Shortlist success for NROL
A pioneering online rehabilitation service that was piloted by SameYou and University College London during the pandemic when brain injury survivors were being discharged from acute care prematurely to free up bed spaces, has been shortlisted for a national award.
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In The News
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Important updates to our SameChat peer support programme
Important updates to our SameChat peer support programme
SameChat, our peer mentoring support programme that we run in partnership with Sphere Rehabilitation, has undergone some essential changes to ensure we support more people with their recovery.
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Emilia shares her return to work story in Parliament
Emilia shares her return to work story in Parliament
SameYou launched a major new partnership with the Big Issue at an event in Parliament to help support brain injury survivors and their carers return to work – outlining the stark challenges to an audience of business leaders, healthcare professionals and key politicians.
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Help create a new treatment for stroke recovery
Help create a new treatment for stroke recovery
Researchers from the University of the West of England are creating a virtual reality treatment to improve stroke-related shoulder pain.
Survivor Stories
Many of you have written to SameYou about your experience of brain injury and told us how you identified with Emilia's story. There was a common feeling of relief about hearing a familiar story from someone young, and speaking out to normalise the injury. People were comforted that Emilia had gone through something similar to them or to a family member or loved one.
The overwhelming emotion was of gratitude that Emilia was breaking her silence and that enabled and emboldened so many others to tell their brain injury story - some for the first time. It was as if people now have permission to speak out about their story.
I get days when I just want to give up. But after hearing your story it has made me realise, I'm not on my own!
You have told us that by sharing your stories, and reading other people's, offers hope, comfort and much needed peer-to-peer support that is often hard to find.
SameYou have created this support resource called Portraits to tell the untold story of brain injury. If you would like to share your story, you can submit your story via our Share your story page.
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Portrait: Bruce
Portrait: Bruce
I was an intensive care specialist and a cyclist. Now I am neither. I hit a lamppost at 65 kmh.
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Portrait: Anne-Mie
Portrait: Anne-Mie
In August 2023 I had a bad case of the flu, which ended in a terrifying migraine that lasted six days. The auras were so intense that I couldn’t lie down at night because of the pain. I explained to my local doctor that it was like trying to give birth with my head at night and was told to come back in three days if the migraine medications didn’t help. I did get better over the next days, thinking this is what life with migraines is.
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Portrait: Lindsey
Portrait: Lindsey
The afternoon of July 16, 2018, I went to the gym to run and lift weights. This was a workout routine I had done hundreds of times over the past few years, and nothing seemed particularly different that day...
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Portrait: Samuel
Portrait: Samuel
On December 6, 2022, I had a sudden ischemic stroke (where the blood supply to brain tissue is blocked by a blood clot). This caused paralysis of the right side of my body, partial paralysis of my right arm, and severe speech and cognitive impediments, such as difficulties with word finding and sentence construction...
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Portrait: Mererid
Portrait: Mererid
I was laughing and joking until I suddenly screamed and slowly collapsed to the floor. The stage manager came rushing in and got me to repeat my name and say where I was, but I became unresponsive.
This short film tells the stories of brain injury survivors from the survivors themselves
We asked them to tell us how they feel. Some of them have done this for the very first time. We applaud their courage for speaking out. We invite everyone to hear and understand the lived experiences of brain injury and find out what has helped people recover and what is needed to help so many more.
Brain injury doesn’t only happen to the brain…
Brain injury happens to the whole person: body, brain and spirit. So we have developed a range of resources to help you find your SameYou.
