Jenkins for details. You can also see their microsite at www.ukabif.org.uk/northantsabif. |
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Norfolk Acquired Brain Injury Forum (NORABIF) Please contact Richard Barr for details: |
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Essex Acquired Brain Injury Forum Please contact Gill White for details. You can also see their microsite at www.ukabif.org.uk/eabif. |
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Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London ABIL is a group of front-line professionals, policy makers, survivors of acquired brain injury and carers working to advance the brain injury agenda across London. It was launched during Brain Injury Awareness Week in March 2007. |
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South West Acquired Brain Injury Forum There are two groups running in the South West. One is chaired by Stuart Brazington stuart.brazington@withyking.co.uk, the other is run in collaboration with the Brain Injury Social Work Group in the area and chaired by Jackie Burt. You can also see their microsite at www.ukabif.org.uk/swabif. |
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