The people which Westminster charity Attend ABI helps often feel lost and alone after the sudden life changing experience of having a brain injury, which might have been caused by a road accident or fall, or a condition like cancer, meningitis or stroke. Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) can happen to anyone at any time and causes profound and lasting effects that are often invisible. It can impact everything from mobility to sight and hearing, behaviour to ability to manage and plan tasks, speech to hormone regulation. At Attend ABI, beneficiaries build confidence and independence and receive tools to make sure their ABI doesn’t impede their progress.
Londoners they have recently helped have said “Thank you ever so much for the time you gave me today and all the useful information you have passed on to me. I feel more confident and less alone now” and “I guess I had an idea in my head that I’d be around people much older than I, but was surprised to see so many younger people there and to be honest I think that made me feel better. Everyone was so reassuring.”
David Wood, CEO of Attend ABI, said “The £6,500 grant from the London Freemason’s Charity is the third donation which we have received from the Freemasons and will help us provide our ABI service by supporting the cost of the ABI Coordinator, paying for volunteer recruitment and expenses, and funding our training sessions and accreditations.”
To find out more about Attend ABI visit: Attend ABI – Supporting adults who have an acquired and non-progressive brain injury
Paul King, from the London Freemasons, said: “We’re delighted to support the work Attend ABI do to support Londoners who have suffered from Acquired Brain Injury. They make a huge difference to our community.”
