Headway Nottingham

Supporting Life After Brain Injury Across Nottinghamshire.

Web Design

SEO

Overview.

A bright, accessible website that helps people affected by brain injury find long-term support and helps Headway Nottingham reach more families.

Headway Nottingham has supported adults affected by brain injury across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire since 1996, helping more than 2,000 people rebuild their lives. It is the only local service offering support without a time limit, providing long-term social and non-clinical rehabilitation through its day centre, outreach and casework, the Living Well after Brain Injury online course, a “By the Bedside” presence at Queens Medical Centre and practical help such as the Brain Injury ID Card, alongside dedicated support for carers and families.

WordPress CMS: Gives the Headway Nottingham team full control to share news and blogs, promote campaigns and course dates, and keep service and referral information up to date.
Built-In Accessibility Tools: An accessibility widget, signposted by a banner at the top of every page, lets visitors enlarge text and adjust the site to suit the effects of their brain injury.
Colourful, Brand-Led Design: A bold palette drawn straight from the charity’s brain logo, with rounded cards, large headings and clear buttons, works beautifully on phones, tablets and desktops.
Clear Routes Into Support: Simple Get Help, About Brain Injury and Support Our Work menus lead visitors to referrals, the day centre, the eight-week course, fundraising, the Robin Hood Raffle and an online shop.
Free Website Design & Build: Headway Nottingham’s website was created at no cost through Delivered Social Green, so the charity can keep its funding focused on supporting people affected by brain injury.

The Challenge.

Supporting People at Every Stage of Brain Injury Recovery.

Brain injury affects everyone differently. Visitors might be families at a hospital bedside in the first days after an injury, people years into their recovery, carers looking for advice or professionals making a referral. Many live with fatigue, memory or concentration difficulties, so Headway Nottingham needed a site that was accessible and easy to navigate, felt welcoming rather than clinical, and explained a broad range of services clearly while encouraging people to fundraise and donate.

Designing for Accessibility: Navigation, text size and page layouts had to work for people living with memory, concentration, visual and fatigue-related challenges.
Explaining a Wide Range of Services: The day centre, outreach, casework, online course, hospital presence and Brain Injury ID Card each needed a clear home so visitors could quickly find the right support.
Supporting Carers and Families: Brain injury affects the whole family, so carers and loved ones needed their own route to advice, guidance and respite.
Growing Fundraising and Showing Impact: As an independent charity, Headway Nottingham needed to show supporters its impact, with 100% of surveyed clients feeling supported in their care, and make donating, fundraising and gifts in wills simple.

The Results.

A welcoming, accessible platform that connects people with long-term brain injury support across Nottinghamshire.

The new website gives Headway Nottingham a bright, confident online presence that reflects the warmth of its day centre. People affected by brain injury and their families can find help and make a referral in a few clicks, professionals have a clear route into services, and supporters can donate, fundraise, enter the Robin Hood Raffle or shop online, helping the charity continue offering support without a time limit.