# BRAINS MATTER CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1062884
- **Other names:** HEADWAY IN WEST KENT, HEADWAY TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND DISTRICT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Company number:** [03380601](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03380601)
- **Registered:** June 17, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1062884


## Contact

- **Address:** 3 CULVERDEN PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS
- **Postcode:** TN4 9QT
- **Phone:** 01892 619001
- **Email:** info@brainsmatter.org.uk
- **Website:** www.brainsmatter.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** [A] TO ADVANCE , PROMOTE, AND ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WHO SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES RESULTING IN BRAIN DAMAGE AND WHO RESIDE  IN THE AREA AT WHICH THE COMPANY&#x27;S ACTIVITIES ARE TARGETED (AS DETERMINED BY THE COMPANY FROM TIME TO TIME) BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY IT. [B] TO SUPPORT  INFORM AND GUIDE CARERS AND FAMILIES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES. [C] TO MAINTAIN , DEVELOP AND MANAGE A CENTRE TO ASSIST WITH THE REHABILITATION OF HEAD - INJURED PERSONS AND CO-OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER BODIES IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR  THE CARRYING ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BR PROMOTED BY THE COMPANY

**Activities:** Brains Matter works throughout West Kent. It supports people who have sustained an acquired brain injury and their families and carers. It offers a day service and community support providing social rehabilitation and respite for people aged 18 years and over, who have moderate to severe brain injury.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** KENT
- East Sussex
- Kent





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **John Kennedy** | Chair | Nov. 15, 2021 |
| Edward Fardell |  | June 12, 2020 |
| Ian Goldsworthy |  | Nov. 10, 2025 |
| Jacqueline Leeann Barker |  | Aug. 12, 2019 |
| Joanna Mary Clark-Wilson |  | March 21, 2019 |
| Paul Francis Lester |  | March 7, 2024 |
| Susan Pearce |  | April 2, 2019 |




