Headway - the brain injury association is a charity set up to promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury and to provide information, support and services to people with a brain injury, their families and carers. It does this partly through its network of local Groups and Branches throughout the UK and Channel Islands, which offer a wide range of services, including rehabilitation programmes, carer support, social re-integration, community outreach and respite care. Headway also runs a free-phone nurse-led UK Helpline and provides award winning support publications.