Making 'headway' with help (From Bromsgrove Advertiser)
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Making 'headway' with help
10:05am Wednesday 23rd May 2007 in News
A MAJOR charity is celebrating the opening of a new centre after help from a Bromsgrove interiors company.
Headway, which supports people affected by brain injuries, will use the building in Birmingham Great Park, Rubery, as a social rehabilitation and community service centre.
Office, industrial and retail refurbishment company Trills Interiors from Aston Fields Industrial Estate carried out the work over 16 weeks.
To help the charity reduce costs. Trills donated carpets, suspended ceilings and loft insulation. The Grade II listed building was once the surgeon's house for Rubery hospital and its restoration to former glory was designed and project managed by the Birmingham office of architectural and building surveyors Aedas.
Tina Batham, development director at Trills said: "Headway is such a great charity and we were keen to help minimise the expense of this very important project.
"We have been able to use surplus materials from other sites to complete the project and I'm looking forward to returning to the centre soon to see people benefiting from the services."
John Barnes, trustee of Headway West Midlands, said the building would be a welcome addition to the services offered at Headway's centre in Moseley and paid tribute to the generosity of Trills.
He said: "The charity obviously has many demands on limited funds so we really appreciate the donations made by Trills.
"The building will make a real difference to people affected by brain injury as it will enable us to provide services for brain injured people at different levels of recovery, as well as expanding the activities to include a wider range of programmes."
"We anticipate over 500 people per year will benefit from the services we will provide at Leighton House, which has been named in honour of Stafford Leighton who founded Headway West Midlands."
For more information about Headway call 0121 442 4671 or visit www.headway-wm.org.uk
