About Us Old
SameYou is a charity working to develop better recovery treatment for survivors of brain injury and stroke
Emilia Clarke survived two life-threatening brain haemorrhages while working on Game of Thrones.
The response to Emilia sharing her story and starting SameYou has been overwhelming, showing us the huge unmet need worldwide.
After a brain trauma, there simply isn't enough being done to support survivors leaving hospital. Back home is where the hard work, frustration, fear, and challenges really begin.
SameYou's purpose is for brain injury survivors to feel they haven't lost the person they were before.
When your brain is injured, it is called an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). ABI is primarily made up of stroke, brain tumour and traumatic brain injury (where sudden trauma to the brain is caused by external force such as a fall, sports concussion or road traffic accident).
It's estimated that nearly 1 in 3 people will have an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) at some point in their life. Reports say that more than 135 million worldwide are living with brain injury. This is an underestimate of the scale of the problem due to the lack of focus on brain injury.
You will know someone with a brain injury at some point, and they will not receive the care they need.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies rehabilitation as a substantial and ever-increasing unmet global need - but it's not an integrated part of health services. Neurorehabilitation is among the most neglected and underfunded. The Stroke Association reports that 45% of stroke survivors feel abandoned once they'd left hospital.
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What are SameYou's goals?
What are SameYou's principles?
We stand up for what's right for brain injury survivors and their families.
We believe in the effectiveness of compassion, kindness and listening.
In our first four years we have delivered practical help and tangible improvements in recovery, but we know we have so much more to do. With your continued help, we’ll get there.
Please donate to help us continue our work to improve recovery for young adults after brain injury and stroke.
Stats source: Seshadri, S. & Wolf, P. A. Lifetime risk of stroke and dementia: current concepts, and estimates from the Framingham Study. Lancet Neurol. 6, 1106–1114 (2007); Stroke Association: Stroke recoveries at risk September 2020