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Brain Injury Awareness Campaign (BrainIAC)
Aims:
BrainIAC aims to represent the interests of acquired brain injury service users
and carers in the West of Scotland, in raising awareness, campaigning and
promoting equal opportunities in relation to acquired brain injury.
Main Activities and Services
Services are patchy in Glasgow and in Scotland. Some people have access to
good services while others don’t. There is a postcode lottery. Services need to
improve for everyone. There is no agreed format for involving service users’
opinions specifically on brain injury services. People don’t have enough chances
to think about the big picture because they have a lot of things going on for
them personally - like rehabilitation and getting back to work.
BrainIAC meets monthly, but more frequently as our activities require. It gives
people a regular opportunity to meet and talk. We write up reports on people’s
shared experiences, try to ensure that the people who make decisions see these
reports. We will take part in consultation processes - locally and nationally. We
also set up occasional events to bring more people together. We try to involve as
many people as possible in our activities.
You can get a flavour of what’s happening with BrainIAC by looking at our blog
at: http://brainiac-brainaware.blogspot.com/
Location and Contact Details Opening Hours
The meeting venue can vary. For full
details contact us on
Helen Moran, Chairperson on
0774 253 2094
Email: serviceuserforum@gmail.com
Not Applicable- contact us for details.
How to access services
Just contact us by phone or email.
Cost
No costs.
Who is this service open to?
This group is open to anyone who has
had a brain injury and/or their carer(s).
It is open to anyone who uses any
service; also those people who don’t
use any service, but are interested in
the effects of brain injury.
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