Headway opens new centre in Rubery

May 29 2008 Submitted by Sue Tyler

HEADWAY West Midlands were very proud to officially open their new resource centre for people affected by brain injury.

Leighton House is a Grade II listed building with a history and is one of only two buildings which survive from the original Rubery Hill Hospital.

The building was saved and purchased with the help of a lottery grant, Unity bank loan and money from local funders.

Chairman of Headway, David Chater, said: "We are extremely happy to have found a building that is perfect for our work, but at the same time restore a piece of Birmingham history."

Headway West Midlands is a charity devoted tohelping people with acquired brain injuries and , uniquely, their families and carers.

Their facilities at Headway House in the grounds of Moseley hall Hospital and the new facility at Leighton House in Rubery provide vital rehabilitation services for brain injured clients across the Midlands.

Ann Leighton, the widow of Headway West Midlands' founder Stafford Leighton, officially opened the new facility at Leighton House on May 14 with the deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Coun Mike Sharpe and his wife Thelma, in attendance.

For more information about Headway email enquiries@headway-wm.org.uk

PHOTOGRAPHS: 1. LEIGHTON HOUSE IN RUBERY 2. AFTER UNVEILING THE PLAQUE - FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: DEPUTY LADY MAYORESS THELMA SHARPE, DEPUTY LORD MAYOR MIKE SHARPE, ANN LEIGHTON, HEADWAY WM CHAIRMAN DAVID CHATER, HEADWAY WM CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUE TYLER