P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery

What is P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery?

P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery is a UK-registered charity (1164620) that exists to make life easier after acquired brain injury(ABI) by providing support, guidance, education, and well-being sessions to empower all affected. We also campaign to improve services, raise awareness, and promote understanding.

Founded in 2015 by brain injury survivor - Paul Spence, P.A.U.L for Brain Recovery is a non-profit, community-based support service created to make life easier after acquired brain injury (ABI).

• 5,000 hospital admissions for brain injury for people living in Hull and East Riding postcodes**
• In the UK, every 90 seconds, there is a hospital admission for ABI*
• ABI is a leading cause of death and disability in the UK, 1.3 million people in the UK are living with brain injury related disabilities*

We provide specialist community support sessions designed to aid a better recovery and help our service users take positive steps towards reaching their new potential after brain injury. These sessions incorporate dedicated one-to-one, physical, and social engagement sessions and education workshops to support emotional and physical well-being.

Support plans aim to minimise the long-term effects of brain injury and optimise recovery. This can combine any of the following free sessions and activities:

• SOCIAL ACTIVITIES - social sessions, outings, day trips
• HEALTH & WELL-BEING - allotment, yoga, gym, walking groups
• FAMILY SUPPORT - helping everyone affected
• ONE-TO-ONE & GROUP EDUCATION - healthy lifestyle choices, self-care, confidence, coping strategies, the brain and recovery
• PEER SUPPORT - connecting survivors
• ADVOCACY SUPPORT - assistance with accessing other relevant support/services

Our free sessions and activities ultimately help service users to:

• Avoid crisis
• Manage a life-changing disability, which can often be ‘invisible’ to others
• Learn to accept that they have a chronic condition
• Feel understood and supported amongst new friends who share a similar lived experience
• Improve the quality of life and reach their new potential

We also campaign to improve services, raise awareness, and promote understanding. ABI is a chronic condition with ‘hidden’ disabilities and life-long consequences.

To learn more about the charity, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE3_SZ0fLGQ

How Can You Help?
The charity relies on fundraising to continue providing its vital services. You can play a crucial role in making a difference in our community by helping to fundraise with us. Your kindness will ensure that more people can get the support and guidance they need and deserve after a brain injury.

Contact us today at:

www.paulforbrainrecovery.co.uk

news@paulforbrainrecovery.co.uk

01482 620229

*All-party parliamentary group on acquired brain injury report (2018)

**Information supplied by NECS Information Services (2021/2022)